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America's Original Sin: White Supremacy, John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Assassination (John Rhodehamel - CH) building September 18America's Original Sin: White Supremacy, John Wilkes Booth, and the Lincoln Assassination Author: John Rhodehamel On April 14, 1865, after nearly a year of conspiring, John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln as the president watched a production of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre. Lincoln died the next morning. Twelve days later, Booth himself was fatally shot by a Union soldier after an extensive manhunt. The basic outline of this story is well