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Today the 1st national #LynchingMemorial opens in Montgomery, Alabama. I have worked to create a national lynching data set from 1684 to 1983. What do we know about lynchings? 1/N
First, we know they were heavily concentrated in the Deep South from the late 1800's and in general. Here's a heat map of the entire data set from 1684 to 1983. 2/N
We also know lynchings occurred throughout the United States. There were lynchings in all but 5 states + DC. 3/N
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