A year-end report released on this date revealed that 59 Black Americans were lynched in the United States during 1921. These extrajudicial killings, primarily in the South, were a grim reflection of the era’s racial violence and the lack of legal protection for Black lives. The report served as a call to action for anti-lynching advocates, including the NAACP, who were pushing for federal anti-lynching legislation.
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