From the 1890s onwards , the majority of those lynched were black , including at least 159 women . Between 1882 and 1968 , the Tuskegee Institute recorded 1,297 lynchings of whites and 3,446 lynchings of blacks . However , lynchings of members of other ethnic groups , such as Mexicans and Chinese , were undercounted in the Tuskegee Institute 's records . One of the largest mass lynchings in American history occurred in 1891 , when a mob lynched eleven Italian immigrants in New Orleans , Louisiana , following their acquittal on charges that they had killed the local police chief . The largest lynching was the Chinese massacre of 1871
Chinese massacre of 1871
Chinese massacre of 1871
Lynching