Artwork Title: Wife of the Lynch Victim

Wife of the Lynch Victim, 1949

Marion Palfi

Artwork Title: Wife of the Lynch VictimArtwork Title: Wife of the Lynch Victim
"...I was curious about the “wife of the victim” photograph so I did some digging. The caption accompanying the photograph quotes the wife as saying: “Caleb was a good man…he believed in his rights and therefore died.” Who was Caleb?... Thankfully though, we have Palfi’s portrait of Caleb Hill’s widow to help us remember the incident. Through it, I am able to recount the story of Caleb Hill’s lynching for ..." http://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/2013/01/03/those-left-behind-a-lynched-mans-wife/
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