The city of New Orleans says it will apologize for the lynching of 11 Italian-Americans in 1891. Mayor LaToya Cantrell is due to apologize for the killing — believed to be the largest recorded lynching in US history — next week. Host Marco Werman speaks with Michael Santo, special counsel for the Order of Sons and Daughters of Italy, the group that pressed for an official apology in the case.
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