Lynching

slaves. White men no longer had a cheap and effective labour force to work the fields, and this created significant cultural issues. In an attempt to regain control over the “freedmen”, many tactics were used such as sharecropping, Jim Crow, and lynching. Although these tactics were very successful, this point in American history proves to be a very…

Willie Lynch Theory The term “Lynching” derived around the time of the American Revolutionary war. Lynching is defined as killing someone for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial. This act in the United States became associated with punishment that is directed toward “black slaves”. This will eventually bring us to December 25, 1712 Willie Lynch brought the lynch letter to the colony of Virginia. The Lynch letter is about how to use the differences of “black…

obtain land of their own and most continued to work for white proprietors under various forms of labor arrangements. Thus, “legal” segregation came about in the form of Jim Crow laws throughout the South. During this time violence, intimidation, and lynching were common. The situations blacks faced in the years after Reconstruction were quite harsh but the alternatives given by leaders in the African Americans community provided some sort of relief. In their times, Wells, Washington, Turner,…

addition to the South attempting to rejoin the Union, a woman named Ida B. Wells was an activist against lynching and led the early Civil Rights Movement during the reconstruction. In his novel, ‘They Say’ Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race, James West Davidson invites readers to experience the life of African Americans during the Reconstruction and why Ida B. Wells crusaded against lynching. Ida B. Wells was born on July 16, 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi raised by the…

The Progressive Era was marked by a movement to correct social, economic and political problems in America. However, one area in need of reform that was mostly overlooked by white Progressives was the plight of African Americans. Examples of that can be living in a different neighbourhood or drinking from a different water fountain. During the Progressive Era, racism affected many aspects of American society. Particularly in the South. Jim Crow was the way of life for blacks, thanks to the…

I just came from a NAACP meeting, we discussed the horrors of lynching, how it took so many innocent and young black lives from families and friends. This is all because of the color of our skins, not the amount of knowledge we hold. I have been apart of this group for as long as I can remember. The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People, was founded in 1909, right in the heart of New York City. Unlike Booker T. Washington, who urged black people to accept segregation, the…

inequality, and injustice was Ida B. Wells. Born into slavery six months before President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Wells was a fierce civil rights leader, activist, suffragist, and journalist; but was best known as a fearless anti-lynching crusader. Wells was one of the most iconic African-American women reformists that boldly challenged social injustices. The oldest of eight children,…

During the lynching, Jesse does not recognize the black man as a human, “It seemed fully conscious now, as though the fire had burned out terror and pain” (Baldwin 247) However, Jesse was able to focus on the black mans, “scrotum tighten[ing], and huge, huge, much bigger…

Laura Wexler the author of “Fire in a Canebrake” gives a very detailed nonfictional narrative of an event which is proclaimed to be the last mass lynching in American history. Wexler shines some light on the part of American history that isn’t talked about as much, the Civil Rights era. The author captivates the thin line of racial tension as well as racial ignorance that can be felt throughout everyday life in most rural cities in the south. The book takes place in Monroe, Georgia, a rural city…

not always clear what the motivation is at the time of execution. An event that involved a mob was the lynching that occurred on August 6, 1930. People who were at the lynching recall not completely know what was happening at the time of the lynching; though it was evident something was wrong (“Strange Fruit: Anniversary of a Lynching”). In the photograph that was taken at the time of the lynching, there were a large number of people who did not seem to be very concerned that there are two…