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Bookmark or Share- Lynching in the United States - WikipediaLynchings in the U.S. reached their height from the 1890s to the 1920s, and they primarily victimized ethnic minorities. Most of the lynchings occurred in the American South, as the majority of African Americans lived there, but racially motivated lynchings also occurred in the Midwest and border states. [2]
- Lynching - WikipediaRetrieved May 1, 2017. Lynching was a form of racial terrorism that has contributed to a legacy of racial inequality that the United States must address. Thousands of people of African descent were killed in violent public acts of racial control and domination and the perpetrators were never held accountable.
- History of Lynching in America | NAACPHistory of Lynching in America. 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 - Equal Justice InitiativeLynching in America documents more than 4400 racial terror lynchings in the United States during the period between Reconstruction and World War II. Read the report to learn more about lynching in America. You can also get lesson plans for teaching the report to students.
- This Map Shows Over a Century of Documented Lynchings in the United ...January 24, 2017. Monroe Work Today/Auut Studio. The Civil War may have freed an estimated 4 million slaves, but that wasn’t nearly the end of acts of racial violence committed against African...
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