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Nearly 3,500 African Americans and 1,300 whites were lynched in the United States between 1882 and 1968. [1] Most lynchings were of African-American men in the Southern United States, but women were also lynched. More than 73 percent of lynchings in the post–Civil War period occurred in the Southern states. [2]
A graph of lynchings in the US by victim race and year [1] The body of George Meadows, lynched near the Pratt Mines in Jefferson County, Alabama, on January 15, 1889 Bodies of three African American men lynched in Habersham County, Georgia, on May 17, 1892 Six African American men lynched in Lee County, Georgia, on January 20, 1916 (retouched photo due to material deterioration) Lynching of ...
Most lynchings ceased by the 1960s, [42] [43] but even in 2021 there were claims that racist lynchings still happen in the United States, being covered up as suicides. [ 44 ] In 2018, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice was opened in Montgomery, Alabama, a memorial that commemorates the victims of lynchings in the United States.
A lynching is an extrajudicial killing by a mob, and is not limited to deaths by hanging. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... denied medical attention, sprayed with tear gas and shocked with a ... at least 11 people were lynched in Colbert County between ...
Margaret Vinegar, 14, barely avoided being lynched in 1882 in Lawrence, then died in prison. The local NAACP is working to put up a historical marker for her. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us.
The discovery of a black man found hanged from a tree in Mississippi quickly made national headlines and brought back some unpleasant memories of American's violent, racially charged past.