The Hanging of Robert Prager
November 8, 2018
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as posted by the channelWhen the United States entered World War I, President Wilson needed to create a nation of patriots. But the manipulation of the media had unintended consequences such as the night when a German immigrant named Robert Prager was lynched by a mob in Collinsville, Illinois.
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