"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."
–Ida B. Wells
LSP researcher Jenn Bennie talks about her work to put up a historic marker in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. This marker is dedicated to the first documented lynching in Memphis, which occurred on January 1st, 1851. While she was never able to find the actual name of the enslaved man that was killed, she talks you through how she researched this case in-depth and how you can use similar research in working towards getting a historic marker put up.
LSP researcher Jenn Bennie talks about her work to put up a historic marker in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. This marker is dedicated to the first documented lynching in Memphis, which occurred on January 1st, 1851. While she was never able to find the actual name of the enslaved man that was killed, she talks you through how she researched this case in-depth and how you can use similar research in working towards getting a historic marker put up.
One of the greatest mysteries in Central Florida history, is the legacy of the Ocoee race riot of 1920. The racial and political climate of the United States duirng the early part of the twentieth century was very tense. African-American men fought in World War I and had returned to the United States to learn that their freedom was always questioned. African-American veterans recognized that though they fought for civil liberties overseas, they were not alotted many of the same justices in thier own country.
How did the practice of lynching begin and evolve in American history? How did Ida B. Wells, a black female investigative journalist, start to challenge some of the entrenched practices of the South? Watch Paula Giddings, professor of Afro-American Studies at Smith College, explore one of the most challenging topics in U.S. history: the history and origins of lynching.