Oh, I think the photography exhibition "Without Sanctuary" organized by 
and currently showing at the Chicago Historical Society is something 
related to lynching that opens a dialogue. I encourage anyone in the 
vicinity to view these powerful images of what Billie Holiday 
called "Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees."

http://www.chicagohistory.org

Lynching is an ugly chapter in American history. I believe it deserves to 
be examined, discussed, railed against, vilified, and the subject of art 
and photography exhibitions. 

I risk steering this conversation off course but...I believe the only way 
to keep atrocities from being repeated is to acknowledge their existence 
head on and keep alive memories of their occurence. I feel the same way 
about hate speech...say the words and you'll believe them. 

Diane Gutenkauf

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:38:09 -0400, Deb Fuller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>
>I took a look at his site and the recoloring project sounds pretty
>interesting. But on the flip side, when has anything relating to
>lynching opened up a dialogue? Seems to me that it is a blatant
>attempt to cause controversey in a non-dialogue sort of way - like
>someone wanting to start a conversation by punching you in the face.
>
>Deb
>

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