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1933: A Lynchless Year? (Literary Digest, 1933)
This is a magazine article published during the opening days of 1933 that reported on the deep spirit of optimism enjoyed by the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching and their executive director, Mrs. Jessi Daniel Ames (1883 - 1972). This group of Southerners were hoping that through their efforts, and those of other like minded organizations, 1933 would be a year without a single lynching:
"If Mississippi can have a lynchless year, a lynchless South is a possible and reasonable goal..."
The reporter dryly noted that a few days after the above remark was recorded, a lynching was committed - one of the twenty-eight that took place throughout the course of 1933.
| The Lynchings of 1934 (The Literary Digest, 1935)
Four paragraphs tallying up the number of lynchings that took place throughout the course of 1934. The study was compiled by the Department of Records and Research of the Tuskegee Institute, which also compared the amount to the number of lynchings that took place during the previous four years.
"Fifteen people, all Negroes, were lynched during 1934...Mississippi led in the number of lynchings, six; Florida and Louisiana came next with two each; and one each was recorded for Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas."
| American Lynchings on French Soil (N.Y. Times, 1921)
This article from 1921 reported on a disturbing series of lynchings that took place between the years 1917 through 1919 by U.S. Army personnel serving in France during the First World War. The journalist quotes witness after witness who appeared before a Senate Committee regarding the lynchings they had seen:"Altogether...I saw ten Negroes and two white men hanged at Is-Sur-Tille. Twenty-eight other members of my command also witnessed these hangings and if necessary, I can produce them." It was alleged that the murders were committed under the authority of American officers who willingly acted outside the law. If you would like to read more about African-American service during W.W. I you may click here.
| The Lynching Evil as Understood by Robert Moton (Review of Reviews, 1919)
A digest concerning the thoughts of Tuskegee Institutes's Robert R. Moton (1867 - 1940) and his reflections on the 1919 lynching situation. Principal Moton pointed out that lynching served as the primary cause for the northerly migration of the African-Americans and was creating a labor shortage that would in no way benefit the economies of the Southern states. He stated that more and more Whites were recognizing the injustice of the crime and taking measures to actively oppose it. Seven influential Southern newspapers were named that had recently condemned lynching.
| Lynching as an Extension of Chivalry? (The New Republic, 1922)
A small column from the pages of The New Republic reported that women from five Southern states had gathered together in 1922 intending to pass a set of resolutions that would remedy "one aspect of the Negro question". The article stated that these women"...feel a deep sense of appreciation for the chivalry of men who would give their lives for the purity and safety of the women of their own race," yet "They wish to bring about a state of public opinion which will compel the protection and purity of both races."
| Lynching Records for 1913 (N.Y. Times, 1913)
A report from the New York Times stated that, relative to the population, 1913 saw a drop in the number of lynchings. Included in this brief is a record of lynchings that occurred between the years 1885 - 1912.
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