Thread by @ZinnEdProject

#tdih 1868 Camilla Massacre, Albany, GA. After being expelled from elected office, African Americans & a few whites marched to speak out at a political rally.

Whites opened fire, pursued, & massacred marchers. Followed by more #VoterSuppression. Read⬇️
zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/cami…

"The year 1868 comes up in textbooks as significant only because of the election of Ulysses S. Grant. This focus on those at the top, misses the groundswell of activity that made the year so explosive." -- Read below about advances and repression in 1868.
zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our…

The Camilla Massacre of 1868 is a key story in Reconstruction & voting rights history.

Yet, we've not seen it in other major, national "this day in history" timelines.

Students can advocate for greater recognition of this history. #TeachReconstruction zinnedproject.org/news/make-reco…

“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 ⬇️
teachreconstructionreport.org

Camilla Massacre is an example of systemic violence to suppress voting rights & the resistance is part of ongoing work by @fairfightaction, @adv_project, @BlackVotersMtr, @NewGAProject, @UniteThePoor, and more.

Use lessons ⬇️ on voting rights history. zinnedproject.org/materials/teac…

Meanwhile, GOP lawmakers have well-funded campaign to ban teaching about this history with McCarthy era attacks on teachers who pledge to #TeachTruth

Not a teacher? Speak out at school board & in letters to editor in support of teaching outside textbook. zinnedproject.org/news/there-is-…