... ethnic, and cultural groups. Especially African Americans, and sometimes Latinos, Jews, Native Americans, Asians, and European newcomers, were the targets of the mob's fury Mob violence became the domestic means asserting white dominance, this meant that many lynching were of successful black farmers or immigrants who opened new economic opportunities and were gaining a "place" on the social ladder. Lynching had become a way of life for southwestern America. Between 1882 when statistics were first collected to 1968 when the original ways of lynching disappeared 4,743 persons died of lynching, 3,446 of them were black men and women. Mississippi led the dark leading number of deaths, followed by Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama. Although the number of lynching declined in the 20th century there were still 97 deaths in 1908 and 89 of them were black and 8 of them were white. Even though many lynching were recorded, statistics do ...

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