The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States Ida B WellsBarnett 9781636000909 Books
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The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States Ida B WellsBarnett 9781636000909 Books
The shooter in the recent Charleston massacre reportedly said: "You rape our women, and you're taking over our country."In the aftermath, the mayor claimed to not know much about the treatment of blacks in South Carolina because it was not taught in schools. That prompted people to create a reading list. This was one of the books I noticed from the list.
It documents lynchings in the early 1890s. Further, it describes in detail the newspaper reporting about some of the events such as the original accusation, actions taken prior to, the killing, and actions taken afterwards. (There were too many to document them all.) The simple plea here is for justice. Not retribution or actions taken against those who unjustifiably lynched. But for this country to stop allowing the murder of people either before they are tried or after a court found them innocent. One of the most powerful was a gentleman who was about to be lynched when a foreman told the mob that the person they were about to hang could not have done it because he was with the foreman, they let him go. The flimsiest of evidence would have seen him hung, but an eyewitness of the right skin color was enough to prove guilt or innocence.
In some respects I could see Ida B. Wells-Barnett might find the current legal climate where our people are arrested and found guilty at exorbitant rates over our peers who commit the crimes at the same rates disconcerting. But compared to her own time, we do have it better.
The first section explains that under slavery, killing one resulted in a many hundred dollar loss. So, one would beat a slave enough to break him, but try to avoid killing him. The first motivation for killing blacks was to prevent race riots, and for some reason the victims of these often surprisingly had no weapons with which to defend themselves. The second motivation was to prevent voting and established control over the Southern states. The third motivation was protecting the virtue of white women. THIS. The Charleston shooter killed three men and six women to protect the virtue of white women. In 120 years we have made little progress.
While a teenager I found a death threat letter signed "KKK" saying they would kill my father for dating mother from about 40 years ago. People stare at me when out in public with a pretty fair skinned girl, especially when she hugs or kisses me. But a hundred years ago, my father or myself would have been hung from a tree, shot, and burned for anything like this. A project noted below has a listing for the reason for lynching as "Writing Letters to White Girl."
The burning thing was curious to me. So I looked up attitudes on cremation in Christianity. The dot I needed connecting was that when Christ returns, the dead would be re-animated and join him. Burning these people was a deliberate attempt to prevent any possibility of these people joining Christ. So, not only were they killed but they were prevented salvation? So very low.
Was it depressing to read this? Yes.
Was it worth reading? Yes. The Mary Turner Project has a description of a lynching 20 years after the Red Record. Plus it looks like they are building upon the work of Ida and others.
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The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States Ida B WellsBarnett 9781636000909 Books Reviews
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Heartbreaking walk down the history of America as documented of how America treats some of its citizens
A well researched historical guide to the shameful history of lynching in the United States.
WOW....a society intriguing look at society. One hundred and 125 years +/- white Americans were lawless, and even accused black Americans of crimes they didn't know about, and lynched them whether guilt or not. So sad to read.
This compilation of data on lynching is difficult to read but important to remember. Ida Wells courageously searched out these facts and suggested acts of activism for her readers. Important work to remind us of how far we have come but of what horror we are capable.
Every American should own this book. Before our Federal government was shamed into taking action by the details gathered and published by this black journalist, lynching black citizens without trial frequently took place without legal consequence for the known murderers.
Ida B. Wells is a hero for many reasons but especially for her courage to write this book. The intro is by none other than Frederick Douglass. This book is SO important that it should be mandatory reading for 10th graders for starters and it should be a mandatory part of college history curriculum. The beginning is brilliant and still relevant. She outlines the three most potent propaganda themes and justifications by southern white men for post civil war violence against African Americans - that same propaganda lives today. Sickening. She notes, however, that during the Civil War when over 300,000 men, boys, husbands, sons, and fathers were out battling and losing their lives over the issue of slavery, not one white woman was EVER touched, no trouble whatsoever ever brewed among slaves working on plantations, proving the fact that all of today's negative and clueless behavior by white southerners, or bad whites is based on lies that their ancestors created.
In spite of my name, I'm white. I search for facts about US History to answer the questions that plague our nation today. The actual, factual truth is there is no more of a peaceful race, respectful race, loving race of humans than African Americans. Read the truth here.
The shooter in the recent Charleston massacre reportedly said "You rape our women, and you're taking over our country."
In the aftermath, the mayor claimed to not know much about the treatment of blacks in South Carolina because it was not taught in schools. That prompted people to create a reading list. This was one of the books I noticed from the list.
It documents lynchings in the early 1890s. Further, it describes in detail the newspaper reporting about some of the events such as the original accusation, actions taken prior to, the killing, and actions taken afterwards. (There were too many to document them all.) The simple plea here is for justice. Not retribution or actions taken against those who unjustifiably lynched. But for this country to stop allowing the murder of people either before they are tried or after a court found them innocent. One of the most powerful was a gentleman who was about to be lynched when a foreman told the mob that the person they were about to hang could not have done it because he was with the foreman, they let him go. The flimsiest of evidence would have seen him hung, but an eyewitness of the right skin color was enough to prove guilt or innocence.
In some respects I could see Ida B. Wells-Barnett might find the current legal climate where our people are arrested and found guilty at exorbitant rates over our peers who commit the crimes at the same rates disconcerting. But compared to her own time, we do have it better.
The first section explains that under slavery, killing one resulted in a many hundred dollar loss. So, one would beat a slave enough to break him, but try to avoid killing him. The first motivation for killing blacks was to prevent race riots, and for some reason the victims of these often surprisingly had no weapons with which to defend themselves. The second motivation was to prevent voting and established control over the Southern states. The third motivation was protecting the virtue of white women. THIS. The Charleston shooter killed three men and six women to protect the virtue of white women. In 120 years we have made little progress.
While a teenager I found a death threat letter signed "KKK" saying they would kill my father for dating mother from about 40 years ago. People stare at me when out in public with a pretty fair skinned girl, especially when she hugs or kisses me. But a hundred years ago, my father or myself would have been hung from a tree, shot, and burned for anything like this. A project noted below has a listing for the reason for lynching as "Writing Letters to White Girl."
The burning thing was curious to me. So I looked up attitudes on cremation in Christianity. The dot I needed connecting was that when Christ returns, the dead would be re-animated and join him. Burning these people was a deliberate attempt to prevent any possibility of these people joining Christ. So, not only were they killed but they were prevented salvation? So very low.
Was it depressing to read this? Yes.
Was it worth reading? Yes. The Mary Turner Project has a description of a lynching 20 years after the Red Record. Plus it looks like they are building upon the work of Ida and others.
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