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Waco Recalls a 90-Year-Old 'Horror' [audio 6min]

On Monday, a small interracial organization will meet on the steps of the Waco Texas courthouse to read a resolution condemning and apologizing for the lynching of 17-year-old Jesse Washington. Washington’s lynching 90 years ago was so astonishingly brutal that the incident became known nationally as the "Waco Horror." The Waco Interracial Coalition is forcing Waco to confront some of its painful history and there are many in this city of 200,000 who have no interest in apologizing for something that happened 90 years ago. ~Website has extended report, photos, book excerpt.
Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"