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lynching in the United States

extrajudicial killings in the United States by mobs or vigilante groups
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lynching in the United States
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Summary

lynching in the United States ranks in the top 0.77% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,332 views/month, #602 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • lynching in the United States is in the country of United States[2].
  • lynching in the United States is a type of lynching[3].
  • lynching in the United States's Commons category is recorded as Lynchings in the United States[4].
  • lynching in the United States's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lynching in the United States[5].
  • lynching in the United States's facet of is recorded as discrimination in the United States[6].
  • lynching in the United States's has list is recorded as list of lynching victims in the United States[7].
  • lynching in the United States's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[8].

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Definition and Type

lynching in the United States is a type of lynching[3].

Why It Matters

lynching in the United States ranks in the top 0.77% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,332 views/month, #602 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Lynching in the United States
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → lynching
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007575876905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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