Lynchings in the Jim Crow South were often elaborate public events, sometimes attracting thousands of spectators. Local papers often advertised the time and place of the executions, and white famil...

"In this perilous world, if a black boy wanted to live a halfway normal life and die a natural death he had to learn early the art of how to get along with white folks." "They don't sing as they us...

Reported Number of Black Victims of Lynching (According to Research by the Tuskegee Institute)1882 to 1889: 5341890 to 1899: 1,1321900 to 1909: 7911910 to 1919: 5681920 to 1929: 281 Since 1882...

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Black Codes A set of laws passed by southern states after the Civil War in order to restrict the rights of former slaves, to limit their choice in employment, and to prevent them from owning proper...