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Many Come to Face an Ugly
Legacy by Oye Odutola
Interviews New Yorker's speak ot about James Allen's new exhibit. Name: Pat Sullivan Occupation:
Historian/Teacher
What did you think of this exibit? It was shocking, horrific. It's part of history since about 1916. It makes me glad I'm a teacher. What effect did it have on you? I think about the fact that the country knew about it all along. Very moving. One of the most impressing things is the number of people that came to see it. How do we begin to heal this wound that was created by slavery/depression/racism etc...? Confront it. Know about it.
Name: Elizabeth McHenry Occupation: Teacher
What did you think of this exibit? Very moving. What effect did it have on you? It makes me amazed that these thing actually happened. How do we begin to heal this wound that was created by slavery/depression/racism? A start is exibits like this and the people that see it and do things about it.
Occupation: Counseling Residence: Downtown Manhattan What did you think of this exibit? It was done very well, but limited in space. Very graphic. What effect did it have on you? It was very poignant. It's disturbing to see the black men and women being lynched. I would hope that it is disturbing the younger generation, and I want you the young men and women to know that it was and still is happening. How do we begin to heal this wound that was created by slavery/depression/racism? By accepting everybody as an individual not a group, one to one, and being respectful.
Name: Marie Johnson Occupation: Teacher/Multi-cultural
Director Residence: Brooklyn,NY What did you think of this exibit? Thought it was really great, it was a little smaller than I expected it to be. What effect did it have on you? Wordless, not as shocked as other people. (because of prior experience to pictures like this) Confirming. How do we begin to heal this wound that was created by slavery/depression/racism? By having more exibits like that and by speaking the truth.
Occupation: Jazz Vocalist (Bass) Residence: Upper
West Side of Manhattan What effect did it have on you? It made me think about how far we have come and how far we have to go. How do we begin to heal this wound that was created by slavery/depression/racism? Actually the wound was caused by racism, and racism is caused by ignorance.
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An Interview with the Collector
Jessica Perez 3/1/00 Interview with James Allen James Allen is part creator of the exhibit What was the inspiration behind this exhibit? Disbelief that it (lynching) could happen. When we were growing up no one talked about it (lynching). I became interested in it, my collection started out small, but we just kept on collecting pictures and putting them together. It just kept getting bigger and bigger. How do feel about the way that people have responded? I think it is a sign of the times. I think people are finally not ashamed of putting a face to the monster. Did you have trouble finding a gallery? yeah. Alot of people didnšt want to take the exhibit. We tried before but the response was always the same. And now? Well now it has gotten bigger then we expected. Um , we will be moving the exhibit to Emory college. Is it on the web? We had pictures on the web, but some of the pictures we stolen and placed on klan web sites. That was not our intention, we wanted to educate people.
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