KNOW
KNOW THAT. AS EVIDENCED MOST BRUTALLY...BY WHAT
HAPPENED...ALL TOO
FREQUENTLY...AFTER THE
CIVIL WAR...AND WELL
INTO THE 20TH CENTURY.
PASTORAL SCENE OF THE
GALLANT SOUTH...THE
BULGING EYES AND THE
TWISTED MOUTH.
THOSE ARE LINES FROM
BILLIE HOLIDAY'S SONG
"STRANGE FRUIT"...A
HAUNTING BALAD ABOUT
THE LYNCHING OF BLACK
PEOPLE.
ACCORDING TO THE N-
AA-CP...BETWEEN 1882
AND 1968...THERE WERE
NEARLY 35-HUNDRED
BLACK PEOPLE...LYNCHED
IN THE UNITED STATES.
THOSE THAT WERE
RECORDED.
AND WITH ALL THE
RACIAL STRIFE WE HAVE
BEEN SEEING OF
LATE...AND THE
DISCUSSIONS OF WHERE
WE GO FROM
HERE...PHILLIP
THOMPSON, THE
DIRECTOR OF IDAHO'S
BLACK HISTORY
MUSEUM...THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA
TO TAKE A LOOK AT
WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
TONIGHT...THEY ARE RE-
OPENING THE MUSEUM
WITH A NEW EXHIBIT...A
GRAPHIC DISPLAY THAT
FEATURES 19 PICTURES OF
THE LYNCHINGS.
THE PICTURES ARE
HORRIFYING...AND WE ARE
ABOUT TO SHOW A PART
OF THOSE PICTURES TO
YOU.
NOT THE WHOLE
PICTURE...BUT ENOUGH TO
GET THE POINT...TO
UNDERSTAND THE
INHUMANITY OF RACISM.
PHILLIP SAYS,
SURE...ENDING
SLAVERY...JUNETEENTH...AL
SURE...ENDING SLAVERY...JUNETEENTH...AL L OF THAT IS GREAT.
BUT WHEN WHEN YOUR
WORTH IS DIRECTLY
RELATED TO THE CHEAP
LABOR YOU
PROVIDE...AND THAT'S
TAKEN AWAY...IT DIDN'T
EXACTLY ADD VALUE TO
YOUR LIFE.
1550 THE PREDATORY
NATURE OF GOING AFTER
SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY ARE BLACK AND THEM HANGING THEM IN THE
WIND...DOING SO
COLLECTIVELY...ALMOST IN
A CELEBRATORY
FASION...LOOK LIKE HIM
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1855 IT'S TERROR, IT'S
FEAR, IT'S ABSOLUTE
ANGER IT'S FEELING LIKE
YOU COULDLN'T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT...YOU
HAD NO MEANS TO
RECTIFY OR EVEN PROTECT
YOURSELF...BLACK TAKING
UP ARMS WAS...SO YOU
JUST HAD TO PRAY...NEXT
ONE
ONE ON
ONE ON THESE PICTURES 1923 1045 THIS IS AN ERA IN
AMERICAN SOCIETY THAT
DIDN'T LOOK UPON
LYNCHING WITH THE
SAME HORROR THAT WE
DO NOW...EVERYTHING'S
FINE...BLACK
PRESIDENT...NO...THERE IS
STILL THIS
UNDERCURRENT...STEP
OUT OF YOUR
LANE...THERE MIGHT BE
CONSEQUENCES 1117
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REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO
TAKE AWAY FROM THIS
558
558 THIS
558 THIS WASN'T 3 AND 4 CENTRUIES AGO...IF NOT THE ONE JUST PREVIOUS
606
1357 TO REALLY BE AWARE
OF THE SHEER BRUTALITY
AND TH4E FACT THAT IT
WAS NOT DONE BY...THEY
CAME AT NIGHT...THIS IS
LIKE THE FAIR...SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...GET THE
KIDS, WER'RE GONNA
STRING ONE UP AND
THAT'S
THAT'S TERRIFYING...WE'R ESTEPPING BACK 1448 730 ONE OF THE MOST
PROFOUND THINGS IS
YOU COULD BE LYNCHED
SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU
STEPPED OUTSIDE OF
YOUR
LANE...CONTROL...YOU
YOUR LANE...CONTROL...YOU HAVE THIS ATTITUDE NOW
THAT UM 743
803 THERE'S STILL THIS
UNDERCURRENT OF KNOW YOUR PLACE 807 816 AND NOW THAT
THAT'S BEEN
CHALLENGED...THERE'S
SIGNIFICANT BLOWBACK
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THAT
THAT EXHIBIT OPENS TONIGHT AT 6:30 AND WILL LIKELY RUN
THROUGH THE END OF
JULY.
AND IT IS INTENSE.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A
SERIOUS DISCUSSION
AMONG OUR STAFF
ABOUT HOW MUCH OF
THAT EXHIBIT WE
COULD...OR SHOULD
SHOW.
BECAUSE IT IS
SICKENING...AND
UNCOMFORTABLE.
SICKENING...AND UNCOMFORTABLE. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S
IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND.
AND WE THINK YOU CAN
HANDLE SUCH A