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🧵August 15, 1868-Franklin, TN. In what is to believed to be the first lynching of a Jewish person in America; store owner Samuel Bierson was murdered along with Lawrence Bowman, a Black man who was Bierson's clerk. (cont)
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🧵August 15, 1868-Franklin, TN. In what is to believed to be the first lynching of a Jewish person in America; store owner Samuel Bierson was murdered along with Lawrence Bowman, a Black man who was Bierson's clerk. (cont)
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A group of masked men-the KKK, appeared at the front and rear doors of Bierfield's store. They forced him outside and shot Bierfield five times, four times in the head at point-blank range, and then left him for dead in the middle of the street. (cont)
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Bowman was injured in the violence, and later died of his wounds. Another Black man who was present in the store somehow managed to escape. A local newspaper cited that Bierfield was a murdered and deserved his execution. This was of course false(cont)
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🧵 March 9, 1892, a mob in Memphis, TN lynched Thomas Moss and his business partners Will Stewart and Calvin McDowell. This is historically referred to as The People's Grocery lynching. The incident was a result of the (cont)
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🧵 March 9, 1892, a mob in Memphis, TN lynched Thomas Moss and his business partners Will Stewart and Calvin McDowell. This is historically referred to as The People's Grocery lynching. The incident was a result of the (cont)
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success of the Black-owned grocery store and a White grocer whose store had served the community before the black grocery arrived, felt threatened by the store. In fact, the People's Grocery thrived-serving both White & Black patrons. Of course (cont)
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that did not sit well with William Barrett, the other grocer. It all came to a head when two boys (one White, one Black) got into a fight in front of People's Grocery. The White child's father arrived & began beating the Black child. Will Stewart & Calvin McDowell came to (cont)
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🧵The Tuskeegee Airmen, contrary to popular belief, were not the first Black American fighter pilots.
That honor belongs to one man. Meet Eugene Bullard, America's first Black fighter pilot. He fought for France in WW1. (cont)
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🧵The Tuskeegee Airmen, contrary to popular belief, were not the first Black American fighter pilots.
That honor belongs to one man. Meet Eugene Bullard, America's first Black fighter pilot. He fought for France in WW1. (cont)
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Eugene Bullard was such a skilled pilot during World War I that the French called him "Black Swallow," but the U.S. Air Service denied him entry.
Even though Bullard was seen as a hero in France, he spent his final years in the U.S. working as (cont)
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Even though Bullard was seen as a hero in France, he spent his final years in the U.S. working as (cont)
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an elevator operator.
Eugene Bullard passed away at the age of 66 on October 12, 1961. ⚘️🕊
I knew nothing about this man until a few days ago.
You can read more on the life of this unsung hero here.
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Eugene Bullard passed away at the age of 66 on October 12, 1961. ⚘️🕊
I knew nothing about this man until a few days ago.
You can read more on the life of this unsung hero here.
#ResistanceRoots
#KeepItWoke
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Bu…
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🧵On August 13, 1911, a White lynch mob dragged Zachariah Walker from a hospital in Coatesville, PA, after being accused of killing a White security guard and former policeman, Edgar Rice. His lynching was disturbing as not only(con't)
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🧵On August 13, 1911, a White lynch mob dragged Zachariah Walker from a hospital in Coatesville, PA, after being accused of killing a White security guard and former policeman, Edgar Rice. His lynching was disturbing as not only(con't)
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he was thrown into a fire; the mob beat him with rails from a broken fence as he tried to escape twice. Also disturbing is that the mob collected pieces of his charred remains as souvenirs. The next day, townspeople posed for a photo where the lynching occured.
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