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    Ida B. Wells uses a straight-forward writing style to boldly prove multiple arguments against the wrongful accusations of the lynching‚ rape‚ and the gruesome murders set forth by the vile southerners. Wells distinguish her examples and theories to disprove the justifications of lynching made by Southerners. Within her book‚ Wells portrays the views of African-Americans in the 1890s. Since the southerners allowed widespread lynching; while cowardly hiding behind the excuse of "defending the honor

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    The excuses whites used during Reconstruction to torture and murder newly freed African Americans were as false as they were numerous. In Southern Horrors and Other Writings‚ Wells relates many of these. Excuses ranging from sassing whites to rape to murder prove that "colored men and women [were] lynched for almost any offense" (Wells 78). According to Wells‚ the three most common excuses used to victimize African Americans during and after Reconstruction were that the victim had participated in

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    Ida B. Wells uses a straight-forward writing style to prove a very bold argument against lynching—discrediting the excuse of rape‚ and more. Wells uses specific examples and theory to disprove the justifications of lynching made by Southerners. Within her pamphlets‚ Wells portrays the views of African-Americans in the 1890s. Southerners allowed widespread lynchings while hiding behind the excuse of "defending the honor of its women." (61) The charge of rape was used in many cases to lynch innocent

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    HORROR WRITING WORKSHEET This worksheet will hopefully teach you the basics of writing a scary story – coming up with a frightening idea‚ making your characters come to life and turning their world upside down in a rollercoaster plot! But always remember the first rule of writing: Don’t get bogged down by the rules‚ just play around‚ have fun and write something that you find scary and entertaining! Part 1: Facing Your Nightmares! One of the most important things about writing a horror

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    SOUTHERN HORRORS In the late 19th century‚ Ida B. Wells dedicated most of her life to spreading the word about the horrific nature of lynching in the American South. Wells was a journalist‚ teacher‚ rights activist‚ and a public speaker. As an African American woman in the south during this time‚ Ida B. Wells was able to use her status as journalist to expose to the general public the true facts of lynching cases that suggested black wrongdoings. Wells used cases from all over America to convey

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    1. Ida B. Wells wrote the primary source Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases. This article was published in October 1892. On the Encyclopedia Britannica Online I read that Ida B. Wells attended Rust University‚ which was a freedmen’s school‚ in Holly Springs‚ Mississippi. She started teaching when he was only 14 years old! Later she moved to Memphis‚ Tennessee and she taught there as well. While living and teaching in Tennessee she attended Fisk University‚ which is in Nashville‚ she was

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    A huge crowd spills across the sidewalk around the casino. The enormous lit guitar is kind of cool. Based on the clothes everyone wears‚ Kurt can almost imagine Rocky Horror is showing‚ but he’s not quite getting a Rocky vibe from the group. Most of the girls have extremely large breasts and wear skimpy dresses. The dress code for the guys is similar‚ tight clothing and several have their shirts unbuttoned to display

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    increase of lynching. After the war‚ the Southern economy was in ruins‚ and lynching had allowed white southerners to express their hatred and discontent towards the situation and African Americans were the vulnerable targets for their pent-up anger (Notes). In Southern Horrors‚ Feimster introduces Rebecca Felton‚ who was a wealthy slave owner‚ and Ida B. Wells‚ a slave born women‚ and how each woman viewed this idea of lynching drastically diverse from each other due to their upbringings. Rebecca Latimer

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    The DOWNLOAD http://bit.ly/1EHH8aE Red http://goo.gl/RFQPm Notebook and Other Writings‚ 0571174337‚ 9780571174331 http://www.alibris.co.uk/booksearch?browse=0&keyword=The+Red+Notebook+and+Other+Writings&mtype=B&hs.x=19&hs.y=26&hs=Submit A collection of interviews and essays in which the American writer Paul Auster reflects on the need to break down the boundary between living and writing‚ and on the use of certain genre conventions to penetrate matters of memory and identity. DOWNLOAD

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    Horror Fiction Horror is in many ways a unique genre. It has the ability to make us feel frightened‚ disgusted and fascinated at the same time. During an intense scene in a horror movie or book you often feel tempted to look away‚ but at the same time you’re “glued” to the screen or page – You can’t let go; you want to see what’s hiding in the dark. Another fascinating aspect of the horror genre is the fact that it remains controversial due to its extreme nature. A lot of critiques argue that horror

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