Lynched

In 1916 58

In 1917 50

In 1918 67

In the year of grace, 1919 83

In 1920 65

In 1921 64

In 1922 60

In 1923 28

In the year of especial grace,

1924 16

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People furnished these figures. Accompanying them was a paragraph from the report of the House Committee on the Judiciary (68th Congress--i. e., the present):

"Lynchings, according to the reports reaching the public, have been decreasing in the last four or five years. Some would have us believe that this is due to causes that make action by the Congress unnecessary. We do not agree with those. We believe that the decrease is due to the publicity given this crime and the fear of a law by the United States, providing for punishment for those who participate and are responsible for lynchings. The American people, generally, have been for the first time told the truth regarding lynchings, and that they are not caused by the commission of heinous crimes, except in a small part of the total number lynched."