The bronze figures of Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac McGhie, three black circus workers who were lynched the night of June 15, 1920. Bob King/The Duluth News Tribune via APThe Minnesota Board of Pardons posthumously pardoned Max Mason today by unanimous vote. Mason was accused of raping a white woman, Irene Tusken, in 1920. Mike is the Chief of Police in Duluth, the city where this alleged rape and the arrest occurred. He was paroled in 1925, less than five years after his sentence began, on condition he leave the state.

Source: CNN June 12, 2020 16:06 UTC