A memorial is being held to honor and pay libations to the 150 Black women who were lynched in America during the 19th and 20th centuries. The event, “In Remembrance of Our Sisters: 150 Black Women Who Were Lynched in the U.S. Between 1870-1957,” will be held on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 3:00pm sharp in Philadelphia, PA. The event organizers are requesting that everyone in attendance wear white, and encourage attendees to bring their children to “witness the healing and learn the forgotten history.” Your Black World spoke with event organizer Iya Marilyn Kai Jewett, who said that the article written on Your Black World’s platform, “Let’s Not Forget, Black Women Were Lynched Too” was the catalyst for putting the event together. She stated, “After reading the accounts of the lynching’s, the Egun (ancestors) spoke to me and directed me to do something so they will be remembered. I broke down and cried like a baby because I could feel the horror and pain that these women endured.” Just to recap the article, there were over 150 documented lynching’s of Black women in the United States between 1850-1957. These women, many of them young girls, were raped and tortured before they were hung. Some of them were burned alive and had their babies cut from their stomachs as they were murdered. The babies, who were also alive, were then stomped to death by the white men who murdered their mothers. In Remembrance of Our Sisters: 150 Black Women Who Were Lynched in the U.S. Between 1870-1957 A SACRED LIBATION CEREMONY 3:00PM Sharp Sunday, March 30, 2014 Congo (Washington) Square 6th & Walnut Streets Philadelphia, PA
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 00:48:44 +0000
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