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COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF LYNCHING Published by the NAACP in 1919 to
promote awareness of lynching in the United States, this seminal
study provides information on the lynchings of 3,224
African-Americans between 1889 and 1918. With a new introduction by
noted slave historian, Paul Finkelman. "The book reprinted here is
one of the most comprehensive studies of lynching in U.S. history.
The NAACP data shows that most lynchings were not about interracial
sex-the great paranoia of the southern white Americans. Many blacks
were lynched because they had allegedly committed murders. However,
many of these "murderers" were never tried and the evidence against
them was speculative at best. But other blacks were lynched for no
apparent reason, or for some minor transgression of social and
racial rules-as understood by whites-such as 'inflammatory
language, ' 'insulting remarks to a white woman, ' 'being
disreputable, ' or just 'race prejudice.' This last cause-racial
prejudice-was indeed at the root of almost all lynchings of
African-Americans." -- Paul Finkelman, Introduction CONTENTS
Summation of the Facts Disclosed in Tables The Story of One Hundred
Lynchings Appendix I-Analyses of Number of Persons Lynched Appendix
II-Chronological List of Persons Lynched in United States 1889 to
1918, Inclusive, Arranged by State
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