Duluth lynchings
On June 15, 1920, three African-American circus workers, Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie, suspects in an assault case, were taken from the jail and lynched by a White mob of thousands in Duluth, Minnesota. Rumors had circulated that... Wikipedia
Location: Duluth
Start date: June 15, 1920
Perpetrators: Mob (estimated 1,000 - 10,000 participants)
Victims: Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie