The horrors of what happened—and has been hidden and denied—at Atlanta Chattahoochee Brick death camp were all but unspeakable...
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https://twitter.com/savechattbrick/status/1377989101559943173
In the first year of operation, dozens of African-American men died of abuse and inhumane conditions at Chattahoochee Brick...
The death rate quickly reached 25% of all the prisoners forced into slave labor there—most for exaggerated offenses or real crimes at all.
As white politicians like Mayor James English plotted to strip black voting rights, murderous cruelty continued at Chattahoochee Brick for more than 30 years. Undoubtably, 100s were killed. Thousands of African-American men, women and their families were shattered.
It’s time to remember the dead, and all the victims, at Chattahoochee Brick—and the hundreds of other abandoned murder fields all over the South.
As much as Derek Chauvin must face a reckoning, it’s past time to reckon with this horrifying past.
As much as Derek Chauvin must face a reckoning, it’s past time to reckon with this horrifying past.
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