White's Only

"The loathsome lynch law whose application which has always been a common place thing in this country and Is now unfortunately all to frequently in the border towns neighboring our country, in which a day doesn't go by that you don't find bodies of Mexicans hanging from trees like macabre fruit."

- A History in Document, Lynching in America

 

Project by Lindsey Phillips and Christine Paterson

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Frost in the Rio Grande Valley – Jose Limon

When I mesquites bend to left and right
Across the line of a straighter, darker river,
I’d like to think some boy’s been swinging them.
But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay,
Only my ancestors did that,
    Hanging,
           Slowly,
                at mid-day.
In the glare of the suns of Texas.
                Robert y yo.

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1919
DBQ
What is the artist trying to depict and what is his message?
Why is the man in the doorway upset?
What is the historical context?

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DBQ's

What is the numerical difference between the lynching rates for African Americans and Mexicans?

What is the numerical difference between those born in the U.S. and those born in Mexico?

Did the numbers increase or decrease between 1850 and 1930?
Which decade had  the most lynchings? Why?

What do these numbers tell you overall about the occurrence of Mexican lynchings?