He is correct
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynchi..._United_States
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According to the Tuskegee Institute, 4,743 people were lynched between 1882 and 1968, including 3,446 African Americans.
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Wiki links to a Tuskegee U PDF with the details. 27% white
In the western states, they didn't have so many blacks; but as a species, our inhumanity and ability to be wretched to one another is always just a short reach away.