HEADS UP = Bill Moyers Journal tonight = The Legacy of Lynching

[L. Coyote]

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11232007/profile2.html

In 2000 the newspapers were full of talk about an exhibit entitled "Without Sanctuary" on view in a New York gallery and later at the New York Historical Society. The cause of the talk? The exhibition was of lynching postcards — souvenirs of violence once popular items in the United States. Nooses are news these days. The now well-publicized incident in Jena, Louisiana is just one of a string of events — in states from New York to Minnesota. In 2006 James H. Cone spoke on the resonance of the symbols of lynching:

"...blacks and whites and other Americans who want to understand the meaning of the American experience need to remember lynching."

James H. Cone, Watch Dr. Cone's speech "The Cross and the Lynching Tree" at Harvard Divinity School or read the article of the same title.
http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news/events_online/ingersoll_2006.html

[babylonsister]

1. Thanks. It's on an hour later here than usual, but it's on. nt

[SoCalDem]

2. 5 minutes into the show, the audio went off here.. Took then 15 minutes to fix it

Very odd :scared:

[hlthe2b]

3. Thanks... I don't get PBS channel clearly for some reason, but

I'll tune in nonetheless. I adore Bill Moyers. Now, he would make a good President.

[babylonsister]

4. Is James Cone the guest? He's a bit hyper.

He's dramatic!

[L. Coyote]

10. His speech/presentation style is. His conversation is ordinary discourse

and he gets excited about his topic.

[BlueIris]

5. Thanks for the heads up. I agree it's a topic more Americans need to be familiar with.

[Ishoutandscream2]

6. Now remember. Billo says that Moyers is part of the left wing

conspiracy. Fear him, and don't trust him. Remember, we don't condone torture, and blacks were never lynched. It's all a left wing lie!

[libnnc]

7. Man that was fantastic!

That show is golden!

[L. Coyote]

8. Starting now in PST on Oregon PB

[SeattleGirl]

9. Just started here.

Thanks for the heads up.

[L. Coyote]

11. Very worth while. Pushing to the top

[ConsAreLiars]

12. People can/should/must listen to Billy Holliday's "Strange Fruit" at this link.

http://www.twango.com/media/adicta.public/adicta.10014

[babylonsister]

13. I have a recording of Nina Simone, I think, doing that. I bet Billy rocks!

This is my bookmark, and thanks.

[SeattleGirl]

14. When Billie sings Strange Fruit, you feel it.

That song brings me to tears every time I hear it.

[ConsAreLiars]

15. So true.

When I first heard it I didn't quite hear the words or make them conscious. Her voice alone expressed a profound truth that I had not quite heard as clearly before. It is not "only:" about lynching, but trhe kind of man-against-man (or woman) systemic atrocities that lynching was one variant of. And if one doesn't tear up when listening, then that is a symptom.

[SeattleGirl]

18. I know what you mean.

An incredible song, sung by an incredible woman.

[ConsAreLiars]

20. Just found youtube videos of both Holliday: and Simone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZnDezgP9_g

(edit - the second, Simone, is just audio with a graphic, not a performance tape -- that one got RIAA'd back into to a private repository.)

[SeattleGirl]

16. Damn, this show just knocked me out.

Excellent, excellent show.

[L. Coyote]

17. WOW!! Ya gotta luv Bill Moyers. Where have all the journnalists gone?

Moyers is a surviving exception to the current trend of pretty heads reading the news w/o knowing who writes it.

[SeattleGirl]

19. Those people aren't journalists; they are mouthpieces for

corporate America.

Moyers, on the other hand, IS a journalist. He never ceases to impress me.

[L. Coyote]

21. WATCH online:

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11232007/watch.html

[live love laugh]

22. That show was phenomenal. I called friends and family to watch. n/t