Week Four Blog

Before watching Without Sanctuary, I knew a decent amount of information about lynchings and what went on in relation to them. Not only did this video reinforce my thoughts of lynching, but it also gave me a stronger idea of what lynching was all about. Hearing the narrator and seeing all the photos proved how brutal and disgusting the act of lynching truly was. Lynching never seemed so real to me until I saw this video, because of all the images of people being lynched. It was also very interesting to see all the spectators during the event, and how the narrator compares them to "packs of dogs, circling after the kill". It would be interesting to find out how James Allen researched this topic and how he was able to find all these photos. Did he find them in libraries and archives? Or did he personally find families who have these in old photo albums? Were there any particular stories behind some of the photos?