U.S. Army troops operate a machine gun in Lexington, Kentucky to deter rioters from lynching Will Lockett, a black man who is on trial for killing a young white girl (February 10, 1920) [1006 x 688]

Comments

1. Rommsey

   Wasn’t he a serial killer and executed at some point?

2. mickhead23

   IIR those troops were deployed by the same Republican governor who signed the bill ratifying the 19th Amendment.