Lynching in The United States Since 1865


1900 – One hundred and six Blacks reported lynched

1920 – Fifty-three Blacks reported lynched

1906 – Sixty-two Blacks reported lynched

Source: blackfacts.com

The Duluth Lynchings (1920) Euell A. Dixon

By the 1920s lynchings of African Americans had become a standard practice across the nation. The multiple lynchings in Duluth, Minnesota, however, represent the farthest north this practice reached

The Lynching of Joe Coe, 1891
Henry Smith, 1893
Lynching of Julia and Frazier Baker, 1898
Joseph (“Joe”) Martin Lynching, 1904
Allen Brooks, 1910
Jesse Washington, 1916
Mary Turner Lynching, 1918
The Omaha Courthouse Lynching, 1919
Duluth Lynchings, 1920
Marion, Indiana Lynching, 1930
Eyewitness to Terror, 1931
The Moore’s Ford Lynching, 1946
Isadore Banks, 1954
Emmett Till, 1955
Charles Mack Parker, 1959
James Byrd Jr., 1998

Source: blackpast.com

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