- Lynching - Wikipedia
Lynching is an extrajudicial killing by a group It is most often used to characterize informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged or convicted transgressor or to intimidate others
- Lynching in the United States | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica
lynching in the United States, a form of violence in which a mob, under the pretext of administering justice without trial, executes a presumed offender, often after inflicting torture and corporal mutilation
- History of Lynching in America - NAACP
White Americans used lynching to terrorize and control Black people in the 19th and early 20th centuries Learn more about the history of this barbaric practice and how NAACP worked to end lynching
- Lynching in America | American Experience | Official Site | PBS
Lynching, an act of terror meant to spread fear among blacks, served the broad social purpose of maintaining white supremacy in the economic, social and political spheres
- What was lynching - DailyHistory. org
Lynching is often described as a form of extralegal, vigilante violence or justice; however, its meaning has evolved over time—from the tarring and feathering of individuals in the Colonial period to the lethal, racial violence that proliferated in the South
- Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror
After slavery was formally abolished, lynching emerged as a vicious tool of racial control to reestablish white supremacy and suppress Black civil rights More than 4,000 African Americans were lynched across twenty states between 1877 and 1950
- Lynchings In The United States Since 1865 | BlackPast. org
This page brings together a variety of information on lynchings of blacks in the U S It includes an overview of black lynchings by the Equal Justice Initiative titled, Lynching in America, which with its listing of over 4,000 murders, is the most comprehensive report on lynching now available
- American Lynching
This project aims to shed light on the gruesome culture of lynching It also seeks to find nuance in its history and legacy How did Americans explain the public killing of well over 4,500 neighbors? Who were the victims and who were the killers?
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