A Black Steelworker Was Burned Alive And Lynched In a Northern, Progressive State

Pennsylvania was known for being racially tolerant before Zachariah Walker’s horrific death

A photo of Lukens Steel — from Smallbones on the Public Domain

“For God’s sake, give a man a chance! I killed Rice in self-defense. Don’t give me no crooked death because I’m not white!” Zachariah Walker said before he was killed.

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A Black Steelworker Was Burned Alive And Lynched In a Northern, Progressive State

Pennsylvania was known for being racially tolerant before Zachariah Walker’s horrific death

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