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The Colfax Massacre. Another Time of Bloody Violence During Reconstruction.

The Colfax Massacre. Another Time of Bloody Violence During Reconstruction.

May 14, 2023May 14, 2023

The Colfax Massacre of 1873 was a violent incident in Colfax, Louisiana, where an estimated 150 to 300 African Americans were killed. The incident occurred during the Reconstruction era, following…

The rise of reactionaries in the wake of the 1918 flu pandemic in Washington

The rise of reactionaries in the wake of the 1918 flu pandemic in Washington

July 17, 2022July 17, 2022

Emergent movements, including a resurgence of the KKK, led to more anti-immigration policy, eugenics laws, religious fundamentalism and conservative leadership. By Knute Berger, Crosscut Published: July 10, 2022, The end…

THE BACK STORY: HOW THE BROWN PAPER BAG CARRIED “THE COLOR COMPLEX” FROM SLAVERY FORWARD

THE BACK STORY: HOW THE BROWN PAPER BAG CARRIED “THE COLOR COMPLEX” FROM SLAVERY FORWARD

March 27, 2022March 28, 2022

POSTED BY BLACKTHEN – APRIL 29, 2021 An actual test, along with the so-called ruler test in common use in the the early 1900s among upper class #Black American societies…

Inside The Little-Known History Of America’s Sundown Towns — Which Banned Black People After Dark

Inside The Little-Known History Of America’s Sundown Towns — Which Banned Black People After Dark

March 7, 2022

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | Checked By Jaclyn AnglisPublished September 21, 2021 For much of the 20th century, thousands of all-white American towns forbade Black people from being within the city…

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