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Lynching was a brutal form of racial terror in the South, used to control and intimidate African Americans. Between 1889 and 1918, over 2,500 Black Americans were lynched, including 50 women, through horrific methods like hanging and burning. Despite claims of justifications often linked to accusations of rape, 80% of cases lacked any evidence of such crimes. Many were targeted for minor offenses or simply for resisting oppression. Tragically, accountability for these acts was virtually nonexistent until 1918, illustrating the deep-rooted racism of the era.
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What was Lynching? Why and when was it done? • In the South, lynching was considered a terrorist tactic to control and threaten the African Americans. Between 1889 and 1918, a total of 2,522 black Americans were lynched, 50 of them were women. They were hung, burned alive, or hacked to death. According to people black men were lynched because they raped white women, yet in 80% of cases there was no sexual charges alleged, let alone proved. People were lynched for petty offenses such as stealing a cow, arguing with a white man, or attempting to register to vote. No one was punished in the South for taking part in a lynching until 1918. By Ashley Rodier
