The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States

Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862 - 1931)

The purpose of the pages which follow shall be to give the record which has been made, not by colored men, but that which is the result of compilations made by white men, of reports sent over the civilized world by white men in the South. Out of their own mouths shall the murderers be condemned. For a number of years the Chicago Tribune, admittedly one of the leading journals of America, has made a specialty of the compilation of statistics touching upon lynching. The data compiled by that journal and published to the world January 1, 1894, up to the present time has not been disputed. In order to be safe from the charge of exaggeration, the incidents hereinafter reported have been confined to those vouched for by the Tribune. (From Chapter 1)

Genre(s): Law, Modern (19th C)

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Case Stated Tindra
00:23:40
Play 02 Lynch-Law Statistics Tindra
00:17:00
Play 03 Lynching Imbeciles Tindra
00:26:48
Play 04 Lynching of Innocent Men Tindra
00:19:29
Play 05 Lynched for Anything or Nothing Tindra
00:30:12
Play 06 History of Some Cases of Rape Tindra
00:30:14
Play 07 The Crusade Justified Tindra
00:19:45
Play 08 Miss Willard's Attitude Tindra
00:26:51
Play 09 Lynching Record for 1894 Tindra
00:14:41
Play 10 The Remedy Tindra
00:11:45