This dissertation examines the historical and cultural context of lynching and lynching trends in scholarship and places Claude Neal's
lynching within that context. The dissertation provides a detailed account of the Neal lynching by comparing previous accounts of his lynching
supplemented with an analysis of primary documents. Further, the dissertation examines how NAACP secretary Walter White staged a rhetorical
campaign that situated Claude Neal at the center of their renewed push for Antilynching legislation. White worked with Senator Edward Costigan
of Colorado and Senator Robert Wagner of New York to reintroduce the Costigan-Wagner Antilynching bill in the 1935 Congressional proceedings.
This dissertation examines the ways in which Claude Neal's lynching has been interpreted and used by White and the NAACP in their push for
Federal antilynching legislation through the 1935 Costigan-Wagner bill. Finally, the dissertation ends with a look at how lynching has become
the root of systemic racism in America that manifests today in police brutality, criminalization of black men, unequal medical care, housing,
education for black people. Through a discussion on Equal Justice Initiative's new memorial, The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, in
Montgomery, Alabama, it examines how public memory and efforts to memorialize lynching aid in the reconciliation process. / A Dissertation submitted to the School of Communication in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Fall Semester 2018. / November 7, 2018. / Antilynching legislation, Claude Neal, Costigan-Wagner Bill, Lynching, Public memory, Rubin Stacey / Includes bibliographical references. / Davis Houck, Professor Directing Dissertation; Maxine Jones, University Representative; Brian Graves,
Committee Member; Steve McDowell, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_661191 |
| Contributors | Correa, Pablo (author), Houck, Davis W. (professor directing dissertation), Jones, Maxine Deloris (university representative), Graves, Brian (committee member), McDowell, Stephen D., 1958- (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Communication and Information (degree granting college), School of Communication (degree granting departmentdgg) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text, doctoral thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (299 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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