A lynching postcard is a postcard bearing the photograph of a lynching—a vigilante killing usually motivated by racial hatred—intended to be distributed, collected, or kept as a souvenir. Often a lynching postcard would be inscribed with racist text or poems.
A lynching postcard is a postcard bearing the photograph of a lynching—a vigilante killing usually motivated by racial hatred—intended to be distributed, collected, or kept as a souvenir. Often a lynching postcard would be inscribed with racist text or poems.
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