PJAS 13 Spring-2
Jerzy Sobieraj
Lynching, Memory and Memorials
Polish Journal for American Studies, vol 13 (Spring 2019), pp. 13-26
Abstract: This article touches upon three important topics: lynching, memory, and memorialization-looked at from the perspective of the twenty-first century. As far as lynching is concerned, it focuses on a significant growth of interest in this painful historical, social, and political issue. In the context of lynching it discusses memory and the process of memorialization, sometimes seen as a relatively new trend, and the creation of memorial sites, such as the American lynching memorials in Duluth, Minnesota and Montgomery, Alabama.
Keywords: lynching in America, memory, collective memory, memorialization, lynching memorials
DOI: 10.7311/PJAS.13/1/2019.02