Common Lit: Excerpt Southern Horrors: Lynch Laws in All Its Phases by Ida b.wells

This is an excerpt comes from "Southern Horrors: Lynch Laws in All Its Phases" by Ida B.Wells. In it she talks about lynching, or the murder by mob for an alleged crime without a legal trial. The targets of such violence and hatred were almost always African Americans. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This site offers links to paired texts, questions and answers, an annotation tool, and more. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]