Henry Barber

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The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. For nearly a century after the Civil War, terroristic lynchings of Black men in the South were frequently justified as gallant acts by white men to protect their wives and daughters. From the beginning, Black women like Ida B. Wells spoke up against the clear hypocrisy in this framing. And, as Henry E. Barber recounted in a 1973 paper, in the 1930s, a group of white women joined them in defending lynching victims.

By Colin MacGillivray Rock-climbing royalty is set to grace Natimuk on Saturday, with American legend ‘Hot Henry’ Barber to speak at the town’s annual Goatfest film festival. Mr Barber first climbed in Australia when he visited Mount Arapiles-Dyurrite during Easter in 1975, and is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his trip with a guest appearance at the festival.