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What stops the lynching party from taking tom find a quote to describe what was happening10/12/2023 Which explores how white people used postcard images of Black people being lynched, and sometimes burned to death, to memorialize murder. “Lynching Postcards: ‘Token of a great day’” Raiford recently contributed her expertise to the documentary film Leigh Raiford is Professor of African American Studies at UC Berkeley, where she teaches and researches about race, gender, justice and visuality. She examines how photography has captured white oppression, Black resistance and anti-Black violence in America. , who for nearly 20 years has researched the impact those images have had on the lives of Black people. It was a way to normalize and spread the disease of white supremacy to the masses, said UC Berkeley African American Studies But photographs dating back to the early 20th century reveal a horrific time in American history when these paperback mementos were used for a more sinister purpose: To share pictures of lynched Black people. Postcards are usually used to share memorable experiences, destinations and messages with loved ones from afar. Note to readers: This story contains historical images of lynchings. (Photo courtesy of Library of Congress/ Visual Materials from the NAACP) This archived image from the early 1900s was taken of an NAACP flag flown from the window of the group’s headquarters in New York. UC Berkeley professor Leigh Raiford discusses how photography has captured anti-Black violence throughout history, and how those images are still relevant today.
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