We have a nice old lynching in Price, Utah from early this Century and many
who were involved have talked about it, yet our wonderful 'authorities'
won't touch it with a Mormon handcart even though there is no statute of
limitations on Murder.
dan smith
----- Original Message -----
From: Russell Cothren <rcothren@comp.uark.edu>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: trademarking "zia" sun symbol
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> Seems to me that NPR covered this story a while back. If anyone
> knows about this it might be Dick w/ Bostich and Sullivan.
> >>
> >> That's in the "House & Home" section. The other, in the Arts Section,
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> >> about a collection of photographs of lynchings of American black
persons,
> >> men and women, from 1883 to 1960, often used as picture postcards. The
> >> collection will be shown in the Roth Horowitz Gallery NYC, starting
> >> tomorrow.
> >>
> >> Judy
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> I have a book on lynchings of Afro-Americans. It has exerpts from
> the local newspapers of the event. I always walk away from it angry,
> horrified and confused. People would get so worked up at a lynching that
> they would end up shooting each other. Of course no one would be
> prosecuted. (they were all white). As a photographer I have been in a few
> situations where one can see the mob mentality get out of hand very
> immediatly.
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> Russell Cothren
> Photo Editor
> University Relations
> University of Arkansas
> phone 501-575-3970
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