By this date in 1922, at least 51 African Americans had been reported lynched across the United States during that year alone. These acts of racial terrorism were used to enforce white supremacy and instill fear in Black communities, particularly in the South. The brutality of these extrajudicial killings galvanized anti-lynching activism, including the efforts of leaders like Ida B. Wells and organizations such as the NAACP, which continued to push for federal anti-lynching legislation.
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