lynching

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The National Memorial is the first institution of its kind dedicated to the legacy of the Black Americans who were the victims of the racial terror of lynching.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

The law makes lynching a federal hate crime.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023

The accusations featured in the 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland, which Jackson's family described as a "public lynching".

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2023

He also said that signing the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which made lynching a federal hate crime, in March 2022, was “one of the great honors of my career.”

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 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