This page is just a testing site for some interactive dashboards. It is not complete or finished in any way.
Content Warning: these clippings are often offensive, cruel, and violent in detail. Some are brief with just one or two telegraphed sentences that identify place, victim, and alleged offense. Others are more detailed in their reporting of the brutality and violence of these events. Many focus on the victim’s alleged offense and clearly have a racial bias that seeks to excuse lynchings. Please be aware that this data has not been censored in any way. It is composed entirely of newspapers from the era which are often racist, offensive, and inaccurate or biased in their reporting.
Newspaper report map
The larger dark red circle marks the newspaper’s location. Smaller circles mark lynching locations mentioned in the selected paper. The connecting lines link each report to its associated lynching site.
Select a row to view the clipping image
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