antilynching
Opposing extrajudicial hangings
Antilynching describes laws, movements, or efforts opposing the practice of lynching—mob killings carried out without legal authority, historically targeting Black Americans in the South.
antilynching legislation, antilynching activists.
The term appears most often in historical contexts discussing early-to-mid 20th century civil rights advocacy.
Civil rights advocacy organization
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- petitionFormal written appeal
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- advocacyPleading for a cause
publicity · documentation · investigation · pamphlet · crusade · organizing · testimony · coalition
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
- vigilantismExtralegal enforcement by civilians
- segregationForced separation by group
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- extrajudicialOutside court authority
terrorism · postbellum · hangings · burnings · spectacle · photography · postcards · sheriffs
Delaying tactic through speech
- senateLegislative governing body
- passageSegment of text
- clotureProcedure ending legislative discussion
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
lobbying · testimony · hearing · amendment · criminalizing · jurisdiction · enforcement · penalty
Pursuing legal charges
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- impunityFreedom from consequences
- convictionFirmly held belief
witnesses · evidence · victims · reparations · memorialization · apology · acknowledgment · truth
NAACP
Civil rights advocacy organization
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- petitionFormal written appeal
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
advocacy · publicity · documentation · investigation · pamphlet · crusade · organizing · testimony · coalition · fundraising
mob
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
- vigilantismExtralegal enforcement by civilians
- segregationForced separation by group
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
extrajudicial · terrorism · postbellum · hangings · burnings · spectacle · photography · postcards · sheriffs · complicity
filibuster
Delaying tactic through speech
- senateLegislative governing body
- passageSegment of text
- clotureProcedure ending legislative discussion
obstruction · lobbying · testimony · hearing · amendment · criminalizing · jurisdiction · enforcement · penalty · prosecution
prosecution
Pursuing legal charges
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- impunityFreedom from consequences
conviction · witnesses · evidence · victims · reparations · memorialization · apology · acknowledgment · truth · reconciliation
antilynchinglynching
Extrajudicial killing by mob
lynch mob · mob violence · racial terror · Ku Klux Klan · KKK
antilynchingvigilantism
Extralegal enforcement by civilians
mob justice · summary execution · frontier justice · lynch law · kangaroo court