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The Lynching of Matthew Williams

Delmarva Public Media | By Don Rush
Published October 8, 2019 at 9:57 AM EDT
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Side of Courthouse Where Tree Stood Used to Lynched Matthew Williams
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Site of Hotel That Employed Many African Americans that Stood Across the Street From Where Willaims Was Lynched
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City Workers in Downtown Intersection Where Lynching of Matthew Williams Took Place
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Matthew Williams

There were some 40 lynchings in Maryland between the 1850's and the early 1930's. The Republican governor and the Democratic legislature have embarked on a truth and reconciliation commission to heal the wounds of that history. In part 2 of our series Delmarva Public Radio's Don Rush looks at the 1931 lynching of Matthew Williams in Salisbury.
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Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.
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