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Bibliography of the history of lynching

This is a bibliography of lynching in the United States. This bibliography is limited to history and excludes other disciplines. Lynching is a form of violence in which a mob, under the pretext of administering justice without trial, executes a presumed offender, often after inflicting torture. The term is probably derived from the name of Charles Lynch (1736–1796), who led an irregular court formed to punish loyalists during the American Revolutionary War. Records kept by the NAACP count 4,743 lynchings in the United States between 1882 and 1968; 3,446 of those killed were Black, and the remainder included white Americans and immigrants from Mexico, China, and other countries. The organization notes that there was no formal tracking and that the true number is probably higher. The Equal Justice Initiative has documented 4,075 racial terror lynchings in twelve Southern states between 1877 and 1950. Bibliography contains academic level English language books (including translations) and journal articles, published mainly post World War II. Book entries may have references to reviews published in academic journals or major newspapers when these could be considered helpful. These reference reviews also function as a resource to find other works on this subject. Works listed here are cited in the notes or bibliographies of scholarly sources. Each is published by an academic or major trade press, written by a recognized expert, or substantially reviewed in scholarly journals; borderline cases are omitted. A selection of primary sources are included. Many of the books below carry their own bibliographies; see Further reading section for longer ones, and External links section for historical sites and museums. Citations follow APA style. Book have citations to academic journal or mainstream published reviews when available. For books only partly about the subject, give relevant chapter or section titles where useful and available. Translators of the original-language edition are included when possible. In cases where a title or name has appeared with more than one English spelling, use the most recent published form is used and a footnote documents any earlier title under which the work appeared.

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• ▸Cadet scandal
• ▸Carlos Cruz-Diez
• ▸Biggleswade

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