On the recordJune 1, 2022
the pain of our past persists to this day. In Kentucky, like many states throughout the South, lynching was a tool of terror. It was used to kill hopes for freedom. It was used to kill my ancestors.
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Charles Booker reflects on the historical impact of lynching and his candidacy as the first black Kentuckian to receive the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.
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