File:3436 blots of shame on the United States.jpg

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1922 map of lynchings in the United States of America

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Title
3436 blots of shame on the United States : 1889-1922
Description

"Every dot represents a known lynching--the anarchy of mob murder--in the state within whose borders it is placed on the map."

Text on verso regarding the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill (H.R. 13), passed by the United States House of Representatives on January 26, 1922 but blocked by the Senate later that year.
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Creator
NAACP, Rand McNally
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to these terms and conditions.
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Map location United States of America
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Place of publication 70 Fifth Avenue, New York
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institution QS:P195,Q616527
Dimensions 1 map ; 17 x 31 cm
Medium paper

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