 | Ida B. Wells, 1893, with widow and orphans of Tom Moss; may be a publicity shot for Wells and her anti-lynching campaign W.F. Griffin photo. Copyright holder unknown. The University of Chicago Library, Special Collections, 1100 East 57th St, Chicago IL 60637. |
 | "The Chairman of the Hanging Committee." Caricature of an Irishman, an ape figure, standing behind a desk, proclaiming, with Roman Catholic Catechism and Catholic World on the floor by the side of the desk; there is a small figure hanging from a lamppost on his desk. The idea is that the Ku Klux Klan is supported by Irish immigrants. c. 1871. Thomas Nast cartoon, "Miss Columbia's Public School," pamphlet, c. 1871. Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, SI Building, Room 153, MRC 010, Washington, DC 20013-7012. 8.6.3, 8.11.4 |
 | The Ku Klux Klan and other secret organizations intimidated, flogged and murdered many black people whose only "crime" was their desire to vote. The Granger Collection, 381 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016. In Mortimer Adler, ed., The Negro in American History, Vol. 2, William Benton, Publisher, 1969, p. 282. 8.11.4 |
 | This cartoon was designed to shock and repulse. The message: The Negro demon should not be allowed to vote. Such propaganda proved to be effective, and in August, 1900, North Carolina added an amendment to its Constitution that amounted to Negro disenfranchisement. Drawn by Norman E. Jennette. Raleigh (NC) News and Observer, July 4, 1900. In Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., and Benjamin Quarles, eds., The Negro American: A Documentary History, Scott, Foresman and Co., 1967, p. 359. 8.11.4 |
 | A Northern view of a KKK meeting showing klansmen, with horns, about to murder a carpetbagger whom they have abducted. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540. In T. Harry Williams, History of the U.S., 1964, p. 711. 8.11.4 |
 | Lynch mob hanging its Negro victim. "Lynch law, which claimed more than 3000 lives between 1889-1918, was not unknown in the North; only seven states had no lynchings during those 30 years." Copyright holder unknown. In Eds. of News Front, Pictorial History of the Black American, New York, 1968, p. 45. 8.11.4 |
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