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Without Sanctuary: Photographs and Postcards of Lynching in America <http://www.journale. com/withoutsanctuary/>. Photographs ed. by James Allen. Web site developed by Journal E. Reviewed Dec. 24-31, 2000.
Without Sanctuary is the companion Web site to the acclaimed book (Without Sanctuary, 2000) and museum exhibition of James Allen's haunting collection of souvenir photographs of lynchings from late-nineteenth- and early-- twentieth-century America. Produced by journal E, a multimedia development company that creates interactive museum kiosks and promotional Web sites for books, the site comprises three parts: a Flash-format movie narrated by Allen, an online exhibition of approximately eighty photographs, and an electronic forum through which visitors can post comments for others to read. The site is intended for a general audience, but elementaryschool-age visitors may need adult guidance to help answer the difficult questions that the violent images will certainly provoke.
Although Without Sanctuary can...