Max Mason was wrongfully accused and convicted of rape in 1920.
who were killed or victimized in incidents that sparked national outrage about racism, and in particular, racism directed at black men and boys.
The following day, Sullivan told his father about the alleged rape and the claim was reported to the Duluth Police Department. In this May 30, 2020 photo, a protestor holds up a photo of George Floyd in front of the Clayton, Jackson, McGhie Memorial as part of a large protest in Duluth, Minn.Tusken, 19, was examined by a family physician who did not find evidence of a"sexual intercourse, including abrasions, bruising, inflammation, soreness or tenderness," according to theMason was released to continue on to the next town with the circus, but Clayton, Jackson and McGhie remained behind bars.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison speaks during a news conference at the Minnesota Department of Revenue, on June 3, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn. Mike Tusken, the police chief of Duluth Police Department and nephew of Irene Tusken whose husband wrongfully reported she was raped by several African American men in June 1920, speaks at Max Mason's posthumous pardon hearing on June 12, 2020, asking to right the wrong of his "family's secret.
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