Map of 73 Years of Lynchings: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United"

Map of 73 Years of Lynchings

The most recent data on lynching, compiled by the Equal Justice Initiative, shows premeditated murders carried out by at least three people from 1877 to 1950 in 12 Southern states. The killers claimed to be enforcing some form of social justice. The alleged offenses that prompted the lynchings included political activism and testifying in court. 

From New York Times [2015/02/10] via RB on Facebook/Google (parts of data above and in map [Texas.,Florida] missing in this entry)