The Fight Against Lynching Anti-Lynching Work of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for the Year Nineteen Eighteen

"The Fight Against Lynching," by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), recounts the NAACP’s fight against lynching, using statistical data covering 1885 to 1918 to reveal the widespread violence inflicted on Black Americans. Drawn from the organization's Ninth Annual Report in 1919, the book describes the NAACP’s anti-lynching efforts throughout 1918, sharing stories such as the horrific lynchings in Brooks and Lowndes Counties, Georgia, alongside statistical accounts of mob violence. It sheds light on the NAACP’s investigations, the push for legal reforms, and public awareness campaigns, revealing how law enforcement failed to protect Black citizens while urging collective community action to put an end to these atrocities, appealing to America’s sense of justice and commitment to change.