On October 29, 1932, the Chicago Defender condemned Mississippi and its ugly practice of lynching as "the most brutal community in history." Mobs worked outside the law, capturing, torturing, and killing hundreds of Black people. From 1877 to 1950, Mississippi accounted for 600 lynchings, nearly 12 percent of 3,959 Black men and women lynching nationwide, though many more went unreported.
Pictured: A black and white photograph taken from the NAACP office in New York City in 1936. A busy street can be seen in the background. On the right hand side are several high-rise buildings. At the bottom of the photograph are several cars on the road and pedestrians on the sidewalks on the left and right sides. In the center is a black flag on a gray flag pole. The all-white text reads: "A Man Was Lynched Yesterday."
Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-38656
