![An image from Ken Gonzalez-Day's "Lynching in the West," a book that examines the lynchings of Latinos, Native Americans and Asians in California. It is comprised of historical accounts and Gonzalez-Day's present-day photographs of the trees where the crimes were perpetrated.
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Lynchings in the Old West
An image from Ken Gonzalez-Day's "Lynching in the West," a book that examines the lynchings of Latinos, Native Americans and Asians in California. It is comprised of historical accounts and Gonzalez-Day's present-day photographs of the trees where the crimes were perpetrated.
Credit: Ken Gonzalez-Day