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The “A Man Was Lynched Yesterday” flag from the old NAACP headquarters.
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In 2016 artist Dread Scott flew a new version—“A man was lynched by POLICE yesterday”—in New York's Union Square during protests over the police killing Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

This flag once protested lynching. Now it's an artist's response to police violence
This flag once protested lynching. Now it's an artist's response to police violence

A version of this flag once flew outside NAACP headquarters in New York City during the 1920s and '30s to protest lynchings.

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A man was lynched today, in Missouri.

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Angus Johnston
@angus.bsky.social
CUNY history prof. @studentactivism from Twitter.
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