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Bookmark or Share- (1909) Ida B. Wells, "Lynching, Our National Crime" - BlackpastPhoto by Mary Garrity. By 1909 Ida B. Wells was the most prominent anti-lynching campaigner in the United States. From the early 1890s she labored mostly alone in her effort to raise the nation’s awareness and indignation about these usually unpunished murders.
- Confronting America's traumatic history of lynching | BerkeleyFrom 1880 to 1968, over 4,000 African Americans were lynched in the United States. Like picnics or parties, lynchings were often carnival-like events commemorated through photos and postcards. This film tells the story of how Black activists subverted these souvenirs, which were celebrations of white supremacy, in the fight against lynching.
- 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.
- An Iconic Lynching in the North - America's Black Holocaust MuseumAn Iconic Lynching in the North - America's Black Holocaust Museum. Scholar-Griot: Fran Kaplan, EdD. MARION, INDIANA. August 7, 1930. In the dark before dawn, County Sheriff Jacob Campbell and his officers arrested four black teenagers in their homes. By evening, two would be dead. The Accused.
- Lynching is now a federal hate crime after a century of blocked ... - NPRNatasha Moustache/Getty Images. After multiple failed attempts across twelve decades, there is now a federal law that designates lynching as a hate crime. In a Tuesday ceremony at the White...
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