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Color poster from the Soviet Union, 1930
1930
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – University Libraries
Chapel Hill, NC, United States
A poster from The Soviet Union depicting lynchings of African Americans in the U.S. It comes from the Jessie Daniel Ames Papers. Ames was a civil rights worker during the 1920s and 1930s. She was particularly interested in preventing lynchings, and organized the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching among other accomplishments.
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- Title: Color poster from the Soviet Union, 1930
- Date Created: 1930
- Transcript:"Bezbognik oo Stankar" (The Atheist at His Bench) Moscow, No 17-18, 1930. In God's Country, that is, the United States of America "Come unto Me, all ye that labor, and are heavy laden." The lynching of negroes, - the basest and most abominable form of expression of race hatred, has thrived under the Christian religion which exploits and is manhating through and through. For the bourgeoisie and the clergy lynching is the highest expression of culture and Christian morals, an act pleasing in the sight of God!Hide TranscriptShow Transcript
- External Link: Jessie Daniel Ames Papers
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