AT THE HANDS OF PERSONS UNKNOWN: THE LYNCHING OF BLACK AMERICA

Interview with Philip Dray, author of the book At The Hands Of Persons Unknown: The Lynching Of Black America. At least 3,417 African-Americans were lynched in the United States between 1882 and 1944. In his book Philip Dray draws the history of the lynching of African-Americans and the social background behind violence against Black Americans through the mid-20th century.