jan 1, 1900 - 2500

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2500 Black Americans were lynched by white supremacists by the end of the 19th century.

Here in the picture the body of George Meadows who was murdered in 1889.

The brutal methods ranged from castration, punching someone to death to burning people alive.

-> Ida B. Wells "writer activism" to make this practice visible

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But what exactly is Lynching?
= systematic violence to prevent Black emancipation

-> it is not a form of criminal punishment but rather white supremacy was challenged -> like not crossing the street to pass a white person

-> took place in the public space

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