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That's James Cohn. He was a noted theologian who wrote extensively on the experience of being black in America and the history of lynching

It's part of our history that is very uncomfortable to talk about But the silence has been deafening

for generations of Americans who lost loved ones

during this era, loved ones who were rarely named or acknowledged.

To understand this part of our history,

it's important to know what led to the acceptance of racial terror,

to tell the stories of some of the oldest true crime cases in

this country and the brave people who led anti-Linching campaigns in an effort to

end the violence and save lives.

Welcome to Southern Mysteries exploring history and mysteries

of the American South. I'm your host Shannon Ballard. This is the story

of the color line murders in the American South.

The acceptance of racial terror lynchings in the South was on the rise in the

late 19th century due to people blaming financial problems on the enslaved who had been freed

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