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George Dinning (c. 1857–1930) was an American former slave from Simpson County, Kentucky. In 1897, during self-defense of his home from an armed mob, he shot and killed the son of a wealthy white landowner. He was convicted of manslaughter, but was soon pardoned by Kentucky Governor William O'Connell Bradley. Dinning then successfully sued members of the Ku Klux Klan over the incident. His plight and case was followed in the national press; the public was divided over his guilt or innocence and the novelty of a black man suing whites in court. That a black man successfully sued the Klan was entirely new, a newspaper at the time opined that the "outcome is regarded as sensational, indicating an entirely new method of dealing with and punishing lawless mobs that have been so numerous in the

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  • George Dinning (c. 1857–1930) was an American former slave from Simpson County, Kentucky. In 1897, during self-defense of his home from an armed mob, he shot and killed the son of a wealthy white landowner. He was convicted of manslaughter, but was soon pardoned by Kentucky Governor William O'Connell Bradley. Dinning then successfully sued members of the Ku Klux Klan over the incident. His plight and case was followed in the national press; the public was divided over his guilt or innocence and the novelty of a black man suing whites in court. That a black man successfully sued the Klan was entirely new, a newspaper at the time opined that the "outcome is regarded as sensational, indicating an entirely new method of dealing with and punishing lawless mobs that have been so numerous in the south." (en)
  • 喬治·丁寧(英語:George Dinning,約1857年-1930年)是肯塔基州辛普森縣的一名美國自由民。 1897年,在一次抵禦武裝暴徒侵犯他家的自衛過程中,開槍殺死了一個富有白人地主的兒子。他因此被判定犯有過失殺人罪,但很快被肯塔基州長威廉·奧康奈爾·布拉德利赦免。隨後,丁寧就這一事件成功起訴三K黨成員。他的困境和案件受到了全國媒體的關注,公眾對他是否有罪以及一個黑人在法庭上起訴白人的事情產生了意見的分歧。 (zh)
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  • 喬治·丁寧(英語:George Dinning,約1857年-1930年)是肯塔基州辛普森縣的一名美國自由民。 1897年,在一次抵禦武裝暴徒侵犯他家的自衛過程中,開槍殺死了一個富有白人地主的兒子。他因此被判定犯有過失殺人罪,但很快被肯塔基州長威廉·奧康奈爾·布拉德利赦免。隨後,丁寧就這一事件成功起訴三K黨成員。他的困境和案件受到了全國媒體的關注,公眾對他是否有罪以及一個黑人在法庭上起訴白人的事情產生了意見的分歧。 (zh)
  • George Dinning (c. 1857–1930) was an American former slave from Simpson County, Kentucky. In 1897, during self-defense of his home from an armed mob, he shot and killed the son of a wealthy white landowner. He was convicted of manslaughter, but was soon pardoned by Kentucky Governor William O'Connell Bradley. Dinning then successfully sued members of the Ku Klux Klan over the incident. His plight and case was followed in the national press; the public was divided over his guilt or innocence and the novelty of a black man suing whites in court. That a black man successfully sued the Klan was entirely new, a newspaper at the time opined that the "outcome is regarded as sensational, indicating an entirely new method of dealing with and punishing lawless mobs that have been so numerous in the (en)
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  • George Dinning (en)
  • 喬治·丁寧 (zh)
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