page_title: African-American veterans lynched after World War I
hierarchical_section_title: African-American veterans lynched after World War I
caption_attribution_description: English: Sunflower River Bridge, Clarksdale, Mississippi. The bridge was located between the modern locations of the 1st and 2nd Street Bridges.
context_page_description: When they returned home from World War I, African-American veterans faced heavy discrimination.
context_section_description: When they returned home from World War I, African-American veterans faced heavy discrimination. This article focuses on those African American veterans who were lynched after World War I.
caption: Black veteran L. B. Reed was suspected of having a relationship with a white woman and hanged over the Sunflower River Bridge, Clarksdale, Mississippi
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