ETO:Lynching

what is lynching? It is the public killing of an individual who has not received any due process. These executions were often carried out by lawless mobs, the KKK, and other groups like them. Where did the term lynching come from? cam form the verb from Lynch Law, a term for a punishment without trial. Two Americans during this era are generally credited for coining the phrase: Charles Lynch (1736–1796) and William Lynch (1742–1820), both of whom lived in Virginia in the 1780s. Lynch's law is a term that is used when the Punishment of someone who is thought guilty of a crime without legal trial.

                                           

What was the largest lynching in US history?1891 New Orleans lynchings. The 1891 New Orleans lynchings were the murders of 11 Italian Americans and Italian immigrants in New Orleans by a mob for their alleged role in the murder of police chief David Hennessy after some of them had been acquitted at trial. It was the largest single mass lynching in American history. New Orleans has announced it will apologize for the lynching of 11 Italian-Americans in 1891 because the vitamins of the New Orleans lynching were accused of murder of police chief David Hennessy no evidence came about but then were allegedly died.

lynching that happened in North Carolina, 

at Tuskegee University they counted 4,745 lynchings between 1882 and 1968 of the 3,446 which involved black victims at this school. In North Carolina itself, no one knows how many lynchings happen but they think possibly as many as 300 in the years from 1882 to 1968. a known story of lynching in North Carolina is a 1970 killing that happened in Oxford North Carolina. the name of the man was Henry Marrow. he was a 23-year-old black veteran. he was known for being shot and killed by whites in a racial confrontation. Just like all these stories there are plenty of them that have been not talked about.

lynching with the Ku Klux Clan, 

is a domestic terrorist organization founded shortly after the United States Civil War ended. It has used intimidation, violence, and murder to maintain white supremacy in Southern government and social life. the KKK was known for used lynching. The lynching of Michael Donald was known to be one last lynching that had to do with the KKK. members of the Ku Klux Clan beat and killed him. he was only 19 years old when this happened to him. After they killed him they hung his body on a tree and left him there.

lynching come to an end. Ida B. Wells fought for lynching to end. Who was Ida B. Wells was an African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. she exposed lynching by publishing her findings in a pamphlet and writing several columns in local newspapers. Then they could not hide anymore because everyone would just turn a blind eye to it. she also Washington, DC, to implore President William McKinley to institute reforms against lynching and discrimination. know next time someone asks you what is lynching you know what to say.