HIST 4090Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Morality Play
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Cutting out the chapter from movies and american society. Lynching should be viewed as a peculiarly modern phenomenon. Reacting to the more extreme views and less emphasis put on the little actions. The forces of good prevailing over the forces of evil. Leaves out the narrative of other racism. Two extremes towards angela davis wanting her to be caught vs. wanting her. She was later acquitted for the crimes she was the owner of the guns that committed the murders.