Only Five Lynchings So Far This Year, July 4, 1924

Only Five Lynchings During Half of Year. . . Lowest for First Six Months on Any Year on Record

By the Associated Press

Tuskegee, Ala., July 4—There were only five lynchings in the United States during the first six months of this year, “the lowest for the first six months of any of the 40 years during which the record has been kept,” it was announced today by the Department of Records and Research of Tuskegee Institute.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Friday, July 4, 1924