NAACP Documents 1,100+ Black Americans Lynched 1900-1919

The NAACP's documentation identified over 1,100 lynchings of Black Americans between 1900 and 1919, an average of more than one per week for twenty years. Mississippi led, followed by Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama. The NAACP hung a banner from its New York office reading 'A Man Was Lynched Yesterday' each time a lynching was reported. The consistency and scale constituted a systematic campaign of racial terror.