There have been thousands of instances where lynchings have been recorded. People are surprised to learn that the last lynching only happened twenty seven years ago. I agree with Koppel, when he said that” People look at it as if this is a chapter in the past.” The reason why I agree with him is because so many people take for granted that our ancestors struggled for our rights and the least we could do is acknowledge our history more. So many people are unaware of issues like this because they choose to not pay attention, while some simply do not care about their history, or sacrifices that many brave women and men before our time whom jeopardized their lives for our freedom. The Moore’s Ford, Rosewood Massacre, and Michael Donald case are some cases for the most horrifying and venerated cases of lynching in America. All these cases are based on the Ku Klux Klan trying to prove or set a warning to the African Americans who did not waver or who thought that they could get away with threatening or killing any white person. The Ku Klux Klan felt superior over the law and demonstrated it by doing exactly what they wanted by taking matters into their own hands.
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