Jim Crow Era Lynching

Lynching was the act of hanging somebody from a tree. From 1877-1950 white people saw this as a suitable punishment for 3,959 black people. The victims of Lynching were killed because they had committed some type of social transgression, like bumping into a white woman, or if they were accused of a crime. They were not given due process in court for real crimes. Instead, they were hung by their neck from a tree. The people who committed these barbaric acts were never charged with any crimes. In any case of lynching, the people who would lynch these people would essentially just get away with murder. 

                                            

Georgia had the most lynchings with 586 people killed, Mississippi followed close behind with 576 killings, and Louisiana came in 3rd with 540 total lynchings.  

                                              

These lynchings were treated as like a sporting event with many people attending. There were mostly adults in these lynch mobs but there are many pictures of children smiling under the feet of a newly lynched black man. There are also views of massive crowds gathered to watch black men be killed by the rope. These people were proud of what they were doing and this can be seen by men smiling and pointing at the dead men in photos. Lynching was one of the most horrible things a man could do to another.


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