"Zwischen 1865 und 1890 wurden mindestens 10.000 schwarze Männer gelyncht und die Begründung war fast immer die Vergewaltigung einer weißen Frau," sagte Hattery.
"Between 1865 and 1890, at least 10,000 black men were lynched and the justification was almost always the rape of a white woman," said Hattery.