A Lynching in Marion
Special | 28m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
This 1994 documentary tells a harrowing story of racial terror in Marion, Indiana in 1930.
It was a hot summer evening in 1930 in Marion, Indiana, when James Cameron and two friends robbed a white couple. News of this robbery and other real and alleged crimes spread. Subsequently, Cameron's two friends were hanged. 65 years later, Cameron tells his harrowing story in vivid detail.
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A Lynching in Marion
Special | 28m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
It was a hot summer evening in 1930 in Marion, Indiana, when James Cameron and two friends robbed a white couple. News of this robbery and other real and alleged crimes spread. Subsequently, Cameron's two friends were hanged. 65 years later, Cameron tells his harrowing story in vivid detail.
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