Lynching in America (EJI) Flashcards
1
Q
Lynchings were acts of terrorism as they were often carried out with impunity, often on the….?
A
“on the courthouse lawn (Ifill, On The Courthouse Lawn, 2007)
2
Q
How many racial terror lynchings in 12 Southern states between the end of Reconstruction (1877) and 1950? (EJI)
A
4084
3
Q
What did Confederate VP Alexander Stephens claim the ideological “cornerstone” of the new Confederacy was on 21 March 1861?
A
“the negro is not equal to the white man”
“slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and moral condition”
4
Q
When did VP Alexander Stephens claim that “the negro is not equal to the white man”?
A
21 March 1861
