lynching

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The National Memorial is the first institution of its kind dedicated to the legacy of the Black Americans who were the victims of the racial terror of lynching.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

He added that he was "neither a rapist nor a predator" and lamented that it was his word against the "trial by media and lynching" that he faced.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

“When he was doing the Ida B. Wells, I’d come visit Richard and he’d have a stack of seven different books on Ida B. Wells — lynching, photographs and history,” Ott said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2023

The law makes lynching a federal hate crime.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023

Then again, I also understood that Kathy was only doing what students of my generation had done to help end lynching.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson