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5.
Lynching
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Paul Laurence Dunbar, "The Haunted Oak," poem, 1895
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"The Dogwood Tree," postcard, 1908
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett, "Lynch Law in America,"
The Arena
, January 1900
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"Ohio's Anti-Lynching Law,"
Cleveland Gazette
, 8 June 1901
Links
Dunbar:
https://www.dunbarsite.org/gallery/TheHauntedOak.asp
"The Dogwood Tree":
PDF file*
nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai2/politics/text5/dogwoodtree.pdf
Wells:
courses.washington.edu/spcmu/speeches/idabwells.htm
Cleveland Gazette
:
PDF file*
nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai2/politics/text5/cleveland.pdf
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Sources
Dunbar: University of Dayton
"The Dogwood Tree" and
Cleveland Gazette
: National Humanities Center
Wells: Dept. of Speech Communication, University of Washington
Printing
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African American History and Literature, 1865-1917: Online Resources
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