This is a photograph from a book called ‘Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography ins America” (pub. 2004). The photo is called ‘The lynching of Frank Embree, July 22, 1899, Fayette, MO”
By all reckoning, that makes this barely 113 years old.
There are two other matching photos to the set. The one below, and the one of him hanging, which is too upsetting to post. You can see it (along with others from much later time periods here: http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/omalley/race/four.html)
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White people, just look at your ancestors.
Why should we trust YOU?
Source: howtobeterrell
A march during the “Civil Rights Movement” in Atlanta, Georgia.
In Neely Fuller Jr.’s book, The UICCSC, he presented the following code:
Study the past (history) for one basic purpose:
To learn about the mistakes that were made in the past, so as to be better prepared not to make the same type mistakes in the future.
(via nefermaathotep)
Source: timothyjamarbrown
Henrietta Lacks. Lived: 1920-1951 Who’s DNA was pivotal in forming modern genetics.
When tobacco farmer Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of 30 in 1951, all she wanted to do was get better. Sadly, after eight months of radiation and surgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Lacks and her tumor-riddled body lost the battle with the disease.
However, unbeknownst to her and her family, her cells lived on — right up until today. Known as HeLa cells (a combo of the first two letters of her first and last name), they have been multiplying since the sample was (secretly) taken from one of Lacks’ tumors and sent to Dr. George Gey’s tissue-culture research lab back in the 1950s. Not only did Lacks’ cells help scientists test the polio vaccine, HeLa cells were also sent into space.
Unfortunately, Lacks’ family didn’t find out about the grand experiment till the early 1970s when a researcher from Johns Hopkins called them. But now Rebecca Skloot’s recently released “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” will ensure history knows the unprecedented role Lacks played — and how her body revolutionized modern science.
Just finished writing an essay on Mrs. Henrietta Lacks. If you did not believe the Black Woman is God. May you understand her story. Her cells have been used for 11,000 different patents. Perfect example of how science has experimented on blacks and ultimately took advantage of her, and her family.
her son came and spoke at our school. it was an interesting discussion.
Source: lemondrop.com
In order to obtain control of the mineral rich resources of the area of the world known as the Congo, King Leopold of the area of the world known as Belgium lead a brutal and terroristic campaign against black people, which included chopping of their hands in order to force the people to acquiesce. This is Racism (White Supremacy). This is the system we must replace with Justice immediately.
An example was the founding of Leopold’s International African Association (IAA) in 1876, at a conference of famous explorers in Brussels. As its first secretary, King Leopold opened the conference thus: “To open to civilisation the only part of our globe which it has not yet penetrated, to pierce the darkness which hangs over entire peoples, is, I dare say, a crusade worthy of this century of progress….” (p44)
Source: wsws.org
The four girls killed in the bombing (Clockwise from top left, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Denise McNair)
On September 15, 1963, Racist (White Supremacist) terrorists bombed a church and four black girls were murdered and 22 others were injured. This is, unfortunately, one of the many examples of the terrorism Black people experience under Racism (White Supremacy).
Source: 4littlegirls.com
In a South Carolina prison sixty-six years ago, guards walked a 14-year-old boy, bible tucked under his arm, to the electric chair. At 5′ 1″ and 95 pounds, the straps didn’t fit, and an electrode was too big for his leg.
The switch was pulled and the adult sized death mask fell from George Stinney’s face. Tears streamed from his eyes. Witnesses recoiled in horror as they watched the youngest person executed in the United States in the past century die.
This is the reality that we need to face as victims of racism. Racists (White Supremacists) will not stop their genocidal rampage against black people. Yesterday George Stinney, Today Troy Davis.
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Source: usprisonculture.com
CodeLens offers a critical examination of the unjust system known as Racism (White Supremacy) to discover ways in which it can be dismantled and replaced with Justice. Justice means guaranteeing no person is mistreated for any reason and guaranteeing the people who need the most help get the constructive help they need.
