Retraction: Mears, D. P., Stewart, E. A., Warren, P. Y., Craig, M. O. and Arnio, A. N. (2019), A Legacy of Lynchings: Perceived Black Criminal Threat Among Whites. Law & Society Rev, 53: 487-517. doi: 10.1111/lasr.12396. The above article, published online on January 25, 2019 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's editors, the Law and Society Association, and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The authors investigated concerns raised about the article's data and reported results and determined that, while the main substantive results are correct, there are errors in the article, including coding mistakes and transcription errors, that exceed what is acceptable for a published paper. Dr. Stewart, on behalf of his co-authors, contacted the Editors of Law & Society Review to request retraction of the article.