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English: "Scott and Violet Arthur arrive with their family at Chicago's Polk Street Depot on Aug. 30, 1920, two months after their two sons were lynched in Paris, Texas. The picture has become an iconic symbol of the Great Migration. (Chicago History Museum)"[1]
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Source https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-texas-lynching-anniversary-chicago-family-20200713-ygnumlu6svdk5ek5rdi6zmjeq4-story.html
Author undetermined; published in The Chicago Defender on September 4, 1920
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  1. Glanton, Dahleen (July 13, 2020). "After 100 years, Paris, Texas, Confronts Lynching That Sent a Family to Chicago". Chicago Tribune. ISSN 1085-6706. Retrieved on July 17, 2020.

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"Scott and Violet Arthur arrive with their family at Chicago's Polk Street Depot on Aug. 30, 1920, two months after their two sons were lynched in Paris, Texas. The picture has become an iconic symbol of the Great Migration. (Chicago History Museum)"

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