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Confronting History in "Lynching Postcards"
Episode 347

Confronting History in "Lynching Postcards"

Christine Turner's short documentary "Lynching Postcards" examines the history of racial terror lynchings in America that were memorialized with photographic souvenirs. Historians Terry Anne Scott, Yohuru Williams and Leigh Raiford explain how the postcards flourished and were eventually used as evidence by anti-lynching activists.

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January 28, 20221m 41s

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Christine Turner's short documentary "Lynching Postcards" examines the history of racial terror lynchings in America that were memorialized with photographic souvenirs. Historians Terry Anne Scott, Yohuru Williams and Leigh Raiford explain how the postcards flourished and were eventually used as evidence by anti-lynching activists.

 

Topics

racism--united states [lc]documentarylynchinglocal_wnychistorygna_locallynchingsnewsgna_news