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- 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
- 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 | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica
lynching, 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
- 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
- Lynching in America - Equal Justice Initiative
The lynching of African Americans was terrorism, a widely supported campaign to enforce racial subordination and segregation Lynching in America documents more than 4400 racial terror lynchings in the United States during the period between Reconstruction and World War II
- Explore The Map | Lynching In America
Terror lynchings and other racial violence played a key role in this forced migration of Black Americans to the North and West Many fled in fear for their lives Over 4,000 racial terror lynchings occurred in the U S between 1877 and 1950
- 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
- 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
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