[Lynching, Russellville, Kentucky], 1908, Gelatin silver print, Image: 11.8 x 9.1 cm (4 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.), Photographs, Minor B. Wade (American, 1874–1932), From the first year of Reconstruction to the early 1940s, lynching was the primary means of maintaining white supremacy in the American South. Considered by the federal government a normal condition of post-Civil War race relations, lynching was used not only as a specific act of summary 'justice' but also as a symbol to further intimidate and degrade blacks
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