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Re: [ARSCLIST] Recordings of lynchings?
When working at the University of Southern Mississippi & the Mississippi
Department of Archives and History on their oral history interviews re: the
Civil Rights Era in MS, I did hear mention of lynchings, but very little.
and especially from the dates enquired about. However, there is a radio
broadcast done in the early 1950's with the execution by mobile electric
chair of Willie McGhee. It is rather explicit with verbal description of
the crowd assembled and the mobile truck containing the generator, which
they hold the mic up to as the power is turned on 3 times to execute the
man. I found it rather disturbing. This one is found at USM and Dr. Curtis
Austin would be a good contact person.
At MDAH they have recollections in the form of oral histories but also some
film footage of KKK rallies and cross burnings. I am not sure if there are
any actual lynchings (I kind of hope there isn't). Anyway, Elaine Owens
would be good to get in touch with there.
Good Luck
Marie O'Connell
On 10/16/07, Roger and Allison Kulp <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Not that I have any,but are looking for films/video of lynchings,or people
> describing them ?
>
> Roger
>
> Gustavus Stadler <gstadler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hello-
>
> I am a scholar in American literature and cultural studies. For a
> project on aural representations of African-Americans from
> approximately 1880-1920, I'm trying to find information about
> possible recordings of lynchings. There are references to such
> recordings in works by several recent historians, but some of the
> information comes from a single memoir, and some is simply presented
> without footnotes. I've tried the recorded sound and folklore
> collections at the LOC; they referred me to this list.
>
> It seems quite possible that if these recordings were made, they were
> reenactments, given the technological challenges of recording with a
> horn. Even so, I'm interested in finding out anything possible about
> the production, distribution, and consumption of such recordings. Has
> anyone in the list ever encountered such a thing?
>
> Many thanks for your help.
>
> Best,
> Gus
> --
> Gustavus T. Stadler
> Associate Professor and Chair
> Department of English
> Haverford College
> Haverford, PA 19041
> (610) 896-1278
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>
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