Why Lynching Is Still Not A Federal Crime

By Daniel Tucker, Steve Bynum
LYNCHING MEMORIAL
This April 28, 2018, file photo shows a poem by Toni Morrison inscribed on a wall at the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. The organization that founded the nation’s first memorial to lynching victims announced Tuesday, June 16, 2020, that it has documented thousands of additional killings of black people during the era of Reconstruction. The Equal Justice Initiative said it has now documented nearly 6,500 lynchings of black people between 1877 and 1950. Beth J. Harpaz / AP Photo
LYNCHING MEMORIAL
This April 28, 2018, file photo shows a poem by Toni Morrison inscribed on a wall at the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. The organization that founded the nation’s first memorial to lynching victims announced Tuesday, June 16, 2020, that it has documented thousands of additional killings of black people during the era of Reconstruction. The Equal Justice Initiative said it has now documented nearly 6,500 lynchings of black people between 1877 and 1950. Beth J. Harpaz / AP Photo

Why Lynching Is Still Not A Federal Crime

By Daniel Tucker, Steve Bynum
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