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Robert S. Maynard was a 21-year-old man [1] from Illinois who was lynched in Jacksonville, Oregon, in May 1852 as a result of his murder of J. C. Platt.As Maynard was extrajudicially killed by hanging, this was the first recorded hanging and first recorded lynching in Southern Oregon, [2] where no courts had yet been appointed.
James Allen (born June 16, 1954) [1] is an American antique collector, known in particular for his collection of 145 photographs of lynchings in America, published in 2000 with Congressman John Lewis as Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America.
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 ...
This is a list of lynching victims in the United States. While the definition has changed over time, lynching is often defined as the summary execution of one or more persons without due process of law by a group of people organized internally and not authorized by a legitimate government. Lynchers may claim to be issuing punishment for an ...
In May 1940, the ASWPL celebrated 12 months without a lynching. [14] The year before, there had been only three. [14] In 1940 members of the ASWPL opposed an anti-lynching bill that was up for review at Congress. [15] Ames was a strong state's rights advocate and felt that anti-lynching efforts were better handled at the state level. [13]
[21] [22] Lynching came to be associated with the Deep South; 73 percent of lynchings took place in the Southern United States. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Between 1882 and 1903, 125 black-on-black lynchings were recorded in 10 southern states, as were four cases of whites being lynched by black people. [ 25 ]
The main act of lynching included hanging from trees. Within acts of lynching, African Americans were specifically targeted by whites. There were four main steps of lynching consisting of an accusation by a white person or group, an arrest by police, an assembly of a white mob, and finally a murder. [1]
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, [1] is a memorial to commemorate the black victims of lynching in the United States. It is intended to focus on and acknowledge past racial terrorism and advocate for social justice in America.