Remembering the Dead

[akirlu]

Among his various academic duties, my boss is working on a research project; the project entails comparing old census data with the scant personal information on victims of lynching in the South. The idea is to try to find out who these people were, confirm identities, and put a name and a history to each victim. His research assistants have put together a memorial project, based on the research so far. As part of UW's recognition of Black History Month, they've arranged a public reading of all the names. For each victim, we'll read the name, what is known of the circumstances of the lynching, along with their date of death. A bunch of us will take 20 minute watches reading out the list. I'll be there, on the lawn in front of the HUB, at 3:30 tomorrow. But the readings will go from 9:30 in the morning to 5:30 at night, on the HUB lawn. I have no idea if we'll get through all the names.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

What a great idea!

No healing without remembrance

[u-must-b-joking.livejournal.com]

Thank you for participating... it's important work.

[voidampersand.livejournal.com]

Where is this going to be published?

[richardthe23rd.livejournal.com]

It does not get simpler, more succinct, nor more powerful than the writing in this paragraph.