AAAD 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: African Blood Brotherhood, Wilmington, North Carolina, King Assassination Riots

• School: UNC
• Department: African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
• Course: AAAD 231
• Professor: Griffin, William

Document Summary

Alexander mainly - consensual for black men and white women to have sex. Atlanta journal and atlanta constitution reported sexual assault of black men on white woman. Enraged white men + false reports = riots. Tension in northern cities bc of great migration. Racial segregation, tension something to ignite it. Black man accidentally touched white woman pressed charges riots to lynch. Mob lynching of anyone suspected of violating moral standards of community (up to ww2) Not initially a form of racial suppression. Birth of a nation framed modern kkk. W tate brady: an image of the modern klansmen. Founder of tulsa alongside other wealthy industrialists in 1898. No documented history of racism of klan involvement before 1917. Dig presentation #6: civil rights in north carolina. Falsely accused of bombing a grocery store in the midst of protesting unfair treatment. Released ten years later when realized there was little evidence. Unrecognized for contributions to civil rights movement.