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On this day in 1889, a white mob abducted 18-year-old Orion “Owen” Anderson from jail in Leesburg, Virginia, and lynched him for allegedly frightening a white girl.
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calendar.eji.org November 8, 1889 | A History of Racial Injustice On this day, a young Black man was lynched for allegedly frightening a white girl in Leesburg, Virginia. On this day in 1931, a segregated Georgia hospital refused to admit Juliette Derricotte, dean of Fisk University, and one of her students after a serious car accident. They both died as a result.
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calendar.eji.org November 7, 1931 | A History of Racial Injustice On this day, a segregated Georgia hospital's refusal to care for Black people causes the death of two women. On this day in 1947, police officers in Rochester, New York, shot and killed an unarmed Black veteran named Roland T. Price. Though Mr. Price did not resist, the shooting was deemed "justified."
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calendar.eji.org November 6, 1947 | A History of Racial Injustice On this day, police shot and killed an unarmed Black military veteran after an argument with a white bar owner. The State of Alabama executed Michael Taylor by lethal injection tonight despite serious questions about the reliability of the death sentence in his case.
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eji.org Alabama Executes Michael Taylor The State of Alabama executed Michael Taylor by lethal injection.