What Was the Stated Reason Given for Many Lynchings

question 30

Multiple Choice

What was the stated reason given for many lynchings?

• A) White people were afraid of blacks gaining political power.
• B) Blacks had murdered a white man.
• C) A black man raped a white woman.
• D) Blacks had started some sort of violent protest.

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