THE "CRIMSON RECORD" REPORT
The "Crimson Record" Report: A 2026 report documented over 70 suspected modern-day lynchings in states like Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama.
Summer 2020 Incidents: A string of at least five deaths of Black and Hispanic men found hanging in public spaces (particularly in California and New York) during mass protests sparked national outrage and demands for federal investigations.
The "Crimson Record" report is a groundbreaking civil rights study published by the Mississippi-based organization JULIAN.
It documents over 70 modern-day lynchings and more than 150 suspicious deaths and fatal hate crimes targeting Black, Brown, immigrant, Indigenous, and LGBTQ+ communities between 2000 and 2025.
The report disputes the idea that lynching ended in 1981. Instead, it argues that lynchings have evolved to hide behind official negligence—often prematurely ruling racially or bias-motivated homicides as accidents or suicides.
Mississippi leads the grim count with 20 documented suspected lynchings.
The report highlights that a significant portion (more than 50) of the total cases cataloged involve Black transgender women. Advocate.com notes that these cases frequently face deliberate misclassification, concealing bias-motivated violence.
In many of these cases, investigators failed to perform psychological autopsies or compromised crime scenes, leaving families with closed investigations and no path to justice.
Comparison: The Crimson Record vs. the 1800s
Thousands (historians count over 4,000 from 1882 to 1968, with 1890s spikes).
More than 70 suspected modern-day lynchings documented (Mississippi leading with 20 documented cases).
Sources: 70 Suspected Modern-Day Lynchings, lynching "evolved" in U.S., not ended, New “Crimson Record”,