Blood In The Leaves From Strange Fruit.
Lynching in the United States became exceedingly popular after the Civil War. Lynching was supposed to be an extrajudicial practice only for murderers and rapists, similar to the death penalty. However, it mainly served as a means to preserve white supremacy over black people after slavery. Simply put, lynching was racial terrorism. A Depiction of Racial Terrorism in the United States. The act of lynching was more than a punishment for crime. In fact, many people were lynched