OnThisDay in 1870, Union veteran Wyatt Outlaw was seized from his home and lynched by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 26, 2023 FEBRUARY 26, 1870 Union veteran Wyatt Outlaw Wyatt Outlaw, a Union veteran who became the first Black town commissioner of Graham, North Carolina, was seized from his home and lynched by members of the Ku Klux Klan known as the White Brotherhood, which controlled the country.
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