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A Lynching in Marion.

Grade Levels: 9 - 12
Core Subject(s): Social Studies
Length: 00:27:48
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It was a hot summer evening in 1930 in Marion, IN, 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. Now, 65 years later, Cameron tells his compelling story in vivid detail.

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