Lynching Summary

Lynching Rooted in the broader tradition of vigilantism, the word lynching is primarily associated with the killing of African Americans by white mobs from the Civil War to the late twentieth century.... Read more

In the following excerpt, Harris provides an overview of works addressing the theme of lynching and argues that raising the topic was, for many writers, a consciously political act. William Wells B... Read more

In the following essay, McMurry delineates Ida B. Wells-Barnett's anti-lynching activism and career after the journalist's controversial departure from the Memphis Free Speech. ȁ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Grant examines the treatment of lynching in both the white and black press. In the 1880s the press was divided on the question of lynching along the same lines that the co... Read more