Ida B. Wells said it best, "Our country's national crime is lynching." Last week, we were reminded of this when the Equal Justice Initiative released its report ...

An organization that founded the nation’s first memorial to lynching victims announced Tuesday that it has documented thousands of additional killings of black people during the era of Reconstruction.

SARASOTA, Fla. — Black History Month is an opportunity to learn from the past to build a better future. This year, for Sarasota and Manatee counties, that means taking steps to recognize the ...

The Emmett Till Antilynching Act makes lynching a federal hate crime More than 4,700 lynchings have been documented dating back to 1881 "It's one step closer to healing," one Alabama professor said.

BRISTOL, Va. — Tina McDaniel and Preston Mitchell recounted the details of an 1891 lynching of a black man in Bristol, Virginia. Speaking to the Bristol Historical Association on Monday, the two ...