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mrdaquila · Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1

I was moved to tears by the haunting images of lynchings and cold blooded murders that seemed to have been perversely celebrated. Perhaps what disturbs me the most was the format these documents were presented in. To have such events made into postcards, to be sent along side Coney Island merrie-go-round or Eiffel tower postcards, is deeply upsetting. As painful as it is to view these documents, I know they must not be forgotten. They must be viewed by all and all must feel the painful reality of our history, if we ever hope to put our nightmarish past to rest for good. And it is my deep faith that we, as humans, will be able to rise out of the ashes of our racist past and into live up the prophetic creed of this nation.

dave · Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 2

i do believe that your right Mr Daquila. Our history is full of hate and descrimination but we should never forget these events in history no matter how disturbing they are.

Graceland · Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 29

...places like this should help us with that. its good to see that there are some places where all of history, good and bad, is still acknowledged.

bethanygoddiess · Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 1

Mr. D'Aquila-
thank you for making the class watch these haunting images of the past. I know that most people in our class are colorblind to different races, although we live in a town that is pretty much all white. i think that doing things like this, watching the videos, and the presentation of this website, that this did once happen, and no matter how hard we try to convince ourselves that racisim does not exist today, we are blinded by our own ignorance, because it does. We have no idea what really happened because we were not there to live through it, but from watching Rosewood, and looking at this website, i continually have to live with the fact that this still does happen in the world, and it has happened, and things like Rosewood, relatively speaking did not happen that long ago. So thank you for continually making me open my eyes and look at the world around me.

Chris Barnes · Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 5

I also viewed this through a class for college: American Historical Survey

Dr. Brandon-Falcone from NWMSU linked this from her eCompanion site, and I think that it should be required for class.

I hope that everyone that views this material receives knowledge of the past, as well as a gain in understanding that we as people have to work towards tolerance of each other ethnic backgrounds.