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Violence Cont. 10/14/13

Violence Cont. 10/14/13. Alternative Extra Credit due tomorrow Hand back tests Lynching and race riots lecture Barriers to voting Objective Question: How did violence prevent blacks from obtaining equal rights socially and politically?. Lynching and Violence.

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Violence Cont. 10/14/13

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  1. Violence Cont. 10/14/13 • Alternative Extra Credit due tomorrow • Hand back tests • Lynching and race riots lecture • Barriers to voting • Objective Question: How did violence prevent blacks from obtaining equal rights socially and politically?

  2. Lynching and Violence • Lynching: The use of vigilante justice to punish/kill those accused of breaking the law. • Commonly used against African Americans after the Civil War to prevent them from exercising their rights and to enforce an unwritten code of behavior. • Usually hanging or shooting, or both.

  3. Lynching Statistics • Stats not gathered until 1882. • Chicago newspaper began tracking reports • Later Tuskegee Institute and NAACP began tracking too • Between 1882-1968 Over 4,730 lynchings reported, of which 3,437 were African American

  4. Causes • White Southerners claimed they only occurred when AAs raped white women • Evidence doesn’t support this assertion • 41% of lynching victims accused of murder • 25% accused of rape • Other causes include robbery, insulting a white person • Evidence suggests 1/3 of lynching victims were falsely accused of wrongdoing

  5. Where • Most lynchings took place in the South/Border states • ½ of all victims in 5 states: MS, GA, TX, LA, AL • Most often in small, rural communities • Often because whites found themselves in direct economic competition with AAs. • Lynchings often an “event” – sometimes advertised in local newspapers, postcards created • Law enforcement often looked the other way, or were active participants – maybe as high as 50% of lynching cases.

  6. Race Riots • In addition to lynching, the early 20th century saw a number of race riots • 26 race riots in the “Red Summer” of 1919 • Chicago most famous • AA swimmer stoned to death • 13 days of rioting, 178 whites and 347 blacks killed • 1,000 families left homeless due to property destruction

  7. Some Commonalities • Most race riots started when whites attacked blacks • Most occurred at a time of great social/economic change • Rumors/unfounded accusations helped spark most race riots • The police either were active participants in the riot or failed to act • The fighting took place within Black neighborhoods/communities

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