Something for everyone: kitchen scales and first-aid kits seal the deal in the 1950s
* Three-quarters of the 3693 people lynched in the US between 1889 and 1929 were ‘Negroes’. Of this number, 17 per cent were accused of rape and an additional 7 per cent of attempted rape. In many cases these charges were unfounded, and hence there is no basis for citing rape as a major cause of lynching.