Lynching

Lynching or hanging was a large part of history from 1880 to 1930, thousands of people were lynched in an attempt to maintain social order, however many people believed it went too far as the reasons for being lynched by today's views are things we take for granite or feel are minor.

Acting suspiciously
Gambling
Adultery
Killing livestock
throwing stones
insulting a white man
Arguing with a white man
Slander
being obnoxious
spreading disease
insulting a white woman
frighting a white woman
vagrancy
rape

some crimes more serious than others, the thought behind nearly 2,000 lynchings was to send a message to those that broke the law, to maintain order, the demonstration of power, or race hatred.

Many were against lynching and tried to pass anti-lynching laws, however they didn't pass as lynching continued until 1930.

To me it seems that lynching was abused greatly, I'm sure it struck fear into most African American's because more of them were lynched than whites were. Trials were no longer held, if you did something you were lynched that was it, some had trials but the result was usually the same, some were lynched even though they were innocent, some family members were lynched for another family member's crimes. I think those in power are so eager to kill people they forget about their own humanity, it was a terrible time for all not just one group, it showed how certain people can be good even in the face of death and how others can be worse than demons.