Anti-lynching campaigns

Definition

Anti-lynching campaigns refer to organized efforts aimed at ending the practice of mob violence, specifically lynching, against African Americans in the southern United States. These campaigns sought to raise awareness about lynching and pressure lawmakers to enact legislation against it.

Related terms

Ida B. Wells: A prominent African American journalist and suffragist who led anti-lynching campaigns through her writings and activism.

NAACP: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization that fought against racial discrimination and played a significant role in anti-lynching efforts.

Lynching: The act of killing someone, typically by hanging, without legal authority or due process. In the context of anti-lynching campaigns, it refers specifically to the extrajudicial killings of African Americans by white mobs.