Willie Lynch Letter
The Willie lynch letter has not been proven to have historical premise nor has the letter been affirmed by an historian to be an historic reality cemented into history. This letter may not be a true document however this letter contains practices that were implemented during slavery. Unfortunately, we do not have any historians who have examined and written and wrote books about the slave period. Historians have not researched this area to validate all the practices that went on, however, we do have slave narratives, stories have been passed down and documentaries created to provide a window of knowledge to that experience.
The Willie Lynch Letter has been in print since at least 1970, but first received pandemic notice in the 1990s, when it appeared on the Internet. In addition, the Willie Lynch letter became highly recognized in the black community at the Million Man March (held in Washington, DC) on October 16th, 1995, When Minister Louise Farrakhan included it in his speech. He stated:
We, as a people who have been fractured, divided and destroyed because of our …show more content…
Alvin Morrow wrote the book “Breaking the Curse of Willie Lynch” to provide his perspective on how and why the historical practice identified in the Lynch letter continues to affect the relationship between the African American man and woman; which consequently has lingering effects for the African American family. He believed that Willie Lynch understood the function of the family; the roles of the husband and wife in that structure; the power differential in the roles and what that power balance meant for the healthy functioning for the couple to develop attachment and trust. Due to this reversal of roles and the division in the relationship Morrow (2003)
The Willie lynch letter has not been proven to have historical premise nor has the letter been affirmed by an historian to be an historic reality cemented into history. This letter may not be a true document however this letter contains practices that were implemented during slavery. Unfortunately, we do not have any historians who have examined and written and wrote books about the slave period. Historians have not researched this area to validate all the practices that went on, however, we do have slave narratives, stories have been passed down and documentaries created to provide a window of knowledge to that experience.
The Willie Lynch Letter has been in print since at least 1970, but first received pandemic notice in the 1990s, when it appeared on the Internet. In addition, the Willie Lynch letter became highly recognized in the black community at the Million Man March (held in Washington, DC) on October 16th, 1995, When Minister Louise Farrakhan included it in his speech. He stated:
We, as a people who have been fractured, divided and destroyed because of our …show more content…
Alvin Morrow wrote the book “Breaking the Curse of Willie Lynch” to provide his perspective on how and why the historical practice identified in the Lynch letter continues to affect the relationship between the African American man and woman; which consequently has lingering effects for the African American family. He believed that Willie Lynch understood the function of the family; the roles of the husband and wife in that structure; the power differential in the roles and what that power balance meant for the healthy functioning for the couple to develop attachment and trust. Due to this reversal of roles and the division in the relationship Morrow (2003)