#Edward Lang

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On August 19, 1916, a mob of white people in Alachua County, Florida, lynched five Black individuals—Andrew McHenry, Bert Dennis, John Haskins, Mary Dennis, and Stella Young—while a Black man named James Dennis was also killed nearby by a “sheriff’s posse.” On the same day, almost 1,000 miles away in Navarro County, Texas, a mob of 200 white people lynched Edward Lang, a 21-year-old Black man. These incidents of racial terror violence occurred just months before the U.S. entered World War I to fight on behalf of the principles of democracy and freedom.

On August 18, in Jonesville, Florida, a Black man by the name of Boisey Long was accused of murdering the local constable. When Mr. Long went missing, word spread that four Black men—Andrew McHenry, Bert Dennis, James Dennis, and John Haskins—and two Black women—Mary Dennis and Stella Young—had allegedly aided Mr. Long in an escape. On Saturday, August 19, a mob of white people captured Andrew McHenry, Bert Dennis, John Haskins, Mary Dennis, and Stella Young, and lynched them. According to reports, on the same day James Dennis was captured and killed by a “sheriff’s posse.”

As was the case here, and typical of the era, white people sought to maintain white supremacy and dominance by instilling fear in the entire Black community through brutal violence that was often unpredictable and arbitrary. With no reported evidence connecting these men and women to the alleged crime, the white mob’s focus clearly expanded beyond a specific person accused of an offense and instead targeted members of the wider Black community, instilling community-wide fear.

Nearly 1,000 miles away, on the same day, a 21-year-old Black man named Edward Lang was accused of assaulting a young white woman near the town of Rice in Navarro County, Texas. A mob of white people captured Mr. Lang four miles from where the alleged attack took place and handed him over to the sheriff. However, before Mr. Lang could be tried, on that same day, an unmasked and armed mob of 200 white farmers seized Mr. Lang from the jail and hanged him from a telephone pole.

During this era, almost 25% of lynchings involved allegations of inappropriate behavior between a Black man and a white woman that was often characterized as "assault."

Lynchings and racial terror during this era reinforced racial hierarchy and fostered lawlessness and disregard for constitutional guarantees of equal protection. Despite the tragedy of this violence, hundreds of thousands of Black people fought to defend the U.S. when it was threatened during World War I.

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Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, 1945).

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baby Qianqiu makes me so emotional

his eyes are so pure, so innocent ,_,

[citizenscreen]

Fritz Lang and Edward G. Robinson on set of SCARLET STREET (1945). #DailyRobinson

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Original 1889 cover of Andrew Lang’s Blue Fairy Book and Edward Gorey’s version (c. 1960’s)

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Character, book, and author names under the cut

Addam Saint Nicholas- The Tarot Sequence by KD Edwards

Alexander Vass- If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio

Matthew Fairchild- The Last Hours by Cassandra Clare

Hua Cheng- Heaven’s Official Blessing / Tian Guan Ci Fu by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

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The Woman in the Window (Fritz Lang, 1944)

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The Ghost and Mrs Muir 1968 - 1970

Carolyn & The Captain in every episode - 1x17 - A Pain in the Neck

Bonus:

[sesiondemadrugada]

Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, 1945).

[orange-s-mario]

NIGHTWING (& Flamebird) CHRONOLOGY

the original nightwing & flamebird in all their glory:

this is what Clark (& Jimmy) named themselves after in Kandor.

After a few adventures with Jimmy, Clark's cousin and Clark's cousin's nephew-in-law became the new Nightwing & Flamebird

Ak-Var has dark brown hair and no fredkles. Clark and Van-Zee look almost identical

The next Nightwing is probably the most known one:

it's Dick Grayson

After COIE, Bette was reintroduced as never being Bat-Girl (I think YJ98 recanonized it?) so instead she's flamebird:

they also flanderized her a lot in Wolfman's titans things iirc

COIE also erased a lot of Krypton stuff so now we get a new kryptonian Nightwing

he's more based on Dick Grayson. This is the only kryptonian nightwing without a flamebird

Also in the 90s they start trying to bring back the superior Pre-crisis Krypton lore back so Clark and Lois go into the past and visit Krypton

it later was retconned to be a brainiac plot

After Infinite Crisis two more people use the Nightwing mantle over in Nightwing

Jason Todd,

who becomes a tentacle monster

and also Cheyenne Freemont becomes a Nightwing for a bit

I think she has some telekinetic blast powers or something

the next Nightwing & Flamebird is Kara and Karen (I don't think she's kryptonian again yet)

The yellow one is Flamebird (Kara)

The red one is Nightwing (Karen)

the next duo were originally intended to be Kon & Linda

but they changed them to Chris and Thara Ak-Var (we don't know the exact reason why)

This is also when we get our third explanation for Nightwing's name and is also our final Flamebird

Nightwing (Kryptonian god)

Flamebird (Kryptonian god)

(As a sidenote, the different incarnations of Krypton all have different religions some of which evolve into entirely new ones)

And then there's only one group left

The Nightwings who tried to keep up as Nightwing when the whole Ric situation was happening

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Fritz Lang directing Edward G. Robinson in THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944) #DailyRobinson

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Did a @/bettsyversum’s mistletoe time challenge (on twitter) 

Asked my friends to name shipps, so here we are...

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Highly recommend watching this latest look through Grey Gardens with it's newest owner and custodian.

Among Liz Lange's personal touches are commissions from many artists to create work inspired by the Edies.

Some house highlights for me:

by Helen Downie

Grey Gardens logo motif throughout

The entryway

Main living room

Bathroom with bird taps!

Adapted summer room

With view into restored garden - landscape architect Deborah Nevins

View of house from main garden

Original thatched hut

Tiled with custom design from Jonathan Adler

Grave marker the Beale's laid for their pet dog

Poolside view

One of the many outdoor areas

Porcelain sculptures of flowers within the gardens from Vladimir Kanevsky

Cabinetry original to when the home was first built

Plate display stand! Designed by Mark Sikes

Swing seat 💗

On the landing - illustrations by Luke Edward Hall

Papier mache sculptures of big and little Edie by Mark Gagnon

And the yellow room where the Edie's lived

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Sveta for Helmut Lang. Editorial was shot by Richard Burbridge & styled by Edward Enninful for the April 2001 issue of i-D magazine . follow on Instagram for more