- Lynching - Wikipedia
Etymology The origins of the word lynch are obscure, but it likely originated during the American Revolution The verb comes from the phrase Lynch Law, a term for a punishment without trial
- lynching in the United States - Britannica
The term is probably derived from the name of Charles Lynch (1736–96), who led an irregular court formed to punish loyalists during the American Revolutionary War
- David Lynch - IMDb
David Lynch Writer: Twin Peaks Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated
- LYNCH Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of LYNCH is to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal approval or permission How to use lynch in a sentence
- History of Lynching in America - NAACP
Learn more about the history of this barbaric practice and how NAACP worked to end lynching What are lynchings? A lynching is the public killing of an individual who has not received any due process These executions were often carried out by lawless mobs, though police officers did participate, under the pretext of justice
- LYNCH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
If a crowd of people lynch someone who they believe is guilty of a crime, they kill them without a legal trial, usually by hanging (= killing using a rope round the neck)
- Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror
From 1915 to 1940, lynch mobs targeted African Americans who protested being treated as second-class citizens African Americans throughout the South, individually and in organized groups, were demanding the economic and civil rights to which they were entitled
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David Lynch, a painter turned avant-garde filmmaker whose fame, influence and distinctively skewed worldview extended far beyond the movie screen to encompass television, records, books
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