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#tdih 1986 Iran-Contra conspiracy began to unravel when Hasenfus captured by Nicaraguan troops.

U.S. gov't used illegal weapons sales to Iran proceeds to illegally support Contras.

Bill Barr assisted with cover-up. Read ⬇️
#TeachCentralAmerica
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"So Iran/Contra was . . . a way both to bypass specific restrictions in the wake of Vietnam and Watergate . . . and to neutralize a more diffuse antiwar and anti-interventionist sentiment that had overcome the American public." -- @GregGrandin ⬇️
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"Too often, when it comes to U.S. Cold War interventions, the official curriculum is sanitized and disjointed, leaving students ill-equipped to make sense out of their nation’s global bullying." -- @LadyOfSardines

Defend right to #TeachPeoplesHistory
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This is #TeachCentralAmerica Week (Oct. 3-9), hosted by @teachingchange

Time to #TeachOutsideTextbook about Central America.

Sign up ⬇️to join the campaign and find lessons, books, films, poetry, art, biographies, teaching stories, & more for pre-K-12.
teachingcentralamerica.org/teach-central-…

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Sep 19
#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⬇️
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"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.
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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.

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On this Mexican Independence Day #tdih, we shine a light on a book we HIGHLY recommend, "Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, & Revolution in the Borderlands," by @klytlehernandez. A thrilling narrative.

Listen to one-minute audiogram about "pride of insurrection" ⬇️ and more in this 🧵
Práxedis Gilberto Guerrero Hurtado had the power of the pen and the sword, with quips like:

-- If you can't get to freedom by walking, then run.

Listen to more on one minute audiogram ⬇️ from talk by Kelly Lytle Hernández on history leading up to 1910 Mexican Revolution.
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Insurgents who challenged Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz and U.S. imperialism in early 20th century operated at times in US & were pursued by early FBI and other US agencies protecting Díaz.

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#tdih Sept.11, we share a 🧵 of tragic anniversaries incl. at Attica Prison, U.S. backed coup in Chile, Myrna Mack murder in Guatemala, attacks on WTC and Pentagon, & more. We include "Whose 'Terrorism'?" lesson.

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#tdih 1971 Prisoners at Attica presented a manifesto consisting of 28 demands to NY State officials.

They were in midst of uprising (9/9 - 9/13) that ended in brutal repression.

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#tdih 1973 Chile’s democratically elected president, Salvador Allende was killed in a U.S.-backed coup.

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#tdih Stono Rebellion (1739), Association for the Study of African American Life and History @ASALH founding (1915), Attica Prison Uprising (1971).

Read about each event in 🧵 ⬇️ and consider the connection between all three.

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A true revolution for independence.

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#tdih 1915 @ASALH founded by Carter G. Woodson & Jesse E. Moorland to promote, research, preserve, interpret, and disseminate information about Black life, history, & culture to the global community.

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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

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#tdih 1963, March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom, a milestone in a movement that spanned yrs of activism by many groups & individuals.

Held in centennial year (1863) of Emancipation Proclamation & #tdih 1955 anniv. of lynching of 14-yr-old Emmett Till.
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"Teaching about the March on Washington presents a series of challenges precisely because it involves counteracting sanitized textbooks & demythologizing not only the march, but also the Black Freedom Struggle." -- @BillFletcherJr

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