Sunday, September 11, 2005

This Day in Republican History 09/11/05

September 11, 1866 Birth of African-American Republican Charles Scrutchin; successfully defended 6 African-Americans arrested after a mob in Minnesota lynched 3 of their companions One of his most dramatic cases was his representation of William Miller, one of the 11 accused Black American circus workers who were charged with the rape of a white woman in Duluth. Three of Miller's fellow workers were lynched on the night of June 14, 1920, by a white mob of 5,000. Scrutchin got an acquittal for Miller that resulted in the dismissal of the charges against the other defendants.

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