Reason: Some encyclopedic topics are disturbing. This is one of the most disturbing, particularly after restoration. But it's a part of history and not something to shrink from. The highest technical quality image of its kind I could locate. United States, but lacking specifics on the location and the man's name. The NAACP reports several thousand lynchings took place during 1882-1968. Restored version of File:Lynching.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Lynching, Lynching in the United States
Creator: National Photo Company

Support as nominator --Durova²⁷⁵ 22:04, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is a horrifying and disgusting image, but it meets the criteria and is well suited to illustrating its loathsome subject. Nick-D (talk) 10:58, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Noodle snacks (talk) 12:31, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - a bit grainy, but that's excusable given age. Look forward to cluebatting the PC brigade when this reaches the main page. MER-C 13:33, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment While I support this image's promotion to FP status, it's not suitable for the main page. Nick-D (talk) 23:19, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent EV. Makeemlighter (talk) 19:31, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support for the EV. Sophus Bie ^(talk) 01:18, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support nice choice of "hiding" the face - it makes the image 1000 times less gruesome. Nergaal (talk) 04:49, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lynching2.jpg