History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1090 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Lynchings Rise
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The idea
Recorded lynchings rose from thirty-eight in nineteen seventeen to eighty-three in nineteen nineteen, the anchor says.
In practice
Many of the victims were Black veterans returning from the war.
Where people slip
Service had not brought the citizenship Black leaders hoped for. The violence reached its peak in the Red Summer later in this unit.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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