Thirty-four victims of racial lynching in Maryland dating between 1854 and 1933 were granted posthumous pardons by Gov. Larry Hogan on Saturday. Hogan signed the order during an event to memorialize Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old boy who was hanged outside the Towson jailhouse by a White mob in 1885. “In the interest of equal justice...
The post In a first, Maryland governor pardons 34 Black lynching victims, including 15-yr-old Howard Cooper hanged in 1885 appeared first on Face2Face Africa.
