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Events on Wednesday 9 March 1892 1
1892Memphis lynchings spark Ida B. Wells anti-lynching campaignKilling of three Black grocers prompts national exposure of lynchingA white mob lynched three Black grocery store owners in Memphis, Tennessee, prompting journalist Ida B. Wells to investigate and publicize lynching across the American South. A mob later destroyed her newspaper office in May, forcing her to continue her campaign from the North.