![]() That would be Jackson, Mississippi, where 83% of the population is black. Meanwhile back in the sticks, aka the great state of Mississippi, the state government, which is majority white, has been plotting a takeover of the blackest city in America. Hopefully, come next election, the people of his district tie his re-election chances to a tree and watch it gasp for breath. Jelani Cobb said, “Sometimes we repeat history because people have learned from it.” Rep. But an MSNBC contributor has a different take. People sometimes say, if we don’t know our history, we’re doomed to repeat it. In 2023 how would that work? Which white guy drags the black guy out to a field and hangs him from a tree? Somehow, those optics don’t seem like they would go over well. A black man commits a crime the state considers worthy of execution. He said he was just merely suggesting a heinous punishment for a heinous crime. When the back hit the lash, Sherrell tried to moonwalk away from his suggestion. He must be rolling over in a poplar tree. In the last 50 years, the state has only legally executed 13 people. How many do you think were black? Also consider the undocumented ones where somebody got a rope and a truck and went all vigilante. ![]() And government in Tennessee was highly proficient at lynching.įrom 1877-1950, 236 people were legally lynched in Tennessee. Back in the Jim Crow days, lynching was a legal form of execution in Tennessee. He suggested a punishment he empathized with - lynching black people. Instead, he suggested something nearer and dearer to the state’s cultural heart. Notice Sherrell didn’t suggest a gas chamber, or a beheading, or something else more culturally offending. You wanna whistle at a white woman? Honey, pack up the kids, we’re going to a lynching. Lynching was once a great American tradition aimed at keeping black people in check. Sherrell suggested reviving an age-old one to top them all - stringing a person up to a tree like back in the good ole days when America was great. Well, it didn’t move Tennessee state Rep. All frames are fitted with 2mm Perspex.Ĭanvas Options: Your chosen design will be printed onto quality heavy weight canvas, finished with varnish and then it will be stretched and mounted onto a 38mm wooden bar box frame and arrive with fixings ready to hang on the wall.What is the best way to execute somebody? If you had to guess, what would you choose? Lining them up and having a firing squad shoot them in the face? What about strapping them to a chair and sending a 1000 or so volts through their body? Or how about injecting them with a concoction so toxic that they can’t even scream as pain ripples through their body? No? None of that moves you. Your chosen design will be printed onto high quality satin art card and arrive ready framed in the size & frame finish you select. Please see additional product images for frame finishes. Our frames are high quality, sturdy and robust. Frames are supplied with strut backs up to and including 12″ x 10″ to hang or stand either way. Frames above 12″ x 10″ can hang either way. No frame, easels, stands or accessories included are included with the print only options.įramed Options: We have a variety of frame finishes to choose from. For our Extra large and XX Large prints these will be printed onto high quality satin finish 280gsm art card and sent in a protective postal tube. Print Only Options: For our Small - Large prints your chosen design will be printed in the size you select onto high quality satin 350gsm finish art card and posted to you in protective board back envelope packaging. ![]() Print Sizes: (Size Without Frames): Small A5 (8.3 x 5.8 inches) | Medium A4 (11.7 x 8.3 inches) | Large A3 (16.5 x 11.7 inches) | Extra Large A2 (23.4 x 16.5 inches) | XX Large A1 (33.1 x 23.4 inches)Ĭanvas Sizes: (Finished Canvas Size) Medium (12 x 8 inches) | Large (16 x 12 inches) | Extra Large (24 x 16 inches) | XX Large (34 x 24 inches) You can see all of our custom print design options here. We also have 1000's of other songs available, but If you cannot find the song you require by using our website search facility, then we can create a custom print for you with any song. Bob Dylan Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Shadow Song Lyric Quote Print
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