File:Jesse Washington hanging.jpg

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English: A photograph of the lynching of Jesse Washington in progress. Taken by Fred Gildersleeve on May 15, 1916.
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Original publication: Published by the NAACP after their investigation of the lynching in The Crisis Vol. 12, supplement to No. 3: [1]

Immediate source: http://popartmachine.com/item/pop_art/LOC+1064873/ https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/95518055/
Author Fred Gildersleeve (1881-1958)

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The author died in 1958, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 60 years or fewer.


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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