An image from Ken Gonzalez-Day's "Lynching in the West," a book that examines the lynchings of Latinos, Native Americans and Asians in California. It is comprised of historical accounts and Gonzalez-Day's present-day photographs of the trees where the crimes were perpetrated. (Ken Gonzalez-Day)

Lynchings in the Old West

An image from Ken Gonzalez-Day's "Lynching in the West," a book that examines the lynchings of Latinos, Native Americans and Asians in California. It is comprised of historical accounts and Gonzalez-Day's present-day photographs of the trees where the crimes were perpetrated.

Credit: Ken Gonzalez-Day