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Strange Fruit. Performed By Billie Holiday, Composed by Lewis Allen. Heard by all of America. Terms of Racism and Bigotry. Murder : the crime of unlawfully killing a person esp. with malice aforethought Lynch: to put to death by mob action without legal sanction or due process of law. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Strange Fruit
Performed By Billie Holiday,Composed by Lewis Allen
Heard by all of America.
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Terms of Racism and Bigotry
• Murder: the crime of unlawfully killing a person esp. with malice aforethought
• Lynch: to put to death by mob action without legal sanction or due process of law.
• Terrorism: the systematic use of fear, panic, and horror esp. as a means of coercion.
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Statistics of Lynching
Based on Reported Articles in Newspapers
Between 1882-1951
• 4,730 people were lynched in the United States:
• 3,437 Negro and 1,293 white » 92 Women: 76 Negro, 16 White
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• After preaching a sermon condemning Klan-cross -
burning near Berkley, Michigan, a Detroit suburb, Reverend Oren Van Loon received this indelible
souvenir in 1924.• He was branded by hooded attackers with “KKK” at home in
the middle of the night.• He was considered lucky to
have lived.
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Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
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Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
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Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze,
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Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
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Pastoral scene of the gallant South,
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The bulging eyes and twisted mouth,
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The scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
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Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
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Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,
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For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
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For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
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Here is a strange and bitter crop.
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Common Illegal and Immoral Justifications for Lynching
• Murder• Rape & Attempted Rape• Assault (even in self-defense)• An Insult to a White Woman• Disputing (arguing) with a White Man• Attempting to Register to Vote• Testifying against a White Man• Peeking in a Window
Victims were accused, but never received trials for…
22% of reported lynching's were a result of “nameless crimes” = no reason