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Ida B. Wells goes to England to talk to audience about support for black people. She continues to fight for black rights despite of negative press in the States.

The Planet ridicules the Dispatch for their support of lynch law as a means of swift justice.

A group of white men kill a black man after he refuses them entry into his home.

The Governor, despite his many achievements in government, remains silent when it comes to lynchings in his state

Isaac Jenkins, who was nearly lynched to death by two white men, is finally released from police custody.

Ida B Wells reveals that Gov. Tillman is in supportive of lynchings of people who commit crimes.

A black man is hanged after being convicted of the rape and murder of a white prostitute.

Rev. Dr. Hatcher asserts that he does not believe lynchings are a problem in the South.

The Planet claims that lynchings are attempted to be downplayed in England in order to bring European immigration to the South for further economic development.

In an address to graduates from Richmond College (now University of Richmond), Dr. J. L. M. Curry underscores the importance of patriotism in the South and advocates for the removal of lynch law.