“The Real Victim of Lynch Law Is the <i>Government</i>”: American Protestant Anti-Lynching Advocacy and the Making of Law and Order

This article examines American Protestant anti-lynching advocacy in the early twentieth century. In contrast to African American Protestants, who framed their anti-lynching efforts in ways that foregrounded the problem of racism and black experiences of suffering, white mainline Protestant critiques...

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Main Author: Aaron Griffith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-02-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/2/116