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Lynching

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Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

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Definition

Extrajudicial violence and murder, typically mob violence, perpetrated against African Americans, particularly in the South, as a tool of racial terror and control.

AP course connection

Topic 3.16: 3.16 The Great Migration

Unit 3

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Subjects (3)

AP US History
African American History – 1865 to Present
Intro to African American Studies

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