The history of the US shows us that, when it comes to white supremacy, entertainment and violence go hand in hand. When placed within the context of the United States’ long history of white people rioting – almost always directed at people of colour – what seems dissonant in fact makes perfect sense. Lynching photographs teach us that today’s images …
How a mass lynching and the people re-enacting it are forcing the US to confront the truth of its past and its present. The country’s criminal justice system was deemed “too good” for Black people, Boone says, and led to scores being killed without a trial or investigation. According to Tyrone Brooks, a veteran of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference …
