Diversity Reflection 2

History of Lynching to Racist Police Violence (NAACP)

Lynching was prevalent in the 19th to 20th century
1882-1968: 4,743 people lynched
72% were Black
July 1916: W E B DuBois published an anti-lynching photo essay about Jesse Washington
1918: Leonidas Syer introduced an Anti-lynching bill
- Defeated by Senate filibuster
1930s: lynching declines due to anti-lynching advocacy and the Great Migration
1952: first year with 0 lynchings recorded
1955: Murder of Emmet Till
Modern day lynching
- 1998: James Byrd murdered by white supremacists
- 2020: shooting of Ahmaud Avery over tresspassing, death of George Floyd

Emmett Till Antilynching Act was signed into law by President Biden on March 29, 2022, making it the first anti-lynching law in U.S. history
Last recorded lynching in 1981

History of 911