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BY Ben Ebuka, 7:00pm April 30, 2023,

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Black History: Here are some notable events you probably didn’t know occurred in the month of April

by Ben Ebuka, 7:00pm April 30, 2023,

Black History: Here are some notable events you probably didn't know occurred in the month of April — Lynching /Photo credit: John Elijah Davis Baldwin via Wikimedia Commons

April 14

April 14, 1775 – The first abolitionist society in the U.S. was founded in Philadelphia.

April 14, 1906 – Two innocent Blacks, Horace Duncan and Fred Coker (aka Jim Copeland), were abducted from the county jail by a white mob and lynched in Springfield, Missouri.

Last Edited by:Annie-Flora Mills Updated: April 30, 2023

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