The Lily White Republican Movement -- Virginia
"100 years ago, Virginia Republicans purged Black voters from their ranks"
#Election2021 #ADOS #BlackLivesMatter
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"100 years ago, Virginia Republicans purged Black voters from their ranks"
#Election2021 #ADOS #BlackLivesMatter
roanoke.com/opinion/editor… via @roanoketimes
"In 1921, Virginia Republicans purged Black voters from their ranks. Virginia Republicans weren’t alone. Republicans across the South were doing the same thing, in a failed bid to make themselves more acceptable to white voters."
This year marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most shameful political events in #Virginia history, one that has repercussions to this day."
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#Election2021
#VirginiaForMcAuliffe
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#VirginiaForMcAuliffe
"In Virginia, the percentage was likely lower because there was an alliance between Black voters and white voters west of the Blue Ridge who never had much attachment to the state’s political establishment in Richmond ....
"For a time in the 1880s, that Republican coalition won control of state government (under the banner of the Readjuster Party) and initiated a series of reforms that were quite progressive for their day:
"They abolished the whipping post. They funded Black schools. They founded Virginia State University to train Black teachers. They hired Black applicants for state jobs."
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