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April 21, 1894

Democrats attempt to manipulate Congress in order to fulfill their agenda, and the implications of the Breckenridge Trials, regarding the infidelity of a Democrat Senator, reaches Capitol Hill.

April 28, 1894

Four black men are lynched after being accused of murdering a white man in Louisiana.

April 28, 1894

Ida B. Wells goes to England to talk to audience about support for black people. She continues to fight for black rights despite of negative press in the States.

May 5, 1894

A string of crimes report that white men who have attacked or sexually assaulted black women are usually not prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

May 5, 1894

A black man is found guilty of raping a white girl, and the governor is allowing his sentence to death as per the constitution of Virginia.

May 5, 1894

The education system for black youth in Georgia is slowly getting better according to a recent report.

May 12, 1894

A black man from Arkansas who had been diagnosed with smallpox is burned to death by a group of white man.

May 12, 1894

Southern Congressmen refuse to cooperate with Northern and Western industries, abstaining from sending men to join “an army of peace”.

May 12, 1894

The Planet ridicules the Dispatch for their support of lynch law as a means of swift justice.

May 19, 1894

A group of white men kill a black man after he refuses them entry into his home.
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