<p>Included in this collection are pictures of the Riots in Baltimore after Freddie Gray had been arrested and died while in transport to the Police Station. Gray had not be seat belted or hand cuffed in and sustained fatal spine and neck injuries while in transport.</p>

<p>Here are some images related to the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles in 1943.</p>

<p>These are pictures and images associated with the Rosewood Riots, which took place on January 1, 1923 after rumors spread through a neighboring white community that a black man from Rosewood had sexually assaulted a white woman.</p>

<p>Periodic hysterical fears rise up throughout history and America is no exception. The Salem Witch Trials, Anti-Catholicism, The Red Scare of the 20's, McCarthyism in the 50's, fear of lawlessness and integration in the 60's and 70's, are just a few examples. Some worry that our next witch hunt may be centered around our worries about terrorism translating into fear of Islamic-Americans. </p><p>Our Founders said, "All men are created equal", The differences that we have don't make us less equal nor do they make us less American. Contained is a short film reminding us that difference is not something to fear. </p>

<p>Wounded Knee is the site of a massacre of more than 300 Native peoples on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. After years of defeat in the Indian Wars, a number of natives were dispirited and found hope and consolation in Paiute Indian Prophet, Wovoka, and his Ghost Dance. It was hoped that the followers of the"Ghost Dance Religion", through their dance could rid the land of the white man and return Indians to their glory. The dance was so ecstatic and fevered, that it scared many in the military. The dance was banned by the government. On December 29, 1890 after some confrontations had already taken place and unnerved the military, a Ghost Dance was performed. The 7th Cavalry which had already been called in to "keep the peace" became alarmed. They moved in to "disarm" the largely disarmed Natives and things went out of control. As many as 350, mostly unarmed Native Americans, including at least 65 women, and 24 children were slaughtered. Some were killed miles away trying to flee the carnage. The existing fear of "Savage Indians", coupled with a growing fear of the Ghost Dance Cult, triggered by clashes in the preceding day led to the the panic driven massacre. </p><p>Wounded knee stands as a symbol of the harm that comes from a lethal combination of ignorance and widespread cultural fear. <span></span><br /></p>

<p>We have largely discussed McCarthy and McCarthyism in class. You have some reading on him and the rise of the Red Scare int the 50's along with reading about how this impacted Playwright Arthur Miller in his writing of <em>The Crucilbe</em>. Here are some interesting artifacts about McCarthyism and the red scare of the 50"s. Look through and see if anything can inform you about the nature of collective fear.</p>