Ep. 13 - What You Don't Know About American Lynchings (Bill Carrigan)

Historian Bill Carrigan unpacks the stereotypes and misunderstandings of lynchings with host Connie Morgan.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

Photo from the lynching of Jesse Washington

• Bill’s Book: The Making of a Lynching Culture: Violence and Vigilantism in Central Texas, 1836-1916

• Bill’s Book: Forgotten Dead: Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928

• The Many Faces of Judge Lynch: Extralegal Violence and Punishment in America

• Bill’s “When Americans Lynched Mexicans,” in the New York Times

• “Rowan research on the road: History professor, students research lynching in 12-day road trip through the south”