Lynching
Source: Historical Statistics of the U.S., and is based on the 1952 Negro year Book.
Lynching refers to the assumption of extrajudicial authority, usually by Democrats, and the fatal execution of minorities or political opponents by mob rule.
Lynching attacks on African Americans, especially in the South, increased dramatically in the aftermath of Reconstruction, after the Republicans 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.
At the turn of the 20th century, southern states passed new constitutions or Jim Crow laws which effectively disenfranchised most blacks and established segregation of public facilities by race/ Nearly 3,500 Blacks and 1,300 whites were lynched between 1882 and 1968.[1]
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References
Template:Reflsit- ↑ Lynchings: By State and Race, 1882–1968. University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. “Statistics provided by the Archives at Tuskegee Institute.”
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