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American Terrorism… Lynching Postcards
When I came across this collection of American postcards from James Allen and John Littlefield, published in a book entitled Without Sanctuary, I saw how important it is to look at these images, today more than ever. These postcards were made to commemorate events that made many American white people feel proud – of their race, of their superiority, of their civilization and their intelligence. They took photos of their disgusting, cowardly accomplishments and memorialized them for future generations, to be found and collected and remembered by their descendents. On the backs, they wrote to friends and family in sociopathic excitement about the mob the participated in. These postcards capture the mobs witnessing with glee the murder of young men and women, whose most serious crime was the color of their skin. The corpses hanging and charred in these postcards lived in a world that counted down the days until their murder from the second they drew air into their infant lungs. This history is potent, stomach-churning and of essential importance to the America of today, and to the world of today. And the most striking thing about these photographs is that they don’t erase the perpetrators like many histories and memorials do today, preferring to focus on who was victimized rather than on those who proudly – and with government backing – tortured, raped and murdered people. The murderers in these photos stand proud, grown men looking at the camera with the smiling conviction that the teenage boy they just killed, one against a hundred, was deserving of their hatred, fear and frustration. No grand jury needed; the law was in the hands of the murderers.
History is not linear; history is happening all around us, all the time. These photos are context, they are reality, they are pictures of American terrorism. Read James Allen’s commentary below and be
aware that these photos are sickening, and all too real....."
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http://tschernobylsheep.tumblr.com/post/109000253936/berryfathusky-frankanthonyway-clingy
mercilesss:
The prisoner defiantly stares down Heinrich Himmler, Hitler’s right-hand-man, who was responsible for the Holocaust. Greasley’s confrontation with Himmler took place during an inspection of the camp he was confined to. The inmates were ordered to remain seated, but Greasley refused. Horace Greasley also escaped the death camp, but sneaked back in to rescue a German woman whom he had fallen in love with.
clingy:
this is amazing
frankanthonyway:
Wait it gets better, he escaped from the camp 200 times to meet with the woman he was in love with and returned after every time because there was no other place to go to. He also wrote an autobiography omfg this dude is seriously awesome
berryfathusky:
why hasnt this got more notes, seriously this guy was in a concerntration camp and all you guys reblog is fluffy chickens
(Quelle: kaarvari, via fromunderthecorktardis)
(Quelle: kaarvari, via fromunderthecorktardis)
firdaus-9898.blogspot.com/beyongthispunkt.tumblr.com :-
Refer to 2nd post, his full name is Horace Greasely.
1st post is about lynching. 2nd post is about defiance.
Sometimes to respect yourself, you need defiance.
We ain’t living in a lovely world. People lynch those whom they look down.
Empower yourself.
Now a new look in my eyes my spirit rise
Forget the past
Present tense works and lasts
Got shit on
Pissed on
Spit on
Stepped on
Fucked with
Pointed at by lesser men
[Pre]
New life in place of old life
Unscarred by trials
[Chorus]
A new level of confidence and power
Demanding plea for unity between us all --
United stand
Death before divided fall
In mock military order
Vulgar
Power
Impatient
Because time is shorter
[Pre]
[Chorus]
No fucking surrender
Can't lose
Life kills