Author and journalist Janet Langhart Cohen talks about what should be done about America’s history with lynching at the Senate apology for failing to pass anti-lynching laws.
Author and journalist Janet Langhart Cohen claims that the majority and minority groups in America must all connect to the roots of history in order for the crime of lynching not to be repeated. She also says that the larger group must repair their knowledge of the wilfull ignorance of what happened in the past. (:57)
February 1, 2005
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