Cited: Wells‚ Ida B. Southern horrors and other writings : the anti-lynching campaign of Ida B. Wells‚ 1892-1900. Edited and with an introduction by Jacqueline Jones Royster. Boston : Bedford Books‚ 1997.
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The excuses whites used during Reconstruction to torture and murder newly freed African Americans were as false as they were numerous. In Southern Horrors and Other Writings‚ Wells relates many of these. Excuses ranging from sassing whites to rape to murder prove that "colored men and women [were] lynched for almost any offense" (Wells 78). According to Wells‚ the three most common excuses used to victimize African Americans during and after Reconstruction were that the victim had participated in
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SOUTHERN HORRORS In the late 19th century‚ Ida B. Wells dedicated most of her life to spreading the word about the horrific nature of lynching in the American South. Wells was a journalist‚ teacher‚ rights activist‚ and a public speaker. As an African American woman in the south during this time‚ Ida B. Wells was able to use her status as journalist to expose to the general public the true facts of lynching cases that suggested black wrongdoings. Wells used cases from all over America to convey
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1. Ida B. Wells wrote the primary source Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases. This article was published in October 1892. On the Encyclopedia Britannica Online I read that Ida B. Wells attended Rust University‚ which was a freedmen’s school‚ in Holly Springs‚ Mississippi. She started teaching when he was only 14 years old! Later she moved to Memphis‚ Tennessee and she taught there as well. While living and teaching in Tennessee she attended Fisk University‚ which is in Nashville‚ she was
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thought that African Americans would be free to live out normal lives‚ but then came the increase of lynching. After the war‚ the Southern economy was in ruins‚ and lynching had allowed white southerners to express their hatred and discontent towards the situation and African Americans were the vulnerable targets for their pent-up anger (Notes). In Southern Horrors‚ Feimster introduces Rebecca Felton‚ who was a wealthy slave owner‚ and Ida B. Wells‚ a slave born women‚ and how each woman viewed
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stirred into making a horror film. Horror films are projected to create a psychological sense of fear; however‚ humans tend to enjoy and crave the heart-pumping adrenaline rush of terror. Some believe it is the calling of curiosity while others think it is the section of insanity that imbedded itself into our mind. Trepidations are not a trend that has set forth in the twenty first century; we humans hunger after the thrill of terror ever since Roman times. In addition‚ horror films closely relate
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Ka’Sean Chapman Bell 4 April 4‚ 2012 In the “Southern Cop”‚ Sterling Brown tells the story of Ty Hendricks: a cop stricken by racism and discrimination. Immediately beginning this poem Ty is identified and Brown foreshadows to his audience that Ty has done some wrong doings. Essentially‚ this poem is the epitome of certain Americans today. Being a young African American male‚ the actions in this poem really didn’t strike as a surprise to me. Sadly‚ I’ve been stereotyped plenty of times
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Horror Fiction Horror is in many ways a unique genre. It has the ability to make us feel frightened‚ disgusted and fascinated at the same time. During an intense scene in a horror movie or book you often feel tempted to look away‚ but at the same time you’re “glued” to the screen or page – You can’t let go; you want to see what’s hiding in the dark. Another fascinating aspect of the horror genre is the fact that it remains controversial due to its extreme nature. A lot of critiques argue that horror
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The California home David and Louise Turpin held their 13 children captive in‚ dubbed “The House of Horrors” was filled with torture and cruel taunting by the parents. David and Louise Turpin shackled their children to furniture with chains so they couldn’t escape‚ slowly starving them to death‚ and only allowed them to shower twice a year‚ as previously reported by Dearly. The children suffered at the hands of their parents for years until their 17-year-old daughter bravely escaped from her home
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interesting word to you all which is ”horror”. Most of the time we just simply say that “horror thing”‚ “horror movie”‚ “horror place”‚ but are we really know what is the meaning of horror‚ or define horror in a better way? In fact‚ horror can be defined as anything which causes intense feeling of shock‚ fear‚ terror‚ disgust or something frightening. Horror may caused by something ugly‚ bad or disagreeable‚ hence causing strong dislike or loath. Any definition of horror that asserts any form of fear‚
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