“Living with Lynching: African American Drama and Citizenship” Lecture March 14, 12:00 pm

Alumna Koritha Mitchell will discuss and sign "Living with Lynching" on Friday, March 14, at noon in the Mary Pickford Theater, located on the third floor of the James Madison Memorial Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C.

How did African Americans survive the period between 1890 and 1930 when mobs lynched members of their communities and proudly circulated pictures of the mutilated corpses? How did African Americans maintain a dignified sense of self when photographs of lynch victims entered their homes along with the news? In her book, "Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930," Koritha Mitchell tells the story of black authors who wrote plays about lynching, in the 1910s and 1920s, and provided their communities with scripts that affirmed their self-conceptions and encouraged them to mourn their losses.

This program, presented by the Library’s Humanities and Social Sciences Division, is free and open to the public; no tickets are required.

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