S01 E08: The Hanging of Mewa Singh

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Aug 16, 201700:55:29History

When do people of colour enter the archive? "When we’re buying property or breaking the law." In 1914, Mewa Singh shot William C. Hopkinson at the Provincial Courthouse of British Columbia. He turned himself in to the po...

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