lynching

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Her father, the late actor Henry Fonda, witnessed the lynching of a Black man during the 1919 Omaha race riots when he was 14, casting him into becoming a lifelong liberal.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

In spite of all that, Diddy's mother recently defended her son on Sunday and accused the media and others of engaging in a "public lynching."

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

"To the media court, to the lynching that has been reserved for me, I have only my word to defend myself," the 74-year-old added.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2023

The law makes lynching a federal hate crime.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023

Then again, I also understood that Kathy was only doing what students of my generation had done to help end lynching.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson