An estimated crowd of 15,000 White people attended the lynching. It was this incident where the term "spectacle lynching" was coined. Smith had been accused of raping and murdering a 4 year old girl. What they did to Smith is beyond words.😔 #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 eji.org/news/history...
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