Category Archives: African-American History
Awakenings
Please view this video and leave a comment regarding how the injustice that Emmett Louis Till experienced is relatable to more recent black deaths.
Scottsboro (Part 1 and Part 2)
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July (History 2813)
Lynching: One of America’s Grandest Traditions (HIST 1323)
There is little room to debate against the idea that the horrific crime against humanity known as lynching was a fixture in this nation for nearly four centuries after the first stolen Africans arrived in a British mainland colony. In many ways, lynching was a primal expression of Power in this nation. We must also remember that Blacks were not the only victims of this nation’s lynch culture.
What you will find below are two relatively short videos (approximately 10 minutes each) that discuss American lynch culture.
Please view the videos and leave a comment that describes how you feel inside after being exposed to this information.