.KeishaBlain: The film 'American Reckoning' makes clear that Black people arming themselves was not an anomaly; it was part of a long-standing tradition emerging from Black Americans’ recognition that they could not rely on law enforcement for protection.
While"American Reckoning" masterfully unveils the intricacies of the case of Jackson’s assassination and tells the story of Black residents of Natchez struggling for equal rights, it also offers a much-needed corrective to mainstream narratives that characterize the civil rights movement as only utilizing nonviolent tactics.
Richen expressed shock that so few documentaries of this kind “include the voices of the descendants of white families who perpetrated the violence.” She said: “I know it can be hard to get those family members to talk, but it is our job as documentarians to do everything we can to make sure those voices are part of the story. Otherwise, we are not telling the full story.”
In her 1892 pamphlet Southern Horrors, anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells wrote, "A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home."
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