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Church’s slavery and lynching sign encourages people to vote

A sign urging people to vote is sparking a lot of conversation in
Indianapolis. The sign sits in front of Greater St. Mark Missionary
Baptist Church.

The sign reads on top, “Vote,” but it’s the imagery that has people
talking. One side of the sign shows slaves in chains, with the wording
beneath it “Lest we forget.”

The other side of the sign shows the historical image of the lynching in Marion of two black men in the 1930’s.

“It’s to let people know there’s been a price paid for the privilege
of voting. Often times people get complacent and don’t realize that
people made a sacrifice, matter of fact, the ultimate sacrifice for such
a privilege,” said Pastor Joy Thornton with Greater St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church.

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Added: Sep-14-2012 Occurred On: Sep-14-2012
By: Wyseguy67
In: WTF
Tags: church, slavery, lynching, sign, vote, indianapolis
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States (load item map)
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  • Oh those racist Republican’s , they just want to go back to the Jim Crow days. They are hate mongers and spew vitriol rhetoric , they hate the people in the community. And the reason we are in the financial mess we are in is because of George Bush. And Mitt Romney is nothing more than a rich white guy “mormon” who hates the middles class and eats little black babies for breakfast.

    Posted Sep-14-2012 By 
    cajunmojo (1827.70)  

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  • Ignorant blacks and dumb bitches voting for the ONE party that didn't want them to have any rights.... You Fu@king puppets have been played perfectly, It's ok by all means continue to strive for middle class status. They have you right where they want you...

    Please can I have a union job, so I can do the same job all day every day for the rest of my life. Where I will never be looked at as an individual with better work ethics then others. Where I can always just clock out when my time is up, More..

    Posted Sep-14-2012 By 
    dankmofo (476.64)

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  • Lol. Vote for the party that was behind all of those lynchings..morons.

    Posted Sep-14-2012 By 
    TheEvilDead (414.40)  

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  • The signs read "Vote", but it's certainly understood that what they mean is "Vote Democrat".

    Posted Sep-14-2012 By 
    SkepticAll (57.80)  

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  • Sure, just keep voting for us and we'll keep cutting you checks. You'll never get a job, but, hey, you get your food stamps. Now, go back to your slums and don't bother us until next election.

    Posted Sep-14-2012 By 
    migs1955 (912.84)  

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  • yeah we heard this all before. Funny how these progressive liberal Democrats pull out these cliche artsy signs.
    Do any of these African American Democrat supporters ever read the history of Slavery and who fought strenuously against slavery?
    Can't be this bunch.
    It was the Democratic Party right up to the late 1960's who promoted the Slave Trade and holding Blacks in bondage. It was the Democrats who didn't want to have anything to do with African American people having equal rights.
    Like co More..

    Posted Sep-14-2012 By 
    Less1leg (334.96)

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  • when was the last time you heard of a lynching in the US? when was the last time you heard of a gang related shooting, drug related shooting, robbery related shooting, home invasion shooting or other random crime related shooting? 12.2% commits 52.2% of all murders within the US yearly.

    Posted Sep-14-2012 By 
    Amusing (5209.28)

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  • "For the privilege of voting"???? WTF?

    Posted Sep-15-2012 By 
    tat2d (3076.08)  

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  • LOOOOOOOOOOOL....the drawing on that sign......first thing I thought of...

    http://slavery-chains.ytmnd.com/

    Posted Sep-14-2012 By 
    Enwon Geegeefor (119.50)

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  • I agree with voting...but voting for the sake of voting with no education as to what you are voting for or the vote for the guy who is the right color mentality is worse than not voting.

    Posted Sep-15-2012 By 
    splicer (307.58)

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  • It's the moron movement.

    Posted Sep-14-2012 By 
    Swellgh (408.10)  

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  • Freedom of speech.

    Posted Sep-14-2012 By 
    ronjon (172.20)  

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  • im going to make a sign for all those women that fought and fought for their right to vote, only instead of a lynching, BDSM

    Posted Sep-14-2012 By 
    kent04 (58.98)  

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  • Makes me embarrassed to be from Indianapolis.

    Posted Sep-14-2012 By 
    01viper4me (107.40)  

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