Image of the Day: Lynching
[Lynching, Russellville, Kentucky] by Minor B. Wade (1908) “This photograph is brutal testament to racial terrorism in America. The facts of the case are drawn from a small article that appeared in the...
View ArticlePoem of the Day: “If Only”
IF ONLY (by Lolita Stewart-White) for Willie Edwards If only it hadn’t been 1957 in a wooded area near Alabama, but it was; or missing black folks hadn’t been looked for less than missing shoes, and...
View ArticleImage of the Day: Faces of Lynching Victims #2
Will Brown, victim of mob’s wrath.Source: Omaha’s riot in story and picture.
View ArticlePoem of the Day: So Quietly
“So Quietly” by Leslie Pinckney Hill News item from The New York Times on the lynching of a Negro at Smithville, Ga., December 21, 1919: “The train was bored so quietly…that members of the train crew...
View ArticleImage of the Day: Scottsboro Mothers, 1934
I’ve written a few times about the Scottsboro Boys case. Just this past November, they were granted posthumous pardons. Below is a photograph of some of the mothers of the accused boys. “A version of...
View ArticleImage of the Day: Faces of Lynching Victims #1
I’m still trying to figure out how to present all of the information that I have collected and learned over the past five years of my intensive reading and research about lynching in the U.S. I haven’t...
View Article‘Defend Black Women & Die’: Racial Terrorism, Misogyny & Pregnant Silences
I think and write about terrorism against black people. As such, I’ve been very interested in the origins and history of the KKK. Below is an image from 1872 that I came across while doing research...
View ArticleImage of the Day: Lynchings by the Numbers, 1906-1907
I think that numbers aren’t enough to convey the horror of racial terror & violence but I think that they help provide some context. Pay particular attention to the reasons cited for the lynchings....
View ArticleImage for the Day: Lynching…
They used to advertise… Lynching announcements. (June 26, 1919) – NYPL Digital Collection – Source: The Crisis. / 1919-1921
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