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Lynching attacks on [[African Americans]], especially in [[the South]], increased dramatically in the aftermath of [[Reconstruction]], after the [[Republican]]s abolished [[slavery]] and extended [[Freedmen]] the right to vote. The peak of lynchings occurred in 1892, after white [[Southern Democrats]] regained control of state legislatures.  

Lynching attacks on [[African Americans]], especially in [[the South]], increased dramatically in the aftermath of [[Reconstruction]], after the [[Republican]]s abolished [[slavery]] and extended [[Freedmen]] the right to vote. The peak of lynchings occurred in 1892, after white [[Southern Democrats]] regained control of state legislatures.  

Former [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[James F. Byrnes]], appointed by [[Franklin Roosevelt]] and later [[Secretary of State]] under President [[Harry Truman]] said, "[[rape]] is responsible, directly and indirectly, for most of the lynching in America."<ref>https://segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/segregation-forever-leaders.html</ref>  Franklin Roosevelt appointed [[Ku Klux Klan]] Grand Wizard [[Hugo Black]] to the Supreme Court.

Former [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[James F. Byrnes]], appointed by [[Franklin Roosevelt]] and later [[Secretary of State]] under President [[Harry Truman]] said, "[[rape]] is responsible, directly and indirectly, for most of the lynching in America."<ref>https://segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/segregation-forever-leaders.html</ref>  Franklin Roosevelt appointed [[Ku Klux Klan]] Grand Wizard [[Hugo Black]] to the Supreme Court.<ref>https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/thedigs/2012/09/04/ray-sprigles-pulitzer-winning-story-on-the-front-page-of-the-post-gazette/</ref>

==Post-Reconstruction==

==Post-Reconstruction==