The Geography of Lynching

Joan Shaughnessy at Washington and Lee sent along a link to a Salon article, "A Lynching Map of the United States, 1900-1931," which reprints a map of the United States put together from data at the Tuskegee Institute to document the places where lynchings took place over that time.  It's worth a look.

Comments

[Derek Black]

Al:
Is there any theory as to why Georgia and the Mississipi River have so many more lynchings than elsewhere? I could speculate as to the River but don't have any thoughts on Georgia.

[Alfred Brophy]

Really interesting question -- I wondered about that when I saw it. Lots of violence along the rivers, wasn't there? Also, those were places where there was a large African American population.