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Maryland reckons with a violent, racist past

Maryland reckons with a violent, racist past

Aired 06/19/2021

PBS News Hour

Maryland reckons with a violent, racist past

Clip: 6/19/2021 | 12m 27sVideo has Closed Captions

Maryland reckons with a violent, racist past

More than 6,500 Black people were lynched in America between the end of the civil war in 1865 and 1950. These murders were carried out not only in the deep South, but in states like Maryland, which is now the first state in the nation to come to terms with its history of racial terror by starting a truth and reconciliation process. Brian Palmer reports.

Aired 06/19/2021

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