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This Day in Minnesota History

January 20, 1921

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The state senate passes the Minnesota Anti-Lynching Bill, which stipulates that a law enforcement officer can be removed from duty for not stopping a lynching and that damages may be recovered by the victim's family. Promoted by civic activist Nellie G. Francis, the bill is a response to the Duluth lynchings of 1920.

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