It is a mistake to see lynchings as spontaneous eruptions of ______,although they were often portrayed as such-especially by many Southern newspapers.Instead,we must recognize that lynching often served some very real social,political,and economic goals.

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Lynchings were not spontaneous but rather had underlying social, political, and economic motivations, making "communal violence" the correct term to describe the organized yet brutal nature of these acts.

It Is a Mistake to See Lynchings as Spontaneous Eruptions