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"I shall neither fawn nor cringe before any party, nor stoop to beg them for my rights. You may expel us, gentlemen, but I firmly believe that you will some day repent it." -Henry McNeal Turner #tdih 1868 when Georgia denied elected Black reps their seats zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/henr…
"The Black man cannot protect a country, if the country doesn’t protect him; and if, tomorrow, a war should arise, I would not raise a musket to defend a country where my manhood is denied." -- Henry McNeal Turner

#tdih 1868 #TeachReconstruction @vph
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“It’s time for a new Reconstruction story [to] . . . better understand how we got here. A story where the central characters are the Black people who fought to liberate themselves. . . despite every attempt at violent suppression.” — @KidadaEWilliams ⬇️
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Almost 100 years later, Georgia legislature refused to seat elected representative Julian Bond -- denying not only Bond but all those who elected him their democratic rights. He ran for empty seat, won, and again was denied the right. #TeachTruth Read⬇️
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Aug 28
#tdih 1963, March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom, a milestone in a movement that spanned yrs of activism by many groups & individuals.

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Jul 28
#tdih 1932: U.S. gov't attacked WWI vets with tanks, bayonets, & tear gas, under leadership of textbook heroes MacArthur, Patton, & Eisenhower. The WWI vets were part of a Bonus Army who came to D.C. to demand promised wartime bonuses.
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#tdih 1963 WWII vet Medgar Evers was murdered by white supremacist in driveway outside his home in Jackson.

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Evers risked his life to do the work the police were supposed to. #Uvalde

THIS is the history the right is censoring with "anti-CRT" bills.
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Young people are taking on the world. Right is trying to squash that activism by censoring lessons. Media gives “anti-CRT” campaign oversized coverage.

We ask EVERYONE (including YOU) reading this tweet to participate in the #TeachTruth Days of Action.
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