lynching in the United States: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: PBS - Special Presentations - The Legacy of Lynching and the Soul of America. Oct 25, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - History of Lynchings in America. Sep 11, 2026
Add new Web site: CNN - merica’s legacy of lynching isn’t all history. Many say it’s still happening today. Apr 12, 2026
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Lynching in the United States of America, a story. Jan 08, 2026
Add new Web site: PNAS - Confederate monuments and the history of lynching in the American South: An empirical examination. Nov 28, 2025
Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - A history of American lynchings. Sep 27, 2025
Article thoroughly revised. Jul 07, 2025
Add new Web site: Murray State's Digital Commons - The Legacy of Lynching: On Representation, Remembrance, and Reconciliation (PDF). Jul 05, 2025
Media removed. Mar 17, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - History of Lynchings in America. Feb 26, 2025
Add new Web site: International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research - Mob Lynching: A Social Evil. Nov 21, 2024
Add new Web site: International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research - Mob Lynching: A Social Evil. Nov 20, 2024
Cross-reference added. Sep 29, 2024
Add new Web site: International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts - Mob Lynching: An Alarming Hate Crime In India. Sep 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Mob Lynching: A New Form of Hate Crime. Aug 17, 2024
Add new Web site: NCpedia - Lynching. May 21, 2024
Add new Web site: CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Lynching. Apr 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - Handbook of Texas Online - Lynching. Feb 16, 2024
Add new Web site: PBS - Special Presentations - The Legacy of Lynching and the Soul of America. Nov 08, 2023
Add new Web site: NAACP - History of Lynching in America. Jul 07, 2023
Add new Web site: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Lynching. May 25, 2023
Add new Web site: Oklahoma Historical Society - Lynching. Feb 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Digital History - Lynching. Dec 08, 2022
Add new Web site: Re-Imagining Migration - The History of Anti-Mexican Lynching and Violence. Aug 18, 2021
Cross-references to various articles added. Aug 13, 2019
Media added. Dec 05, 2016
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Lynching. Aug 19, 2010
Add new Web site: New Georgia Encyclopedia - History and Archaeology - Lynching. Aug 19, 2010
Article revised and updated. Aug 09, 2007
Article revised. Aug 23, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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