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8 Disturbingly Racist Children’s Books Designed to Devalue Black People

let's hurry or we'll miss the public lynching

Let’s Hurry or We’ll  Miss the Public LynchingIn the late 19th and early 20th century, many books were developed in the United States and the United Kingdom to propagate the devaluation of Black people in their relative societies.   Some of the books were so outrageous, comedian Bob Staake’s  made ‘Let’s Hurry or We’ll  Miss the Public Lynching‘ parody cover to bring light to the era.

Below are the real books. These few are just a fraction on the hundreds that were made during that time.

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