We forget at our peril, however, that the American tradition of lynching is both productive and modern.
Miscellaneous (RH) Resources Hub
November 6, 2020
Holden Matthews: US man jailed for burning historic black churches
A young white man has been jailed for 25 years for burning down three historic black churches in the US state of Louisiana last year. Heavy metal musician Holden Matthews, 23, was also ordered to pay $2.7m (£2.1m) in restitution. He said he had burnt the churches to boost his reputation within his favoured music …
Police (RH) Resources Hub
August 27, 2020
Jacob Blake: Teenager arrested over Wisconsin protesters’ deaths
A spokesman for the Wisconsin Professional Police Association told the BBC individuals and groups were exercising their own form of vigilantism.
Listening Tree Narrative (LT)
August 3, 2020
What, to the American Slave, is Your 4th of July? – Frederick Douglass
There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States
E Encyclopaedia Africana
July 27, 2020
Emmett Till
Witnesses passing by said they could hear a young boy’s frightened voice crying out: “Mama, please save me”; “Please, God, don’t do it again.”
Encyclopaedia Africana L
July 19, 2020
LATASHA HARLINS
Latasha was 15 years old on March 16, 1991, when she was murdered by a 51 year old shop owner called Soon Ja Du, in South Central Los Angeles, California, USA.
B Encyclopaedia Africana
July 19, 2020
Birmingham Church Bombing
acts of racial terrorism, to destabilise the descendants of Africans and delegitimise their efforts to obtain equality.