Today in History: “The Silent Shore”
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Short film on 1931 Salisbury lynching to premiere on 90-year anniversary of victim’s death
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Maryland reckons with a violent, racist past
In the center of downtown Salisbury, on Maryland’s eastern shore, the historic Wicomico county courthouse stands today as it did in 1931. Back then this supposed hall of justice was the site of a brutal, extra-judicial killing: the lynching of 23-year-old Matthew Williams.