Lynching of Italian Americans

There are multiple recorded instances of the lynching of Italian Americans, most notably the 1891 New Orleans lynchings, one of the largest mass lynchings in US history. Between 1880 and 1921, there have been at least 50 documented cases of Italians being lynched in 9 states. While the vast majority of lynching victims during the late 1800s and early 1900s were African Americans, Italians were lynched in higher numbers compared to some other immigrant groups.

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