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17 Jul, 4 tweets, 2 min read
#tdih 1944: Port Chicago Naval Magazine Disaster, Calif.: 320 men died (2/3 were African American).

Protest of deadly conditions in munitions led to 50 African Americans court-martialed for mutiny.

Should be studied as part of WWII history. More ⬇️ zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/port…
“I wasn’t trying to shirk work. But to go back to work under the same conditions, with no improvements, no changes, the same group of officers that we had, was just — we thought there was a better alternative.” -- Joe Small, survivor of Port Chicago explosion. people with boxes on waterfront
Sailors ordered to return to work in same conditions that led to deadly munitions explosion.

"This is not 50 men on trial for mutiny. This is Navy on trial for its whole vicious policy towards Negroes." -- Thurgood Marshall

They were found guilty, sentenced to federal prison. men in sailors uniform walking on pier
We recommend "Port Chicago 50" for gr 5+. Stories of Black sailors who stood for justice in face of trial for treason, Jim Crow in WWII military, & tactics used to try to divide sailors and support from African American press, Thurgood Marshall, & @NAACP. zinnedproject.org/materials/port…

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15 Jul
#tdih 1964 WWII vet and SNCC voting rights activist Ozell Sutton was denied service at the Arkansas Capitol cafeteria. This violated federal law for businesses operating in conjunction with state entities & Civil Rights Act of 1964 (passed 2 weeks before). zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ozel…
Ozell Sutton was told by capitol cafeteria manager, “we don’t serve negras here!” Sutton replied, “That’s all right lady, I don’t eat them either, so you don’t need to serve me any negras. You need to serve me some roast beef!” From Arkansas Times ⬇️
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To avoid accountability, Capitol cafeteria incorporated as private, nonprofit club, with token $1 membership fee. Sutton, backed by @NAACP, filed a class action against the Capitol Club in U.S. District Court. Read more at Encyclopedia of Arkansas here. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/desegr… Large building with dome in...
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13 Jul
#tdih 1863 New York City Draft Riots. White rioters murdered hundreds of African Americans and burned an orphanage. This is one of countless massacres in U.S. history, driven by white supremacy. Read more ⬇️and find lesson for gr 7+. #TeachOutsideTextbook zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/draf…
Read a detailed description of the 1863 Draft Riots in the excerpt below from "In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863" by Leslie M. Harris (@ProfLMH) via @UChicagoPress

bookshop.org/a/7256/9780226…
For children, we recommend "Dayshaun’s Gift" by @zettaelliott A time travelling historical fiction for upper elementary school students on the NYC Draft Riots and community of Weeksville where African Americans sought refuge during the riots.

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24 Jun
GOP press (Daily Wire) just published list of teachers by city & state who signed pledge. #McCarthyism

Send message that teachers will not be bullied. Add your name. Important: make sure you are a member of your local teachers union or assoc. #TeachTruth

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List to target teachers is already having a chilling effect. One teacher was notified by district:

Subject line: Violation of State Laws

Text: It has been brought to our attention that you have signed a petition . . . reserves the right to take any employment action. . .
This is an orchestrated attack. Time to read about history of McCarthyism's real target -- Black Freedom Movement and labor organizing -- and call out the current versions of it. Don't let 4,200+ teachers who pledge to #TeachTruth become the Hollywood 10.

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21 Jun
#tdih 1964 James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, & Andrew Goodman were tortured and murdered by KKK with help from deputy sheriff in Neshoba Cty, Miss. They had investigated burning of a church which bravely had allowed a Freedom School for #VotingRights educ. zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/chan…
Freedom Summer organizers knew immediately that three were missing, likely murdered.

Due to terrorism against voting rights activists, they had nightly check in calls. LBJ said it was a publicity stunt. Bodies were finally found in Aug. See @snccdigital
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The murders of the 3 CRM workers received national att'n., but there were many more. In fact, Neshoba sheriff in 1964 had been a police officer in 1959 & murdered Luther Jackson. Medgar Evers bravely investigated. What if that case had been prosecuted? zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/luth…
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9 Apr
Paul Robeson, born #tdih 1898 was one of the most important figures of the 20th century.

He was a “renaissance man” — a lawyer, intellectual, cultural scholar, author, speaker, actor, singer, athlete, and internationally-renowned political activist. zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/paul…
In photo above: Paul Robeson and others in 1951, submit “We Charge Genocide: Historic Petition to U.N. for Relief from a Crime of U.S. Government Against the Negro People,” documenting lynchings & clear pattern of U.S. gov't. inaction or actual complicity. zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/we_c… We Charge Genocide petition
Take just two minutes to learn a LOT more about Paul Robeson in this short video by Howard University Professor Greg Carr. @AfricanaCarr (Learn even more from Carr every Saturday on @inclasswithcarr)

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8 Apr
#tdih 1911, Alabama Banner Mine explosion killed 128 men, almost all African American prisoners of state. Many serving time for misdemeanors — often on trumped up charges to meet state quotas for convict labor. #teachoutsidetextbook
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The use of convict labor in Alabama mines was in response by the owners to earlier efforts by miners to join labor unions and strike for higher wages & better working conditions.

Those safer working conditions might have prevented the Banner explosion and other mine disasters.
State colluded with mine owners to protect their profits instead of rights of workers for health & safety.

Men effectively sentenced to enslavement and death through convict leasing. See "Slavery by Another Name" by Sam Pollard, @douglasblackmon, et al. zinnedproject.org/materials/slav…
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