I been seeing way too many people in the comments and QTs saying how great the 1940s was because of a picture showing Black Americans looking prosperous
All these photos are also from 1940s America
#BlackHistory
All these photos are also from 1940s America
#BlackHistory
https://twitter.com/AfricanArchives/status/1493419862500298755
For those who don't know, sharecropping and forced labor was still the norm in the 1940s for many Black Americans; my grandmother included
https://twitter.com/DiazAndytwelve1/status/1494114818890084353?t=PK28_-oGtEXnUOJzEtrM-g&s=19
George Stinney, the youngest person executed in the 20th century at the age of 14 in 1944
https://twitter.com/misanharriman/status/1491839697320132610?t=11a8voXgJPKDIRBnOGG8jg&s=19
The 1940s also had several race riots where at any given time, a white mob could terrorize Black people and destroy our neighborhoods with no consequences
Here's photos of the Detroit race riot in 1943
Here's photos of the Detroit race riot in 1943
A photo of the funeral of George Dorsey and his sister Dorothy Dorsey Malcolm
Both were Georgia sharecroppers who were pulled out their car by a white mob and murdered along with two others
The case was closed in 2018 without charging anyone
Both were Georgia sharecroppers who were pulled out their car by a white mob and murdered along with two others
The case was closed in 2018 without charging anyone
This is also 1940s Black America
As a group I feel that Black Americans are survivors
We've never actually had it good, but we've always "made the best of the BRUTAL circumstances of the times"
As a group I feel that Black Americans are survivors
We've never actually had it good, but we've always "made the best of the BRUTAL circumstances of the times"
https://twitter.com/MRj4836/status/1494113107832102914?t=pgx4dm3zLZR9XYadkzU9FA&s=19
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