Lynchings is a extrajudicial executions (Killing people by governments authorities without legal process) carried out by a mob, mainly hanging them but also shooting & burning
… them at the stake. The controled or manipulated a population of people however large or small. Violence against African Americas occurred in the united states after the civil war after slavery had beeen abolished, and black men was given the right to vote. white Democrats regained political power and separated blacks from common public life and facilities. Nearly 5,000 African Americans were lynched in the United States between 1882 - 1968 (MORE) 