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Jason Aldean’s ‘Small Town’: A Pro-Lynching Anthem?

Andrew Lee

July 25, 2023

Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town” faces backlash for glorifying vigilante violence and the legacy of sundown towns and lynchings.

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The Lessons of ‘Strange Fruit’ Still Ring True

Nicole Cardoza

March 25, 2022

Unlike the unjust trials of the Scottsboro Boys, white vigilantism often ended in lynchings, one of which inspired the song “Strange Fruit.”

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white vigilantism

Jason Aldean’s ‘Small Town’: A Pro-Lynching Anthem?

The Lessons of ‘Strange Fruit’ Still Ring True

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