There was also a book titled, 100 lynchings, which may be available in 
libraries. I recall seeing that book in the 1980's.

Anita


>From: Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history         
>      <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: The Law & Lynching
>Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:17:11 -0400
>
>Regarding the NAACP estimate of lynchings -- they actually kept a count as
>these things were happening. They listed date, place, and other 
>information.
>You can probably find it online. I don't know how they came up with the
>number of lynchings prior to the founding of the group. See also "Lynching
>in the New South: Georgia and Virginia, 1880-1930" by Brundage, W. Fitzhugh
>(William Fitzhugh), University of Illinois Press, 1993.
>
>This just came across my desk:
>
>"The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are 
>insane."
>---Mark Twain, 1907
>
>Henry Wiencek

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