On Oct 31, 1901: Silas Esters Lynched by White Mob in LaRue County, Kentucky http://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/oct/31
@AlliFlowers I used to live in Southern Illinois and was told (and it seems to be true) that the last lynching in Illinois was in a small town (ironically) called Unity, about this time frame.
@MylesRyden Somehow that figures.
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@AlliFlowers I used to live in Southern Illinois and was told (and it seems to be true) that the last lynching in Illinois was in a small town (ironically) called Unity, about this time frame.