African American Final
Subject:
English [1]
Tags:
American studies [4]
united states [5]
reconstruction [8]
New Negro [10]
Cane [11]
Nella Larsen [12]
Social Issues [14]
behavior [15]
Human development [16]
Love [18]
Psychoanalysis [19]
Human behavior [20]
Attachment theory [21]
Evolutionary biology [22]
Personal life [23]
Technology [24]
Quicksand Nella Larsen 11/10/14 9:13 PM Lynching As a practice and how it represented Practice of killing people in the extra judicial way Without due process/trial Vigilante mob action Late 18th C through the 19th C Most victims = African American men Chicago Tribute begins to systematically record lynching 1892 especially strong year for lynching Tuskegee University begins to collect lynching statistics 1912 NAACP begins to also collect statistics Lynching reaches a peak: Slavery is deemed unconstitutional 1877 large number of efforts arise to reinstitute slavery Systematic dismantling of the rights gained Rise in terrorism and violence (institutionalized/non) Captured/documented through photography Public spectacles spectacular imagery