How many of the lynchings over that period of time were racially motivated? It was common for accused criminals (and convicted ones too) to be hauled out by the public and strung up. Vigilantism is always a horror; I never champion any of the calls for vigilante justice I see on FR.
There were also union workers who would lynch scabs and those who broke the picket lines.
It is a falacy to believe that every lynching in America was a white mob lynching some black man, woman, or child.
This website has some details on some research on lynching from 1882-1968. Some details even on individual states (some states had no lynchings and some states have no record of any black people being lynched). And yes there is a racial component (3-1) of black people being lynched to white people. I do question the research that no one was ever lynched in America before 1882. And I do agree with the statement that there are likely lynchings of black people that were not recorded as such.
http://faculty.berea.edu/browners/chesnutt/classroom/lynchingstat.html
There is no wiggle room here—lynching of blacks, whites, or anyone, was wrong on all levels. While there may have been whites lynched—this particular “strange fruit” was directed against blacks. There is no rationalization or belittling of this fact. Only 72 a year? Why its so insignificant! /sarc