Author Unearths the Forgotten History of Port Jervis Lynching

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It is the only lynching in New York state since the Civil War, a story that Michael Worden grew up hearing about from his grandma. It happened 130 years ago on the streets of his hometown, Port Jervis, a then-bustling industrial city in the North. An African American man named Robert Lewis was accused of […]

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