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"Nathan Lacey was lynched last night" newspaper clipping

Nathan Lacey Lynching Article

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"Cards the cause" newspaper article

Frank Lane Lynching Article

"Clayton and Langley. They get the cold shoulder at Pine Bluff" newspaper clipping

Langley and Clayton Campaign

"A Murderer Captured" newspaper clipping

Hill Larkin Lynching Article

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"Polk" newspaper clipping

Lebow Lynching Article

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Brownie Ledbetter

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Brownie Ledbetter

Older white woman and younger white woman sitting in office laughing with filing cabinets behind them

Brownie Ledbetter

White woman sitting on edge of desk speaking into microphone in courtroom-like environment

Brownie Ledbetter

White woman standing with arms crossed and car door open

Brownie Ledbetter in Germany

"Insults Woman and Is Killed" newspaper clipping

Charles Lewis Lynching Article

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Lincoln County Lynching

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Lincoln with Students

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Blanche Lincoln

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Blanche Lambert Campaign

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Blanche Lincoln

"Interfering with homesteaders on government land" newspaper clipping

Lindsay Lawsuit Article

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Little River County Lynching

Single-story "Magnolia" gas station with covered entrance and three pumps

Little Rock Central High Museum

Spray painted obelisk monument in cemetery

Little Rock Confederate Memorial Vandalism

Five African Americans standing beneath a sign "Little Rock Nine Way" in front of a large brick school building

Little Rock Nine Way

Three African-American nurses in uniform standing on staircase

Little Rock Nurses

"Abe Livingston who escaped from the County Jail at Arkansas City" newspaper clipping

Abe Livingston Lynching Article

"Franklin County about Clayton's outrage mill the lynching of the Harris Boys" newspaper clipping

Logan County Lynching Article

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Lonoke County Lynching

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Grace L. Lorch and Students

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Lost Year Class

"Negro slayer is burned at stake" newspaper clipping

Lowery Lynching Article

"Suit against Malvern men not completed" newspaper clipping

Lynching Lawsuit Article

"A Murder and Hanging in Little River County" newspaper clipping

Lynching Report

"A Tramp Hanged" newspaper clipping

Lynching Report

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