Top ten paddling states 1. Mississippi 2. Arkansas 3. Alabama 4. Tennessee 5. Oklahoma 6. Louisiana 7. Texas 8. Georgia 9. Missouri 10. New Mexico SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 2000 Elementary and Secondary School Civil Rights Compliance Report.
	Top ten lynching states 1. Mississippi 2. Georgia 3. Texas 4. Louisiana 5. Alabama 6. Florida 7. Arkansas 8. Tennessee 9. South Carolina 10. Kentucky SOURCE: The Charles Chesnutt Digital Archive