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In 1918, A Young Pregnant Woman Was Lynched By A White Mob For Demanding Justice – This Is Her Story
The brutal 1918 lynching of Mary Turner, a young Black woman in Lowndes County, Georgia, stands as one of the most egregious failures of the American legal system to protect its citizens or enforce justice. More than a century later, her murder remains a powerful symbol of how state and local authorities allowed racial violence…
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Kyra Harris Bolden has etched her name in history as the first Black woman appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court. Recently sworn in by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Bolden, at 34, succeeds Justice Bridget Mary McCormack, marking a significant milestone in Michigan’s legal landscape. Bolden draws motivation from her family’s tragic history; her great-grandfather was lynched…
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