Civil Wrongs, Season 1: The Lynching of Ell Persons wknofm.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wknofm.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In 1917, a Black woodcutter named Ell Persons was accused of murdering a white teenage girl on the outskirts of Memphis. The evidence against him was slim, but the white mob had more than one reason to abduct him from police custody and burn him alive.
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