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azspot · 4 months

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The Lost Cause mythology was more than bad history. It provided the intellectual justification for Jim Crow — not just in the former Confederacy, but everywhere systemic racism denied Black citizens equal citizenship and economic rights. Its dismantling began only in the 1960s when historians inspired by the modern Civil Rights Movement revisited the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction, adopting the views of earlier Black scholars like W.E.B. DuBois and John Hope Franklin, who always knew what the war was about and had shined a spotlight on the agency of Black and white actors alike.

Why Was It So Hard for Nikki Haley to Say "Slavery"? Civil War History Has the Answer

#history #lostcause #jimcrow

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renegadeurbanmediasource · 1 year

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Here we go! 🙄🙄🙄 *sigh* U can get mad, find something “refuting” this or call me names, lol! But that will never change the STONE, COLD FACTS! It wasn’t BLACKS, LATINOS, or MUSLIMS who created AMERICAN slavery, Jim Crow, and segregation! They didn’t BOMB Black towns off the map nor did they LYNCH Blacks. Here’s the part where u take your own advice and accept FACTS.

#einstein #whitesupremacy #jimcrow #antiblackracism #blackunity

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whenweallvote · 11 months

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On this day in 1896, the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that racially segregated public facilities were legal — as long as they were equal. The ruling affirmed and reinforced “Jim Crow” laws and established the “separate but equal” doctrine that would stand for the next 60 years.

We cannot live up to our greatest ideals without confronting the realities of our past.

#JimCrow #PlessyVFerguson #CivilRights #AmericanHistory

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petervintonjr · 1 year

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Lesson #107

"Good morning, sir! I've brought you some of the old United States guns, sir!"

In another "why on earth haven't they made a movie out of this person's life yet?" entry, we examine the fascinating tale of Robert Smalls. Born enslaved on a plantation in 1839 Beaufort, South Carolina, Smalls's childhood was, as one might expect, a never-ending horror show --the region was still grappling with the aftermath of Denmark Vesey's (planned) slave uprising, and local laws had decidedly amped up the oppression and the cruelty. At the age of 12 Smalls's owner sent him to Charleston to work as a ship-rigger and sailor. At the time all earnings went to the owner but Smalls managed to negotiate being able to keep 85% of the earnings by the time he was 18 --his plan ultimately being to buy his wife's and daughter's freedom. During these years he learned everything there was to learn about seamanship and by the time the Civil War kicked off, Smalls found himself serving as a deckhand about the sidewheel steamer Planter, a supply ship tasked with delivering armaments to various Confederate forts, including the now-infamous Fort Sumter.

On May 13, 1862 at 2:30 a.m., Smalls changed the narrative a little.

While the Planter was berthed in Charleston and all of her white crew (including its officers) were ashore, Smalls snuck his wife and children aboard her, and, along with twelve other secretly-recruited slaves from the city, commandeered the vessel and sailed her right past 5 other Confederate ships and other heavily-armed shore emplacements and forts --Smalls having mastered the coded whistle signals necessary to bluff his way past. The Planter then approached the Union blockade and raised the white flag to hail a Union clipper ship, the Onward. The Planter's entire store of munitions, plans, charts, and codebooks were turned over to U.S. Naval intelligence, and the ship itself became a Union warship. Smalls quickly gained notoriety in the Union's cause and drew the attention of President Lincoln, which almost certainly influenced his decision to permit Black soldiers to enlist in the Union Army.

There is of course a great deal more to the story --not the least of which includes Smalls's commissioning as an actual U.S. Navy officer and formal instatement as the Planter's actual Captain. He also piloted the Skipper, the Isaac Smith, and the ironclad Keokuk. He supported Sherman's March to the Sea and was present for the Union flag-raising ceremony at Fort Sumter in April 1865. His postwar story is equally compelling --including his purchase of his former owner's plantation house in Beaufort, and the founding of a school for Black children. He lent support to the Freedmen's Bureau, started and published a Black-owned newspaper, the Beaufort Southern Standard , and then --perhaps most improbably of all-- in 1874 ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, won, and served in Congress a total of five terms (first in South Carolina's 5th District, then after gerrymandering, the 7th District). His public role did not end in 1884 --he lived long enough into the twentieth century to witness the rise of Jim Crow and fiercely pushed back against Black disenfranchisement, which was being rewritten back into a great many state constitutions, including South Carolina's. Smalls died of malaria in 1915, at the age of 75.

A monument to Smalls at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Beaufort includes his 1895 statement to the South Carolina legislature: "My race needs no special defense, for the past history of them in this country proves them to be the equal of any people anywhere. All they need is an equal chance in the battle of life."

(Okay, I fibbed a bit in that first paragraph --there IS in fact a Robert Smalls biopic at last greenlit and in development by Amazon Studios. No casting announcements yet, but it will reportedtly be directed by Malcolm M. Mays. Keep an eye out. In the meantime, for further enrichment I would recommend "Moonlight Helmsman" by Richard Maule and "Trouble The Water" by Rebecca Dwight Bruff --while I am not normally a fan of historical fiction, these two books definitely bring the drama and the excitement while still staying true to the actual facts.)

#robertsmalls #uscivilwar #fortsumter #reconstruction #jimcrow #southcarolina #blacklivesmatter #teachtruth #dothework

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darealprisonart · 1 year

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Artist Use of Wax on Paper, Sings with Earth Wind & Fire of the Black Woman American prison artist Donald "C-Note" Hooker is one of the great emerging artists to have burst onto the scene behind the prison walls in the last five years. His techniques of Wax drawings on paper, leaves him with few peers. #NJCA #Cnote #blackart #blackwomen #jimcrow #newjimcrow #abolition #reformalliance #art4justice #blackwomenarebeautiful #blackwomenmatter #africanamericanart #africanamerican @theblackking505 #everydayincarceration #prisonart #prison #art #drawing #visualart #hiphop #NYC #Detroit #artcollector #luxury #beauty #fashion #style #fashionblogger https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm9jYKxJWIa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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marcellouslovelace · 2 years

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2022 They Fear The Black Man Part 2 art by Marcellous Lovelace = As long as you see yourself from an oppressors point of view, operating with the same electrical wiring as an oppressor you will never be whole only a part of your own reality. Nothing about accepting the onslaught of your own demise you are only seeking the organizing of nothing. Think freedom with organized behavior confusion ... Departure abandoned boycott neglected deleted Imperialism. #congo #songhai #marcellouslovelace #fight #blackart #seperation #jimcrow #gold #eugenics #populationcontrol #art #rbg #polltax #75dab #biko70 #painting #see #nocolonialdreams #drawings #design #raygun81 #blacklabor #memorialday https://www.instagram.com/p/Cda4IQzrPc7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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monriatitans · 3 months

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH QUOTE 6

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

“The newspaper encouraged displaced entrepreneurs to open businesses in South Tulsa and continue smashing color barriers. But it also spoke to a larger argument about how the definition of black success had changed from building up your own community in the era of Jim Crow to ‘getting out’ to chase bigger opportunities in the formerly all-white world.” – Victor Luckerson, Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, America’s Black Wall Street

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uinterview · 8 months

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The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has pledged to oppose the Senate Judiciary Committee’s consideration of two judges over the “blue slip” policy, which has historically given senators the power to stop a lower-court nominee from their own state. Follow @uinterview for the latest exclusive celebrity videos & news!

#jimcrow #congress #politics #politicalnews #blm

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dirjoh-blog · 10 months

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#holocaust #eugenics #JIMCROW

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blaqsbi · 11 months

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Post: Will Louisianans Convicted Under Jim Crow Juries Finally Get Justice? https://www.blaqsbi.com/52gG?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

#jimcrow #ussupreme #law #neilgorsuch #supremecourtoftheunitedstates

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taebond-blog · 1 year

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Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (P.T.S.S.) is a theory that explains the etiology of many of the adaptive survival behaviors in African American communities throughout the United States and the Diaspora. It is a condition that exists as a consequence of multigenerational oppression of Africans and their descendants resulting from centuries of chattel slavery. A form of slavery which was predicated on the belief that African Americans were inherently/genetically inferior to whites. This was then followed by institutionalized racism which continues to perpetuate injury. Dr. Joy DeGruy. #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #blackhistoryeveryday #blackhistorymatters #posttramaticslavesyndrome #drjoydegruy #slaverystillexists #chattelslavery #jimcrow #thenewjimcrow #400yearsofslavery #therealhistory #blackhistorystolen #exposethetruth https://www.instagram.com/p/Comxn5nL-2Y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #blackhistoryeveryday #blackhistorymatters #posttramaticslavesyndrome #drjoydegruy #slaverystillexists #chattelslavery #jimcrow #thenewjimcrow #400yearsofslavery #therealhistory #blackhistorystolen #exposethetruth

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azspot · 2 years

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In 1948, when only 16 states in America had outlawed segregated public schools, Black parents in the tiny hamlet of Summerton, South Carolina, where three out of every four residents were Black, finally got tired of being robbed by white people. Their children were mostly just tired.

Every day, young Summertonians maneuvered through one obstacle course after another, only to be rewarded with an inferior education. If the children were lucky, they walked as far as nine miles to attend one of the segregated schools in Clarendon County’s District 22. On other days, rain would force students as young as 6 years old to wade across a stream to attend school. Often, when the water was particularly high, someone would provide a raft to row their way across the Lake Marion Reservoir. When they arrived at school, they would have to chop wood for their unheated classrooms … if they arrived.

Sometimes a student would just drown on the way. 

This may sound like a rough life for impoverished rural students, but Summerton was not a poor town. The vast majority of Summerton’s Black citizens were employed. Many owned businesses or worked at comparatively well-paying jobs in local factories. Their employers withheld federal, state, and local taxes from their paychecks just like their white counterparts. Summerton’s Black residents were not exempt from paying property taxes, sales taxes, or any other assessment their government deemed necessary. Naturally, Black parents were outraged when they discovered the white children didn’t have to make the same daily trek as their children because the district had purchased 33 buses to chauffeur them to school. Incensed, a group of parents begged Clarendon County School Superintendent R.W. Elliot for just one bus, to serve the county’s Black students.

He said no. 

So, Harry and Eliza Briggs along with 20 other Black families, contacted the NAACP and eventually filed Briggs v. Elliott, the first of five cases that would eventually be combined and become known as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. But even before their case dismantled the Supreme Court’s “separate but equal” precedent, the parents of District 22 fully understood why their children lived this precariously treacherous existence:

White people in the district were stealing their money.

#southcarolina #jimcrow #segregation #reparations

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whenweallvote · 1 year

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On this day in 1960, a six-year-old Ruby Bridges integrated her New Orleans elementary school as adults hurled slurs and cruel words at the brave little girl.

“Ruby Bridges is an inspiring reminder that our nation owes a huge debt of gratitude not just to the adults who took a stand during the Civil Rights Movement, but to the extraordinary children […] who were front-line soldiers in the war to overthrow Jim Crow in American life.” -Marian Wright Edelman

𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮.

#RubyBridges #JimCrow #USHistory #AmericanHistory #OTD #OnThisDay

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mdsc951 · 1 year

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(From left) Mona Hinton, educator, music contractor, bookkeeper and wife of bassist and photographer Milt Hinton; saxophonist Ike Quebec; trumpeter and bandleader Doc Cheatham, Afro-Cuban musician Mario Bauza and trumpeter/composer Shad Collins, on tour in Alabama in 1949. #racism #segregation #jimcrow #monahinton #milthinton #ikequebec #doccheatham #mariobauza #shadcollins #alabama #blackhistory #americanhistory #jazz #jazzstage (at Black Hollywood BCI) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl_Oa7Yrs0N/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#racism #segregation #jimcrow #monahinton #milthinton #ikequebec #doccheatham #mariobauza #shadcollins #alabama #blackhistory #americanhistory #jazz #jazzstage

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darealprisonart · 1 year

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Artist Use of Wax on Paper, Sings with Earth Wind & Fire of the Black Woman American prison artist Donald "C-Note" Hooker is one of the great emerging artists to have burst onto the scene behind the prison walls in the last five years. His techniques of Wax drawings on paper, leaves him with few peers. #NJCA #Cnote #blackart #blackwomen #jimcrow #newjimcrow #abolition #reformalliance #art4justice #blackwomenarebeautiful #blackwomenmatter #africanamericanart #africanamerican @theblackking505 #everydayincarceration #prisonart #prison #art #drawing #visualart #hiphop #NYC #Detroit #artcollector #luxury #beauty #fashion #style #fashionblogger https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm9jYKxJWIa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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monriatitans · 3 months

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TW - BLACK HISTORY MONTH QUOTE 3

Thursday, February 1, 2024

“We now know, thanks to developments in DNA analysis, that one in three African American males carries a Y-DNA signature inherited from a direct white male ancestor. Say, a great great great grandfather. And that the average African American autosomal admixture is about 25% European. These startling results could only reflect the frequency of the rape of black women by white men during slavery. The science is irrefutable and telling, and the creation of the stereotype of the black male as rapist can be seen as repression of the guilt and crime of rape projected onto black males.” – Henry Louis Gates Jr., Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow

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