Deep South's response to a lynching apology
"To be sure, whites were killed, too, and only four states have no documented evidence of the existence of hanging trees. But 80 percent of lynchings occurred in the South and the images - snapshots of the victim, a mob, and a pine box - became emblematic of the haunting nature of the region's prejudices."
Refer to this article....
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0615/p03s01-ussc.html
The referenced song reflects the pathos of this ancient reactionary practice. Too bad the mp3 is so large (can't upload here).




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