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Samuel Sinyangwe
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Las Vegas shooting isn't deadliest mass shooting in US history. The deadliest mass shootings were acts of white supremacist terrorism. (1/x)
1919: Elaine "race riot" in Arkansas where a mob of white men shot and killed 100-800 black people "on sight." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_ra…
1921: Tulsa "race riot" (note how this is used as code for massacre) where mob of white men killed 50-300 blacks. atlantablackstar.com/2014/11/19/8-o…
1873: Colfax riot, where a mob of white men murdered 62-153 black people to take control of the local government. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colfax_ma…
1850: Bloody Island Massacre, where US troops slaughtered 60-400 members of the Pomo tribe, who they had enslaved. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Is…
1864 Fort Pillow: General Forrest murders 277 black soldiers after they surrender. He later became KKK Grand Wizard. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of…
1890: Wounded Knee Massacre, where US troops killed 300 Lakota men, women, and children. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_K…
These acts of racial terrorism are rarely taught in school or widely remembered. Yet they are the deadliest mass shootings in US history.
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