US State Pardons Black Man Accused Of Rape Tied To Lynching

On June 15, 1920, three African-Americans were lynched in Duluth, Minnesota, accused without proof of raping a white woman. One hundred years later, the northern US state on Friday pardoned another black man convicted of the crime, which he repeatedly denied committing. Max Mason, who died in 1942, has become the first person to benefit … Read more