I had no idea people took photos of the lynchings and used them as postcards which is quite disturbing but not too much of a suprise given the time period this took place. I learned they used to trade and sell these post cards as well. Allen mentions how the people standing around the lynchings looking like a pack of canines surrounding the victims which is true because it was a very inhumane act and to stand and gawk over it is something only animals would do. I also learned that everything they did (putting oil on them, setting them on fire, painting their faces) was with the intent of it getting displayed.
I knew about lynching but it was always very difficult for me to look at the actual photos of it. This was the first time I looked at the photos closely and of course it still hurt to look at them. I remember watching the Billie Holiday story and her first time ever encountering a lynching made her sick and it brought her back to reality while she was on tour which is why she wrote, "Strange Fruit."
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