James P. Brochin
The unit purpose is for students to be able to understand and explain the role that lyching played in post-Reconstruction American history, well into the 20th Century. The Essential Quesions are:
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1) What purpose(s) did lynching serve in the South, West, and elsewhere?
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2) Whether there were any righteous citizens or journalists, among white society, who condemned lynching? If so, what made them different?
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3) What explains the inaction of police, local politicians, and courts in the fact of thousands of mob lychings?
4) How and when did lynching in large numbers end?
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