Actually, lynchings were common through the 1950s, so your attempt to dismiss them is not factual.
List of lynchings, compiled from the archives of the Tuskegee Institute:
Year | Whites | Blacks | Total |
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1882 | 64 | 49 | 113 |
1883 | 77 | 53 | 130 |
1884 | 160 | 51 | 211 |
1885 | 110 | 74 | 184 |
1886 | 64 | 74 | 138 |
1887 | 50 | 70 | 120 |
1888 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
1889 | 76 | 94 | 170 |
1890 | 11 | 85 | 96 |
1891 | 71 | 113 | 184 |
1892 | 69 | 161 | 230 |
1893 | 34 | 118 | 152 |
1894 | 58 | 134 | 192 |
1895 | 66 | 113 | 179 |
1896 | 45 | 78 | 123 |
1897 | 35 | 123 | 158 |
1898 | 19 | 101 | 120 |
1899 | 21 | 85 | 106 |
1900 | 9 | 106 | 115 |
1901 | 25 | 105 | 130 |
1902 | 7 | 85 | 92 |
1903 | 15 | 84 | 99 |
1904 | 7 | 76 |
83
|
1905 |
5
|
57
|
62
|
1906 |
3
|
62
|
65
|
1907 |
3
|
58
|
61
|
1908 |
8
|
89
|
97
|
1909 |
13
|
69
|
82
|
1910 |
9
|
67
|
76
|
1911 |
7
|
60
|
67
|
1912 |
2
|
62
|
64
|
1913 |
1
|
51
|
52
|
1914 |
4
|
51
|
55
|
1915 |
13
|
56
|
69
|
1916 |
4
|
50
|
54
|
1917 |
2
|
36
|
38
|
1918 |
4
|
60
|
64
|
1919 |
7
|
76
|
83
|
1920 |
8
|
53
|
61
|
1921 |
5
|
59
|
64
|
1922 |
6
|
51
|
57
|
1923 |
4
|
29
|
33
|
1924 |
0
|
16
|
16
|
1925 |
0
|
17
|
17
|
1926 |
7
|
23
|
30
|
1927 |
0
|
16
|
16
|
1928 |
1
|
10
|
11
|
1929 |
3
|
7
|
10
|
1930 |
1
|
20
|
21
|
1931 |
1
|
12
|
13
|
1932 |
2
|
6
|
8
|
1933 |
2
|
24
|
26
|
1934 |
0
|
15
|
15
|
1935 |
2
|
18
|
20
|
1936 |
0
|
8
|
8
|
1937 |
0
|
8
|
8
|
1938 |
0
|
6
|
6
|
1939 |
1
|
2
|
3
|
1940 |
1
|
4
|
5
|
1941 |
0
|
4
|
4
|
1942 |
0
|
6
|
6
|
1943 |
0
|
3
|
3
|
1944 |
0
|
2
|
2
|
1945 |
0
|
1
|
1
|
1946 |
0
|
6
|
6
|
1947 |
0
|
1
|
1
|
1948 |
1
|
1
|
2
|
1949 |
0
|
3
|
3
|
1950 |
1
|
1
|
2
|
1951 |
0
|
1
|
1
|
1952 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1953 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1954 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1955 |
0
|
3
|
3
|
1956 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1957 |
1
|
0
|
1
|
1958 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1959 |
0
|
1
|
1
|
1960 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1961 |
0
|
1
|
1
|
1962 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1963 |
0
|
1
|
1
|
1964 |
2
|
1
|
3
|
1965 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1966 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1967 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1968 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
Total | 1,297 | 3,445 | 4,742 |
How does that compare with black-on-black homicides in the same time period? How does that compare with black on white homicides in that same period?