Lynchings: By Year and Race

Details
Year Whites Blacks Total
1882 64 49 113
1883 77 53 130
1884 160 51 211
1885 110 74 184
1886 64 74 138
1887 50 70 120
1888 68 69 137
1889 76 94 170
1890 11 85 96
1891 71 113 184
1892 69 161 230
1893 34 118 152
1894 58 134 192
1895 66 113 179
1896 45 78 123
1897 35 123 158
1898 19 101 120
1899 21 85 106
1900 9 106 115
1901 25 105 130
1902 7 85 92
1903 15 84 99
1904 7 76 83
1905 5 57 62
1906 3 62 65
1907 3 58 61
1908 8 89 97
1909 13 69 82
1910 9 67 76
1911 7 60 67
1912 2 62 64
1913 1 51 52
1914 4 51 55
1915 13 56 69
1916 4 50 54
1917 2 36 38
1918 4 60 64
1919 7 76 83
1920 8 53 61
1921 5 59 64
1922 6 51 57
1923 4 29 33
1924 0 16 16
1925 0 17 17
1926 7 23 30
1927 0 16 16
1928 1 10 11
1929 3 7 10
1930 1 20 21
1931 1 12 13
1932 2 6 8
1933 2 24 26
1934 0 15 15
1935 2 18 20
1936 0 8 8
1937 0 8 8
1938 0 6 6
1939 1 2 3
1940 1 4 5
1941 0 4 4
1942 0 6 6
1943 0 3 3
1944 0 2 2
1945 0 1 1
1946 0 6 6
1947 0 1 1
1948 1 1 2
1949 0 3 3
1950 1 1 2
1951 0 1 1
1952 0 0 0
1953 0 0 0
1954 0 0 0
1955 0 3 3
1956 0 0 0
1957 1 0 1
1958 0 0 0
1959 0 1 1
1960 0 0 0
1961 0 1 1
1962 0 0 0
1963 0 1 1
1964 2 1 3
1965 0 0 0
1966 0 0 0
1967 0 0 0
1968 0 0 0
Total 1,297 3,445 4,742


*Statistics provided by the Archives at Tuskegee Institute.

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