Lynching of Laura Nelson, May 1911

Forfatter/Opretter:

G.H. Farnum

Kredit:

Photo postcard by G. H. Farnum.

Mechanical reproductions at:

• http://www.nps.gov/nero/greatplaces/Shaped%20by%20Site-Kathleen%20Hulser.htm
• http://withoutsanctuary.org/pics_33.html
• www.tulsareparations.org/FinalReport.htm

Shortlink:

https://dkwiki.dk/b/1d30f

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Wikimedia Commons

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beskrivelse:

The barefoot corpse of lynched Laura Nelson. May 25, 1911, Okemah, Oklahoma. Gelatin silver print. Real photo postcard. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2". Etched in the negative:"copyright-1911-g.h.farnum, okemah. okla 2898." Stamp on reverse, "unmailable."

• District Judge Caruthers convened a grand jury in June 1911 to investigate the lynching of the Laura Nelson and her son. In his instructions to the jury, he said,

"The people of the state have said by recently adopted constitutional provision that the race to which the unfortunate victims belonged should in large measure be divorced from participation in our political contests, because of their known racial inferiority and their dependent credulity, which very characteristic made them the mere tool of the designing and cunning. It is well known that I heartily concur in this constitutional provision of the people's will. The more then does the duty devolve upon us of a superior race and of greater intelligence to protect this weaker race from unjustifiable and lawless attacks."

Licens:

Public domain

Kommentar på licensen:

Dette billede er formentlig ikke offentlig ejendom uden for USA; dette gælder i sær i lande og områder, der ikke anvender rule of the shorter term for amerikanske værker, såsom Canada, Folkerepublikken Kina (ikke Hong Kong eller Macao), Tyskland, Mexico, and Schweiz. Skaberen og udgivelsesåret er afgørende oplysninger og skal fremlægges. Se Wikipedia:Offentlig ejendom og Wikipedia:Ophavsret for flere detaljer.