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Last public hanging in U.S. at center of new book

A new book examines the racist background of the last public hanging in the U.S., when tens of thousands of people came to watch in a small Kentucky town.

Derek Operle from the Appalachia and Mid-South Newsroom reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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