1 10 37 http://songswithoutwords.org/files/original/ba943c1cbf433e7890e12a8180fb51b4.png 780f9a39b0983dbb95e2649b4e28aae5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Editor [Manly] and the Office of the Wilmington Record" Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="Indianapolis Freeman" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/199">Indianapolis Freeman</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a title="George L. Knox" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/198">George L. Knox</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 26, 1898 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource All Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 80 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-06-17 17:33:32 Title A name given to the resource "Editor Manly" Description An account of the resource When editor Alexander Manly challenged the rape/lynching narrative in his paper, the Wilmington Record, a white mob destroyed his press, forced him to leave town, and murdered others in a two-day massacre. In protest, the <a title="Indianapolis Freeman" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/199">Indianapolis Freeman</a> published an image of Manly’s burning press beside a column that criticized President William McKinley for his unwillingness to criticize the destruction. Type The nature or genre of the resource Post Alexander Manly images Indianapolis Freeman President William McKinley Wilmington Record http://songswithoutwords.org/files/original/f0b207bb78d0f3e418c1531385ccd3b0.png f165571f696491d5dc0dbc99bf49d18f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Not Guilty" Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="Cleveland Gazette" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/197">Cleveland Gazette</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a title="Harry C. Smith" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/196">Harry C. Smith</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 2, 1897 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 37 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-06-18 06:50:50 Title A name given to the resource "Not Guilty" Description An account of the resource Following the lynching of "Click" Mitchell in spring of 1897, African American editors criticized both President William McKinley’s silence, and Booker T. Washington’s suggestion that lynch victims were “invariably vagrants”—troublemakers who deserved their fate. Many African American newspapers expressed outrage that lynch law, in accepting the accusations of the lynchers without due process for the accused, violated fundamental tenets of American and English legal tradition. The <a title="Cleveland Gazette" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/197">Cleveland Gazette</a> used few illustrations generally; here, the “Not Guilty” headline, combined with a portrait of Click Mitchell while alive, emphasized the travesty of justice inherent in mob violence. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource owproject Booker T. Washington Click Mitchell images Ku Klux Klan lynching President William McKinley http://songswithoutwords.org/files/original/540e6051458a35873d764c26c3eb2f36.png 425d12280a0157491ed62ecd9767b35f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "A Song Without Words" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Henry J. Lewis" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/193">Henry J. Lewis</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="Indianapolis Freeman" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/199">Indianapolis Freeman</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a title="George L. Knox" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/198">George L. Knox</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 2, 1895 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 126 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-06-19 04:54:38 Title A name given to the resource "A Song Without Words" Description An account of the resource On the eve of local elections in 1895, the <a title="Indianapolis Freeman" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/199">Indianapolis Freeman</a> printed a previously-published drawing by the late political cartoonist <a title="Henry J. Lewis" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/193">Henry J. Lewis</a>, entited "A Song Without Words." The drawing used inserts within the larger frame to tell the story of a lynching by hanging (1), shooting (2) and fire (3). The persistence of Lewis's artwork after the transition from the editorship of Democratic-leaning independent <a title="Edward E. Cooper" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/200">Edward E. Cooper</a> to that of Republican <a title="George L. Knox" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/198">George L. Knox</a>, demonstrates that the paper's visual themes--of organizing, political activism and the vote--transcended political party affiliation. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource owproject Edward E. Cooper Henry J. Lewis images Indianapolis Freeman lynching http://songswithoutwords.org/files/original/2feaaa95a4e3c3f9bcfddc4b7527c6a3.png 1c19548df8a07f6d6fd81b527a6cbbe5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Fair Ohio in Disgrace" Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="Indianapolis Freeman" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/199">Indianapolis Freeman</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a title="George L. Knox" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/198">George L. Knox</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 12, 1897 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 103 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-06-20 18:19:05 Title A name given to the resource "Fair Ohio in Disgrace" Description An account of the resource In spring of 1897 African American editors were outraged when President William McKinley ignored the lynching of an Ohio man, “Click” Mitchell. In somewhat sensational style, the <a title="Indianapolis Freeman" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/199">Indianapolis Freeman</a> depicted the mob scene, with insets showing the prisoner being removed from jail and lynched. The <a title="The Richmond Planet" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/204">Richmond Planet</a> noted in its own pages that the unmasked lynchers had murdered the innocent Mitchell in broad daylight: “No lynching in the South was ever more daring or atrocious.” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource owproject Click Mitchell George L. Knox images Indianapolis Freeman lynching Ohio President William McKinley http://songswithoutwords.org/files/original/96e276b12703b4b3d45fbff639161cc2.png 927695c2c0be9d6e568951f856fc3b0a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Silenced the Witnesses" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="The Richmond Planet" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/204">Richmond Planet</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 16, 1895 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 110 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-06-21 03:22:21 Title A name given to the resource "Silenced The Witnesses!" Description An account of the resource In this image in the <a title="The Richmond Planet" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/204">Richmond Planet</a>, editor and artist <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a>, highlighted the double standard in suppressing reporting and legal prosecution of sexual crimes against African American girls and women. Speculating on the reasons for the disappearance of the two witnesses in the trial of Thomas Penn, a white man accused of raping a 10-year-old African American girl, Lina Hanna, the drawing shows two empty graves and explicitly states: “Dead folks tell no tales. Absent witnesses cannot testify.” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource owproject images John Mitchell Jr. Lina Hanna Richmond Planet Thomas Penn http://songswithoutwords.org/files/original/9cf346dcdf104e10398dec8a10894957.png 31879642c9dc6d43066d263d475da689 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "White Men to the Rescue" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="The Richmond Planet" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/204">Richmond Planet</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 23, 1895 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 112 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-06-22 03:30:01 Title A name given to the resource "White Men To The Rescue" Description An account of the resource More conciliatory than his other drawings, this illustration by <a title="The Richmond Planet" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/204">Richmond Planet</a> editor <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a>, applauded liberal whites for their efforts to thwart lynching and enforce law and order, and thereby contribute to southern economic progress. “Lawlessness cripples business, and drives away capital,” the caption reads, in an argument for state rather than federal government action. “Colored men’s prayers are answered. Liberal-minded white men are coming to the rescue." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource owproject images John Mitchell Jr. Ku Klux Klan lynching Richmond Planet white men http://songswithoutwords.org/files/original/f2e53d86b55930a149b50055844fa8d2.png c9f71df8fb0e5183c691acdce171afef Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Firing at Long Range" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="The Richmond Planet" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/204">Richmond Planet</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 2, 1895 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 114 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-06-23 03:35:21 Title A name given to the resource "Firing at Long Range." Description An account of the resource This drawing by <a title="The Richmond Planet" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/204">Richmond Planet</a> editor <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a>, drew attention to <a title="Ida B. Wells" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/202">Ida B. Wells</a>’s success in bringing British attention to American inaction in the face of southern lynching. The drawing shows the cannon of British public opinion “Firing at Long Range” across the ocean at the United States. The drawing places Wells’s efforts in the larger context of the war over public opinion, a shaming action necessary given government officials’ failure of will. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource owproject Ida B. Wells images John Mitchell Jr. lynching President Grover Cleveland Richmond Planet http://songswithoutwords.org/files/original/6a0f2b854709eae7d30421dd06c7defa.png 9744e2b22b873a6091a6c4ace02aab9f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Ohio Refused to Deliver Him" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="The Richmond Planet" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/204">Richmond Planet</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 26, 1895 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 116 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-06-24 03:54:39 Title A name given to the resource "Ohio Refused" Description An account of the resource <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a> created this drawing to contrast two states’ commitments to “law and order.” An Ohio judge refused to release a black man accused of murder to Kentucky, for fear that the man would be lynched in transit. In the illustration, Kentucky “justice” presents extradition papers, while shielding from view the lynch mob and its work. Boldly, Ohio “justice” stands firm, holding a sword ready to protect the prisoner from the mob. “Ohio refuses to act as an agent for murderers,” the caption declared, “and rejects with scorn the plea for the delivery of the colored man into the hands of the lynchers.” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource owproject images John Mitchell Jr. Kentucky lynching Ohio Richmond Planet. http://songswithoutwords.org/files/original/4d57b53fda7d1eb28ba85e2c8bd46455.png 763c6f18c78afd621a48860684be041c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Prays for His Persecutors" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="The Richmond Planet" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/204">Richmond Planet</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 19, 1895 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 15 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-06-25 17:17:06 Title A name given to the resource Prays For His Persecutors Description An account of the resource In early 1895, <a title="The Richmond Planet" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/204">Richmond Planet</a> editor <a title="John Mitchell, Jr." href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/203">John Mitchell, Jr.</a>, published a series of his own drawings, beginning with this illustration “Prays for His Persecutors.” The image depicts an African American man kneeling in prayer against a backdrop of lynched bodies, a reference to a recent murder of six men in Tennessee. The man appears forgiving, even saintly, despite the violent backdrop. The least confrontational cartoon from this series, it invokes non-threatening protest against violence. Like a popular “Day of Prayer and Fasting” three years earlier, the drawing appealed to the conscience of observers and urged the federal government to offer support and protection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource owproject images John Mitchell Jr. lynching Richmond Planet http://songswithoutwords.org/files/original/a06f8a6c9136718acc0558a95f653ba3.png 6dd47a83939b5cbe21dc039c844bc377 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Notice!" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource [<a title="Henry J. Lewis" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/193">Henry J. Lewis</a>] Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="Indianapolis Freeman" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/199">Indianapolis Freeman</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a title="George L. Knox" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/198">George L. Knox</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 11, 1894 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 124 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-06-26 04:46:05 Title A name given to the resource "Notice" Description An account of the resource As editor, <a title="George L. Knox" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/198">George L. Knox</a> re-printed a drawing by the late political cartoonist <a title="Henry J. Lewis" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/193">Henry J. Lewis</a> in the formerly independent <a title="Indianapolis Freeman" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/199">Indianapolis </a><a title="Indianapolis Freeman" href="http://songswithoutwords.org/items/show/199">Freeman</a> to chide the National Negro Democratic Convention meeting in that city in August 1894. "Gentlemen," reads the caption, "cannot you persuade the white members of your party South, to cease these persecutions of your brethren?" At the time, the Southern branch of the Democratic party remained hostile to voting and civil rights for African Americans. While some African Americans in the Northwest were moving away from the Republican Party, which they saw as failing to protect those rights, this cartoon made clear that the Democrats offered no refuge for African American voters. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource owproject civil rights Democratic National Conference George L. Knox Henry J. Lewis Ida B. Wells images Indianapolis Freeman Ku Klux Klan lynching.