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1835

institutional cultural violence

First Recorded Lynching of an African American

St. Louis, Missouri, MO · On map

First Recorded Lynching of an African American
First Recorded Lynching of an African American

The first recorded lynching of an African American occurred in St. Louis, Missouri. This act of racial violence marked the beginning of a pattern of extrajudicial killings used to enforce racial hierarchy and suppress Black communities. The event underscores the early emergence of lynching as a tool of racial terror in the United States.

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