The Origins of Lynching Culture in the United States

 

This video was published on YouTube on April 7, 2015. 

How did the practice of lynching begin and evolve in American history? How did Ida B. Wells, a black female investigative journalist, start to challenge some of the entrenched practices of the South? Watch Paula Giddings, professor of Afro-American Studies at Smith College, explore one of the most challenging topics in U.S. history: the history and origins of lynching. 

Source: Facing History and Ourselves