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- Author: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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- Category : Lynching
- Languages : en
- Pages : 118
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COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF LYNCHING Published by the NAACP in 1919 to promote awareness of lynching in the United States, this seminal study provides information on the lynchings of 3,224 African-Americans between 1889 and 1918. With a new introduction by noted slave historian, Paul Finkelman. "The book reprinted here is one of the most comprehensive studies of lynching in U.S. history. The NAACP data shows that most lynchings were not about interracial sex-the great paranoia of the southern white Americans. Many blacks were lynched because they had allegedly committed murders. However, many of these "murderers" were never tried and the evidence against them was speculative at best. But other blacks were lynched for no apparent reason, or for some minor transgression of social and racial rules-as understood by whites-such as 'inflammatory language, ' 'insulting remarks to a white woman, ' 'being disreputable, ' or just 'race prejudice.' This last cause-racial prejudice-was indeed at the root of almost all lynchings of African-Americans." -- Paul Finkelman, Introduction CONTENTS Summation of the Facts Disclosed in Tables The Story of One Hundred Lynchings Appendix I-Analyses of Number of Persons Lynched Appendix II-Chronological List of Persons Lynched in United States 1889 to 1918, Inclusive, Arranged by State
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30 Years of Lynching In the United States LARGE PRINT EDITION: Until the recent outbreaks in Germany, where, under revolutionary conditions, a few lynchings have taken place, the United States has for long been the only advanced nation where government has tolerated lynching. In presenting this material we have refrained from editorial comment, restricting our text to a brief summary of the facts. The cases included in this book were authenticated by evidence from recognized newspapers or confirmed by a responsible investigator.
Until the recent outbreaks in Germany, where, under revolutionary conditions, a few lynchings have taken place, the United States has for long been the only advanced nation where government has tolerated lynching. In presenting this material we have refrained from editorial comment, restricting our text to a brief summary of the facts. The cases included in this book were authenticated by evidence from recognized newspapers or confirmed by a responsible investigator.
This is a reproduction of a vintage text, originally published in 1919. It provides a comprehensive look at lynchings in America during the 30 years around the turn of the century, with numerous facts and statistics. Additionally, the chapter "The Story of One Hundred Lynchings" is written to "give concreteness and to make vivid the facts of lynchings in the United States," giving "an account of one hundred lynchings which have occurred in the period from 1894 to 1918."