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2 unusual facts about Conrad Lynn


Conrad Lynn

In 1958, Lynn became involved in the highly publicized North Carolina "Kissing Case", involving a pair of African American boys, 7 and 9 years old, who were jailed, convicted of rape, and sentenced to reform school until age 21 after they playfully kissed (or were kissed by) a white girl as part of a game.

Winfred Lynn refused induction into the United States Army as a protest against the Army's racial segregation, telling the government that he would gladly serve in the unsegregated Canadian Army, but would not serve in the segregated U.S. Army.



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