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DescriptionA Man Was Lynched Yesterday flag.svg
English: Replica of the NAACP's "A Man Was Lynched Yesterday" flag (see museum photo below). The flag was flown at the NAACP's NYC headquarters during the 1920s and 30s to protest the regular occurrence of black lynchings in the United States.[1] The current image the wrong typeface but my vector image skill is lacking—hopefully someone can fix that.
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