Study shows nearly 2,000 lynchings occurred in U.S. between 1865 and 1877

Edited by Ed Newman
2020-06-18 14:44:17

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Washington, June 18 (RHC)-- The Equal Justice Initiative has issued a new report documenting nearly 2,000 confirmed lynchings of Black people by white mobs in the United States between 1865 and 1877.  The group, which was founded by Bryan Stevenson, has spent years documenting the legacy of racial terror in the country. 

The group had previously documented 4,400 lynchings of Black people in the U.S. between 1877 and 1950.


 



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