Map of 73 Years of Lynchings
►http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/02/10/us/map-of-73-years-of-lynching.html
►http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/us/history-of-lynchings-in-the-south-documents-nearly-4000-names.html
“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.”
Without Sanctuary-Photographs & postcards of lynching in America
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The lynching of J. L. Compton and Joseph Wilson, vigilantes. April 30, 1870. Helena, Montana.
Lithographed postcard. Printed 1920-1930. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2"
Printed inscription in upper right hand corner reads, “Hangman’s Tree, Helena Montana.” Another version of this card states, “More than twenty men were hanged upon this tree during the early days.”
"A one-thousand-member vigilance committee accused the two men of shooting and robbing an old man named George Lenhart. Their fate was decided on the courthouse steps by mock trial, because “the law was tedious, expensive, and uncertain.”
When law officers interrupted the proceedings, they were imprisoned by the mob."
Poeme figurant au dos d’une carte postale de lynchage.
