People sometimes wanted to take the law into their own hands. Mobs utilized lynching (or the “lynch law") as punishment towards blacks for gambling, quarreling, arguing with a white man, attempting to vote, unruly remarks, demanding respect, and/or acting suspiciously. These lynchings were carried out without allowing a fair trial, so any black man (woman or child) was in danger during this time.

1. Read the excerpt "Clippings from Some of our Leading Southern Papers".
   • When you open this link, look for 'Part V - Mob Justice', step 2.
   • Click on the title "Clippings from Some of our Leading Southern Papers" in the gray box to expand the section you're to read.
   This excerpt is from A Sermon on Lynch Law and Raping preached by Rev. E.K. Love, D.D., at the First African Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia in 1893.


2. Next, read an excerpt from The Blood Red Record.
   • When you open this link, look for 'Part V - Mob Justice', step 3.
   • Click on the title 'The Blood Red Record' in the gray box to expand the section you're to read.
   This excerpt is from The Blood Red Record : a review of the horrible lynchings and burning of Negroes by civilized white men in the United States, as taken from the records with comments by John Edward Bruce from the African American Perspectives, 1818-1907 collection.


3. Finally, read Eleanor Roosevelt's letter against lynchings from the Words and Deeds in American History collection.

Use these materials and the novel to complete 5.04 Mobs. Submit your completed work to the 5.04 Mobs Dropbox.

Book Club Collaborative Project

You are going to complete a collaborative, or group, project for your novel based on emerging themes that you see developing.
This project is called a multi-genre portfolio. A multi-genre portfolio is a collection of different types of writing.
Your project will include the following:

• an introduction,
• a collection of different genres,
• and a Works Cited page.

Now that you have a focused research topic and it has been approved, it is time to research and gather sources. You are not going to write a regular research paper, but you do have to research the material so that you will understand your topic. You are able to search both print and electronic sources. Your school's library or public library will aid in print sources. Steer clear of sources that are outdated and that will not be useful. You will need at least three (3) sources at the end of your portfolio.

Helpful Print Sources:

• Reference works
• Nonfiction books
• Periodicals
• News sources
• Government publications

Of course, most of these can be found in an online database. To access a periodical database, go to AVL. Select Gale Power Search; this searches your topic across many databases all in one search. Skim through the information on the different types of databases to see which ones would benefit you the most.

If you don’t begin with AVL, start with a simple search. Search engines like Google or Yahoo! are good places to begin. These will not be your sources; these are tools to help you locate your sources. Do not use Wikipedia because it is not a credible source! Once you have found credible sources on your topic, record them onto your working bibliography. A working bibliography is a list of sources (books, journals, periodicals, or websites) that you have gathered to use in your paper. At the end of your portfolio, you will create a Works Cited page. This changes from the working bibliography because it is a list of the sources that are actually used.

One helpful site in writing your bibliography is called Citation Machine. Fill in all of the available information from the source, and the interactive website will help you create the bibliography card.

Open 5.04 Bibliography Cards. Complete the bibliography cards for all of the sources you plan to use. Place a number in the top right hand margin to denote which source card it is. Following the card, include the URL of the resource and a short summary of the resource. When you finish adding your sources, submit your work to 5.04 Discussion: Bibliography Cards.