Commentary on violence, lynching, and the KKK

Audio file
Date recorded: May 27, 1939
Contributor(s): Performer: Jackson, Aunt Molly; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: Appalachia
Instruments: voice
Language: English
Location: New York City, New York, United States
Tape number: AFS2585
Track Number: 1
Archive ID: 2585B
Note: Recounting the lynching of a mixed-race couple by the KKK. "Well, I thought that the KKK was the main thing, and that they was the finest people out, that they kept down crime and all these things. But later on I found out that they just hung people and destroyed people and it's nothing more than a racket just like a lot of other things."
Belongs to: New York City 5/39
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