Lynching

of burning crosses on the lawns of individuals, arson, riding in groups by horseback near communities they wanted to frighten, and beating, rape and lynching (Zalman 2016). Though the KKK was widely known to be secretive about its activities, modern estimates place the number of murders committed by, or in the name of, the KKK as over 3,000 (Lynching 2016). Since its inception, the Klan has been identified as a terrorist group, and has had a high association with criminal activity, with most…

Americans are to be killed, then at least they can do down fighting for what they believe in. The poem “The Lynching” is particularly detailed and graphic; McKay demonstrates his anger at the injustice that his fellow African Americans are being senselessly murdered by their white oppressors. This writing expanded the boundaries of poetry through its disturbing and unsettling depiction of a lynching. The discrimination endured by African Americans is put to the forefront in this poem; McKay is…

After the Civil War, African Americans were freed from the bondage of slavery and released into society as human beings, something they were not seen as before. The racial tension following the abolition of slavery was very evident in the south and taken at different angles by different people. Freedmen now expect freedom and equality while the whites in the south, and even some of the government were not ready to see the African Americans as equal citizens. Because of the disagreement of the…

Comparison Between Good Negro - Bad Negro and Negrophobia Bauerlein’s Negrophobia was solely based amongst restrictive laws set in place against the African American community during this era and how the effects of false media against African Americans led to the slaughter in the streets of downtown Atlanta. Bauerlein discussed how well-off, or “elite” African Americans relied on the beliefs of colorism to keep them safe from the harm of the riots,as well as their social and economic classes…

favorite quote was by Scott Woods. A close second was Desmond Tutu’s, followed by Samuel L. Jackson’s. a. In Scott Woods’ quote, he dismantling the idea that racism is only “big R racism,” meaning that racism is only grand, hateful actions like the lynching of black people by KKK. Woods is saying that racism is not solely these incredibly hateful acts of violence, but racism persists through the institutions and systems created by the country. Racism can be more than just hate, it is…

and disturbing images or scenes. Such as the countless whipping scenes where the audience is forced to listen to the crack of the whip and witness the horrible, stomach turning welts and gashes created after each blow. Or the few scenes were the lynching of slaves is presented in full graphic detail. This even includes the failed hanging of Solomon himself. For a whole day Solomon is shown struggling to survive swinging slightly and emitting pained and choked noises while other slaves are to…

Mary Sive explained, “It was on that leg of the trip that I for the first time saw drinking fountains labeled “Colored” and “White”. This was outright cruelty such as lynching or denial of rights, all of which I've learned about.” It was unfair to the colored people in parks because they had bad stuff compared to the white…

Most people believe that the revolution was just between Patriots(Americans) and the British.But there was a civil war going on here as well.It became so bad that there were house burning, mud slinging, lynching, and tar and feathering. When we remember the heroic hurt of George Washington’s army at Valley Forge.In Philidelphia the British are stalling the Philidelphia’s army.All the people were well fed and rested.The painting on the book “jacket of tories” was an detail of a portrait of…

Part 1: In Langston Hughes’s poem “Song for a Dark Girl” was published in 1927 which was the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance. This poem highlights the lynching of a young black woman which was of the norm during white supremacy. During that time, the Jim Crow laws were still in affect and it enforced the separation of races (pbs.org). For a white man to sleep with a black woman was forbidden but the white man would not be punished; the black girl would be hung and put on display like a dead…

On June 30th, 2017 JAY-Z released the music video for his song The Story of O.J. on Tidal as a soft of teaser trailer to his latest album 4:44. In lieu of shooting a traditional music video, JAY-Z opted instead to create an animated video that employs a style that calls back to flagrantly racist portrayals of African Americans in classic animated short films such as All This and Rabbit Stew and Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land. After its release, the music video was met with both universal…