The Years of Lynchings: And the Map

Posted by: adonis49 on: February 23, 2015

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Map of 73 Years of Lynchings

The most recent data on lynching, compiled by the Equal Justice Initiative, shows premeditated murders carried out by at least three people from 1877 to 1950 in 12 Southern states.

The killers claimed to be enforcing some form of social justice. The alleged offenses that prompted the lynchings included political activism and testifying in court. FEB. 9, 2015

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LYNCHINGS EVERY FIVE YEARS

PLACES WITH THE MOST VICTIMS

150 MILES

LOCATION

VICTIMS

600

1.

Phillips County, Ark.

243

2.

Caddo Parish, La.

54

400

3.

Lafourche Parish, La.

50

4.

Tensas Parish, La.

40

VA.

200

5.

Ouachita Parish, La.

35

KY.

0

1880

’00

’20

’40

N.C.

TENN.

In Phillips County Ark., 237 people were lynched in 1919 during the Elaine race riot.

ARK.

S.C.

GA.

ALA.

Caddo Parish

Ouachita Parish

LYNCHINGS PER COUNTY

200

MISS.

Tensas Parish

50

LA.

TEXAS

10

Lafourche Parish

FLA.

Source: Equal Justice Initiative

By The New York Times

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