PPT-Lynching

Lynching defined According to the NAACP lynching is 1 an act of killing 2 the killing must be illegal 3 three or more people must have taken part in the killing 4 the killers must claim to be serving either justice or tradition. Fruit. Performed By Billie Holiday,. Composed by Lewis Allen. Heard by all of America.. Terms of Racism and Bigotry. Murder. : the crime of unlawfully killing a person esp. with malice aforethought. Lynchings. in America. A Nationwide Epidemic. LEFT: 1930 . lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marion, Indiana. Shipp and Smith were African American men who were taken from jail by a mob, beaten then lynched on 7 August 1930. . Origins of Racism. “Scientific Racism”. Ethnocentrism. “One Drop” Rule. Race is a social construct!.  . Race:. category of people labeled and treated as similar because of some common biological traits, such as skin color, texture of hair, and shape of eyes. Page 1 of 2 Cyber - lynching? Me? Have you ever posted unkind remarks about someone just because everyone else is doing it, even though you may be only seeing the story from one perspective or you Fruit. ”. by Billie Holiday. Facts . The song was written and . published as . a poem by a white Jewish school teacher/communist from the Bronx named Abel . Meeropol. (Lewis Allen) in . 1937.. He wrote this poem after . Douglas . Johnson. Poet. Who. Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson, better known as Georgia Douglas Johnson (September 10, 1880 – May 14, 1966), was an American poet, one of the earliest African-American female playwrights,[1] and a member of the Harlem Renaissance.. The following images are taken from the website withoutsanctuary.org. There are almost 100 images of documented . lynchings. in America on this site.. These images are disturbing, and call for your maturity while viewing.. 2 African-3, however, and despite a generally declining trend, lynching increased in rural areas during Governor Long Finals Review (Part III). Reform Movements (1880 – 1920). Various social, political and economic problems sparked reforms and movements during this period:. Settlement House Movement. Square Deal Reforms. Spent early life in Jamaica. Began working as a printer’s apprentice at age 14, where he participated in an unsuccessful printer’s strike that sparked his passion for political activism.. Traveled through Central America while working for a newspaper and wrote about exploited migrant workers. Alternative Extra Credit due tomorrow. Weird Brazil fact. Hand back tests. Lynching and race riots lecture. Barriers to voting. Objective Question: . How did violence prevent blacks from obtaining equal rights socially and politically?. Take the next few minutes to . share your family immigrant stories . with your tablemates.. What similarities do you see between these stories? Differences?. Was there anything that surprised you when you went to learn more about your family history?. A lynching rampage in south Georgia. By Christopher c. Myers . -Breana . T. homas, Elaina Lovett, Sidney Hutchins, Nick . R. agan. -Lynching is the practice whereby a mob. . usually several dozen or several hundred people. Making Sense of Lynching and KKK Events in Indiana, 1858-1930. Richard Hogan, Purdue University. Sociology Department presentation. Fall 2016. Figure 1. Predicting Collective Action. Organization. Interests.