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Students’ Vile Jim Crow-Inspired Lynching Messages Spark Community Outrage

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The social media posts, obtained by The Daily Beast, show students discussing bringing nooses, pitchforks and torches to homecoming and joining the KKK.

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Brooke Leigh Howard 

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Oneonta City Schools district slammed over racist and violent snapchat messages
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