Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America by Twin Palms Publishers: New

Description: Many people today, despite the evidence, will not believe don't want to believe that such atrocities happened in America not so very long ago. These photographs bear witness to . . . an American holocaust." —Congressman John Lewis The Tuskegee Institute records the lynching of 3,436 blacks between 1882 and 1950. This is probably a small percentage of these murders, which were seldom reported, and led to the creation of the NAACP in 1909, an organization dedicated to passing federal anti-lynching laws. Through all this terror and carnage someone-many times a professional photographer-carried a camera and took pictures of the events. These lynching photographs were often made into postcards and sold as souvenirs to the crowds in attendance. These images are some of photography's most brutal, surviving to this day so that we may now look back on the terrorism unleashed on America's African-American community and perhaps know our history and ourselves better. The almost one hundred images reproduced here are a testament to the camera's ability to make us remember what we often choose to forget.

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Publication Date: 2000-01-01

Pages: 212

Book Title: Without Sanctuary : Lynching Photography in America

Number of Pages: 212 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Twin Palms Publishers

Publication Year: 2000

Topic: Subjects & Themes / Historical, Discrimination & Race Relations, United States / General, African American, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

Item Height: 1.3 in

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Photography, History, Social Science

Item Weight: 36.1 Oz

Author: James Allen

Item Length: 10.3 in

Item Width: 7.9 in

Format: Hardcover