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According to NAACP records, 4,743 lynchings occurred in the U.S. between the years 1882 and 1968.
Not just African Americans were lynched, but Latinos/Hispanics, Native Americans, and those who are White were also lynched too. Race intersects with the other identity demographics like gender and age to be included in these lynchings as well.
Most sentences carried out for lynchings, if there were any, were wrongful allegations and nonsense, such as robbery and asking for a drink of water.
White children were included in the lynch mob audience watching African Americans struggle during their hangings and African American children were lynched too.
At the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, AL, there's a section that was nicknamed as the "wall of tears" that had this inscription: "THOUSANDS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE UNKNOWN VICTIMS OF RACIAL TERROR LYNCHINGS WHOSE DEATHS CANNOT BE DOCUMENTED, MANY WHOSE NAMES WILL NEVER BE KNOWN. THEY ARE HONORED HERE." (Why Did They Hate Us?)
Before, during, and after the executions, the slaves were also tortured by stripping, burning, beating, muzzled, etc.
Image from History.com / Human Pictures - Equal Justice Initiative
Sources to read more information and view photos:
Without Sanctuary - The title of this website speaks for itself. There are many recovered images displaying the various kinds of lynchings and what they looked like. Very graphic with descriptions. https://withoutsanctuary.com/
My personal reflection on Ketanji while watching the days of hearings:
While I have not watched all of her entire hearing yet, I am taking my time getting through it to carefully examine the verbiage of the criticisms, Ketanji's answers to some exceedingly tough questions, and actively listening to her report by the review committee who did her background check on her reputation and competency. Hearing such positivity in positions she's worked in that were tough and then also following procedures by the book every case she's worked in with the law to back her up, is jaw-dropping and yet, inspirational. Having to be a woman of color and being a rule follower, my reputation at times, can be tossed to the ground and then stomped on. But for Ketanji, the defendant, probation office, AND the PROSECUTOR all had such wonderful things to compliment her and gave genuine feedback on her work performance. How she did that, I do not know. But this is a recognizable achievement that hit me like a ton of bricks that is hard not to think about her color during that moment. Yes, we shouldn't consider everything that she is of the Black race. But I cannot help but notice how important it's to do the exact opposite and recognize that this woman has nothing, but remarkable things mentioned about her and she's a Black woman. She's achieved so much as a Black woman. This is not to be ignored. That itself is so fascinating and then you get to see her in the hot seat and how she dealt with that. Then to hear her speak, taking her time to make sure she has gathered herself before responding to questions at times, what seemed like insults. I commend this woman for all that she is, what she does, and how she carries on her work. She gives me hope for the possibility that my problems can turn around in the court of law someday which may encourage me more to report unlawful behavior done to me in horrible situations. While there is still such a long way to go. She's the glimmer that's not going away. And I know this having heard her record of how many times she's been confirmed on that very floor in the Senate House. How many times does someone have to be there and still get questioned like that and still not lose her patience? She does something that I don't think I could even do in those toughest moments. She truly is amazing and that is why I chose the word admirable to describe her in the haiku.
Her record is like a polished diamond that sparkles.
Image from ABA Journal
She is currently in the waiting period for confirmation as Associate Justice in the US Supreme Court from the Senate. Her hearings were on Monday, 3/21 - Thursday, 3/24/22. There are many all over YouTube. One will be listed below to help you catch up.
10 Fun Facts About Ketanji Brown Jackson:
Born in 1970 as Ketanji Onyika Brown in Washington D.C. to parents, who were educators.
At 4-years-old, her family moved to Miami, Florida for her father to enroll in the University of Miami School of Law.
Jackson is the first generation in her family to "benefit from the Civil Rights Movement Legacy," meaning she did not have to live within the challenging times of our segregated nation when it was considered lawful. (Part of her quote from the hearing)
She was elected Mayor of Palmetto Junior High and student body president in Palmetto Senior High School (1988).
In her senior year of high school, Ketanji was awarded the national oratory title at the National Catholic Forensic League Championships in New Orleans. This tournament was the second-largest debate competition in the US.
At Harvard University, she studied government and led a protest against a student who displayed a Confederate Flag in his dorm room window.
During her first year of college, she was a reporter for Time Magazine and later, was the Editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Jackson graduated in 1992 with an A.B. magna cum laude. For her senior thesis, she wrote a piece titled "The Hand of Oppression: Plea Bargaining and the Coercion of Criminal Defendants".
In 2005, Ketanji worked as an assistant federal public defender in Washington, D.C.
Nominations from The White House: In 2012, President Obama nominated her to be in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. On February 25, 2022, President Biden nominated her to be the 116th Associate Justice in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Her Quote from the Senate Hearing
WATCH LIVE: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings - Day 4
Born in St. Louis, Mississippi as Marguerite Ann Johnson.
Maya Angelou American poet, storyteller, activist, singer, dancer, composer, and autobiographer.
At seven-years-old, she was raped by her mother's boyfriend, which turned her into a mute after her uncles murdered him. She remained mute for 5 years, but developed her language through reading books by Black authors and poetry. At 12-years-old, an African American author by the name of Mrs. Flowers encouraged her to speak again and inspired Maya's love for poetry.
In the West Coast and Hawaiian nightclubs, she sang during the late 1950s.
She worked with Martin Luther King and Malcolm X during the Civil Rights Movement as an activist.
One of her poems published in 1971, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie, was written about her stance against the Vietnam War and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1972.
During her career in film and television, she produced a screenplay called Georgia, Georgia making her the first Black woman to have one.
She served on two Presidential Committees for Gerald Ford in 1975 and Jimmy Carter in 1977.
During the '90s, Maya Angelou wrote several children's books including Life Doesn't Frighten Me in 1993.
She was awarded twice at the White House by President Bill Clinton receiving the National Medal of Arts and President Barack Obama the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
On January 20, 1993, she read her poem, On the Pulse of Morning, at the Inauguration.
Raw: Maya Angelou's Poem from Clinton's 1993 Inauguration
The Pi symbol, is Greek and equals 3.14 when rounded and is recognized today on March 14th, 2022. Some scientific calculators have the symbol ready to push which will reveal this number. Others, you will have to perform the calculation manually since they are the basic calculators.
Harriet was born during the slavery era, which is the main reason her birth date is unknown. It is estimated to be between the years 1820 & 1822.
By the time she turned 5-years-old, she was sold around her neighborhood as a slave to several Masters having been beaten repeatedly throughout her childhood.
One of her Masters gave her a head trauma causing her a lifetime of pain through headaches, dizzy spells, and epilepsy.
Her religion was Methodist, and she was a deeply passionate religious follower even though she was illiterate.
Harriet Tubman has been known as the "Moses of her people" for her courageous act of having helped many slaves as an Abolitionist.
She nicknamed herself the "Conductor" while leading waves of slaves through the Underground Railroad from the South to the North for 8 years through the evening while most of their owners were asleep.
After the escape, she became an activist even though there was a warrant put out for her from the South.
She's the first African American woman in the military as an armed scout, spy, and guerrilla soldier.
Before carrying a weapon, she started out as a cook and nurse.
During the Civil War, she nursed other soldiers with herbal remedies who were injured in the war.
