- Date:
- 1938
- Original Format:
- Photographic Print
- Item#:
- 1930.0002
"A Man Was Lynched Yesterday"
Lynchings of blacks were common occurrences in the South. The NAACP (National Organization for the Advancement of Colored People) would hang a banner from its offices in New York City the day after these horrible events to alert people of the city to what had happened.