The History of Lynching in America

Lynching, a form of violence in which a mob, under the pretext of administering justice without trial, executes a presumed offender, often after inflicting torture and corporal mutilation.<br /><br />In the United States, lynchings of African Americans became frequent in the South during the period after the Reconstruction era till around the 1980s.<br /><br /><br />Website<br />Onemichistory.com/follow<br /><br />Sources<br /><a href="https://eji.org/reports/lynching-in-america/" rel="noopener">https://eji.org/reports/lynching-in-america/</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching</a><br /><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/lynching" rel="noopener">https://www.britannica.com/topic/lynching</a>