Lynchings, by Year and Race,
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| Year | Whites | Blacks | Total |
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| 1882 | 64 | 49 | 113 |
| 1883 | 77 | 53 | 130 |
| 1884 | 160 | 51 | 211 |
| 1885 | 110 | 74 | 184 |
| 1886 | 64 | 74 | 138 |
| 1887 | 50 | 70 | 120 |
| 1888 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| 1889 | 76 | 94 | 170 |
| 1890 | 11 | 85 | 96 |
| 1891 | 71 | 113 | 184 |
| 1892 | 69 | 161 | 230 |
| 1893 | 34 | 118 | 152 |
| 1894 | 58 | 134 | 192 |
| 1895 | 66 | 113 | 179 |
| 1896 | 45 | 78 | 123 |
| 1897 | 35 | 123 | 158 |
| 1898 | 19 | 101 | 120 |
| 1899 | 21 | 85 | 106 |
| 1900 | 9 | 106 | 115 |
| 1901 | 25 | 105 | 130 |
| 1902 | 7 | 85 | 92 |
| 1903 | 15 | 84 | 99 |
| 1904 | 7 | 76 |
83
|
| 1905 |
5
|
57
|
62
|
| 1906 |
3
|
62
|
65
|
| 1907 |
3
|
58
|
61
|
| 1908 |
8
|
89
|
97
|
| 1909 |
13
|
69
|
82
|
| 1910 |
9
|
67
|
76
|
| 1911 |
7
|
60
|
67
|
| 1912 |
2
|
62
|
64
|
| 1913 |
1
|
51
|
52
|
| 1914 |
4
|
51
|
55
|
| 1915 |
13
|
56
|
69
|
| 1916 |
4
|
50
|
54
|
| 1917 |
2
|
36
|
38
|
| 1918 |
4
|
60
|
64
|
| 1919 |
7
|
76
|
83
|
| 1920 |
8
|
53
|
61
|
| 1921 |
5
|
59
|
64
|
| 1922 |
6
|
51
|
57
|
| 1923 |
4
|
29
|
33
|
| 1924 |
0
|
16
|
16
|
| 1925 |
0
|
17
|
17
|
| 1926 |
7
|
23
|
30
|
| 1927 |
0
|
16
|
16
|
| 1928 |
1
|
10
|
11
|
| 1929 |
3
|
7
|
10
|
| 1930 |
1
|
20
|
21
|
| 1931 |
1
|
12
|
13
|
| 1932 |
2
|
6
|
8
|
| 1933 |
2
|
24
|
28
|
| 1934 |
0
|
15
|
15
|
| 1935 |
2
|
18
|
20
|
| 1936 |
0
|
8
|
8
|
| 1937 |
0
|
8
|
8
|
| 1938 |
0
|
6
|
6
|
| 1939 |
1
|
2
|
3
|
| 1940 |
1
|
4
|
5
|
| 1941 |
0
|
4
|
4
|
| 1942 |
0
|
6
|
6
|
| 1943 |
0
|
3
|
3
|
| 1944 |
0
|
2
|
2
|
| 1945 |
0
|
1
|
1
|
| 1946 |
0
|
6
|
6
|
| 1947 |
0
|
1
|
1
|
| 1948 |
1
|
1
|
2
|
| 1949 |
0
|
3
|
3
|
| 1950 |
1
|
1
|
2
|
| 1951 |
0
|
1
|
1
|
| 1952 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1953 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1954 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1955 |
0
|
3
|
3
|
| 1956 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1957 |
1
|
0
|
1
|
| 1958 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1959 |
0
|
1
|
1
|
| 1960 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1961 |
0
|
1
|
1
|
| 1962 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1963 |
0
|
1
|
1
|
| 1964 |
2
|
1
|
3
|
| 1965 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1966 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1967 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 1968 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total | 1,297 | 3,445 | 4,742 |
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*Statistics provided the author by th Archives at Tuskegee Institute, Febuary 1979. The data do not specify victims by ethnicity or by race other than black and white. The slight discrepancy in totals between Tables of the Stae and Race, and Year and Race is not a typographical error; it derives from the complexities of recording mob action (Lillian B.Jiminez, assistant to the archivist, Tuskegee Institute, to the author, March 29,
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