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The History Of Lynching In WNC - And Will It Be Remembered?


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The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama features monuments for lynchings that occurred in more than 800 U.S. Counties. That includes Buncombe, Haywood, Macon, and Cherokee Counties in Western North Carolina. Exact replicas of each monument have also been created, with designers hoping they are taken to be displayed in the counties here each lynching has occurred. That hasn't happened yet for those destined for Western North Carolina.
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