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Not Just Tulsa: Race Massacres That Devastated Black Communities In Rosewood, Atlanta, and Other American Cities
There is a long history of white terrorism destroying Black communities.
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The brutal massacre of 1921 and Black Wall Street was just one of many. Race massacres were commonplace and are blatantly (and purposefully) ignored in history books.
Here are five race massacres you should be aware of.
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COLFAX, LOUISIANA, MASSACRE (1873)
Approximately 150 Black men were murdered by white men w/guns &cannons for trying to freely assemble at a courthouse.
Sadly, the exact number of deaths is unknown because many Black bodies were thrown into the Red River.
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WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MASSACRE (1898)
Whites overthrew the Wilmington gov’t,destroyed the printing press, forced out the mayor &a mob of white men attacked Black residents.
There were reportedly 60 to 300 Black ppl killed by this act of domestic terrorism
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ATLANTA MASSACRE (1906)
A bogus report of sexual assault drove as many as 2,000 white men to the streets.The terrorists went into Black communities to beat,stab &shoot any Black people in sight. PBS reports “a disabled man was chased down and beaten to death.”
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ELAINE, ARKANSAS, MASSACRE (1919)
Hundreds of white men attacked Black residents but many fought back -- including Black veterans. Sadly, there were reports of over 200 Black people, including children, were killed.
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ROSEWOOD, FLORIDA, MASSACRE (1923)
Up to 150 Black ppl were killed in Rosewood, FL.
Afterward, a grand jury &special prosecutor decided there was not enuf evidence for prosecution of the white men who killed innocent citizens.
See Rosewood,movie.
Google it.
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