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NAACP Pushes Federal Investigation of Hanging in Mississippinew

Two workers found 26-year-old Frederick Jermaine Carter's body Dec. 3 hanging from a tree limb in predominantly white north Greenwood, Miss. Carter, who was African American, worked with his stepfather on a painting job in the area the previous day. He wandered off the site after his stepfather left to pick up more supplies.
Jackson Free Press  |  Ward Schaefer  |  03-31-2011  |  Race & Class

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