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"The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled."
"Public sentiment has had a slight "reaction though not sufficient to stop the crusade of lawlessness and lynching."
Written in the 1890's, echoes of January 6, 2021...sigh
— Jul 31, 2022 07:14AM
"Public sentiment has had a slight "reaction though not sufficient to stop the crusade of lawlessness and lynching."
Written in the 1890's, echoes of January 6, 2021...sigh
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Tough to get through, this is a seemingly endless account of lynchings. I was warned off in the introduction when Ida B Wells declared that it was an awful business, but someone had to collect these facts and make it known. This was written in the 1890s. What must it have been like for her? America has attempted to erase a genocide ...
— Aug 05, 2022 05:13AM
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Her written commentary on the lynchings in the South in the late 1800s and disparate treatment of black men with white women vs white men with black women. Indeed, it was common for white women to voluntarily mix with black men only to turn on them once the baby came. White men with black women was also common, but the resulting offspring not near as consequential. Sigh...
— Jul 25, 2022 06:20AM