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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 ...
Between 1865 and 1965, of around 5,000 Black lynching victims, between 120 and 200 Black women and girls were lynched, or around 3% to 4% of all victims. [2] A small number of women lynching victims were white, some of whom were lynched for associating with African Americans. Other women lynching victims were Indigenous, Latina, or Asian.
Although the victims of lynchings were members of various ethnicities, after roughly 4 million enslaved African Americans were emancipated, they became the primary targets of white Southerners. Lynchings in the U.S. reached their height from the 1890s to the 1920s, and they primarily victimized ethnic minorities.
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It was the largest lynching in state history. Yet the whole incident had been largely forgotten. Over 140 years after 7 Black men were lynched, Indiana teen rectifies the injustice
Category: Lynching deaths in the United States by state. 1 language. ... Lynching deaths in New York (state) (5 P) Lynching deaths in North Carolina (9 P)
800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... people are lynched or placed in jail for life." ... people were able to organize and make their voices heard," said Byrne. "We ...