Author Unearths the Forgotten History of Port Jervis Lynching

Michael Worden stands in downtown Port Jervis, N.Y., on Nov. 23, 2022. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

It is the only lynching in New York state since the Civil War, a story that Michael Worden grew up hearing about from his grandma.

It happened 130 years ago on the streets of his hometown, Port Jervis, a then-bustling industrial city in the North.