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🧵 In June 1979, suburban Pennsylvania erupted. Cars burned, businesses looted, police injured. This wasn’t Philly or NYC — it was Levittown, the model suburb of the American Dream. Pull up a 🪑. (cont)

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#Voices4Victory The Levittown Gas Riots of 1979 were a violent eruption of frustration in suburban Pennsylvania, sparked by fuel shortages and economic decline. The riots were triggered by the second OPEC oil boycott in 1979, which caused gasoline shortages, (cont)

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🧵 One of the first things Trump did when he returned to the the Presidency was bring back the portrait of Andrew Jackson to the Oval Office. Why? They have a lot in common.(cont)
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historynewsnetwork.org/article/trump-… From Jackson's Indian Removal Act to Trump's mass deportation policies, I will break down the similarities in both. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. It authorized the U.S. government to force Native nations off their ancestral lands east(cont)

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🧵 Did you know a Black woman stood up against a notorious gangster? Stephanie St. Clair, aka Madame Queen, was a Caribbean immigrant who built a gambling empire in Harlem during the 1920s–30s. (cont)

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#Voices4Victory She wasn’t just a crime boss — she was a community protector and outspoken critic of corruption. Born in Guadeloupe, she arrived in New York and quickly saw how mainstream banks excluded Black residents. Her solution? The "numbers racket", (cont)

allthatsinteresting.com/stephanie-st-c…

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🧵Linda Gottfredson is an American psychologist and white supremacist who is best known for her work on intelligence, occupational achievement, and race differences in IQ. (cont)
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wikiwand.com/en/articles/Li… In the 1980s–90s, Gottfredson argued that average IQ differences between racial groups were partly genetic. She claimed that these differences explained disparities in education, employment, and social outcomes. Her research was funded by the Pioneer Fund, a foundation (cont)

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🧵 Jared Taylor calls himself a “race realist.” In reality, he’s nothing more than a white supremacist who built American Renaissance into a hub for extremists. (cont)

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splcenter.org/resources/extr… Taylor’s American Renaissance conferences aren’t just academic gatherings. They’ve hosted Ku Klux Klan members, neo-Nazis, and white nationalist leaders — giving them a platform under the guise of “intellectual debate.” (cont)

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🧵 What happens when science is misused to justify prejudice? Enter J. Philippe Rushton — one of the most infamous figures in the history of scientific racism.

He collected data on dick size! 🫢
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#Voices4Victory Rushton was a Canadian psychologist at the University of Western Ontario. He was also a white supremacist. He later became head of the Pioneer Fund — an organization notorious for supporting eugenics and race-based research. In his 1995 book titled (cont)
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🧵 When we hear "Black Panthers", the first thought that comes to mind is the militant political party that came into existence in the mid-1960s.

They were not the first.(cont)
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history.com/articles/761st… The original "Black Panthers” were the Black American soldiers of the 761st Tank Battalion, a segregated U.S. Army unit that fought in World War II. Formed in 1942, they were one of the first all-Black armored units to see combat, earning a reputation for their bravery and (cont)

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🧵 During the antebellum period in the United States, free Black people were required to carry official documents known as Certificates of Freedom, or “Freedom papers". (cont)

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briscoecenter.org/exhibitions/fr… These documents verified their status. The documents were typically issued by local courts and included identifying details such as name, age, physical description, and the date of emancipation or birth into freedom. Free Black individuals had to (cont)

hub.jhu.edu/2018/02/02/fre…

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🧵 As a response to the 1967 Detroit Riot, a controversial police unit known as STRESS (Stop the Robberies Engage Safe Streets) was establised that targeted Black people.(cont)

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newrepublic.com/article/141701… This plainclothes unit was infamous for employing aggressive tactics aimed at crime prevention. Its methods often involved confrontations that escalated into deadly encounters. From its formation in 1971 to 1974, STRESS officers were linked to the deaths of 17 Black people,(cont)

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🧵 The lynching of Claude Neal took place on October 26, 1934, in Marianna, Florida. Neal was accused of raping and murdering a 20-year-old white woman named Lola Cannady. (cont)

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blackhistory.rodneysykes.com/2023/01/in-193… Despite a lack of direct evidence linking him to the crime, Neal was taken into custody and moved between multiple jails to protect him from lynch mobs. However, a group of about 100 White men from Jackson County tracked him down to the county (cont)

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🧵Did you know that Black, Puerto Rican, and Japanese American soldiers were subjected to painful secret mustard gas experiments during World War II?

White men were used as the control group. They were not subjected to the mustard gas.

grunge.com/465535/the-us-… The US military conducted secret mustard gas experiments on approximately 60,000 soldiers during World War II, with a specific focus on testing the effects on different racial groups. These experiments were based on the assumption that various (cont)

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🧵 Many of you remember the 1967 Detriot riots. One of the most disturbing cases of police brutality in history took place that resulted in the murder of 3 Black teenagers. (cont)
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apnews.com/article/detroi… During the 1967 Detroit riot, on July 25-26, a police task force raided the Algiers Motel after reports of sniper fire, where three unarmed Black teens—Carl Cooper (17), Aubrey Pollard (19), and Fred Temple (18) were found in the motel annex and assumed to be the snipers. (cont)

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🧵 During the Vietnam War, the Department of Defense (DoD) lowered its standards to enlist and draft the most vunerable and disenfranchised Americans for the war effort. (cont)

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warhistoryonline.com/instant-articl… "Project 100,000" was a controversial program initiated by the DoD in October 1966, under the leadership of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. Its primary purpose was to recruit soldiers who would previously have been deemed unfit for military (cont)

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🧵 We see people doing it everyday. Many people do it, but are unaware of its origin.

You've done it!

One of the things that came out of the Vietnam War was "The Dap". (cont)
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nmaahc.si.edu/explore/storie… The Dap (Dignity &Pride) handshake is a complex and meaningful gesture that originated in Black American communities, particularly among soldiers during the Vietnam War. It's a dynamic and nuanced form of nonverbal communication that conveys solidarity, respect, and unity. (cont)

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🧵 Yesterday, was the 53rd anniversary of a race riot that took place on the USS Kitty Hawk on Oct 12, 1972. Would you believe me if I told you it started over a sandwich?

Yep.

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navytimes.com/military-honor… The day before, there were fights between Black & White sailors during a port visit to Subic Bay in the Philipines. A ship search occurred on when the captain ordered the master-at-arms to inspect Black sailors' berthing areas for weapons. Tensions (cont)

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🧵 Many of you never knew of a prison riot that took place in Vietnam. It involved incarcerated U.S. soldiers, most of whom were Black.

Pull up a seat and bring a drink.(cont)
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historynet.com/long-binh-jail… The Long Bính Jail ("LBJ"as it was called) was a U.S. military prison in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War that opened in 1966. It housed soldiers for offenses like AWOL or drug use. On August 29, 1968, an uprising occurred due to overcrowding, (cont)

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🧵 Bessie Stringfield, born Bessie Beatrice White on February 9, 1911 (some records list March 5), in Edenton, North Carolina, to Maggie Cherry and James White. (cont)

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allthatsinteresting.com/bessie-stringf… Some accounts, including those Stringfield herself shared later in life, claimed she was born Betsy Leonora Ellis in Kingston, Jamaica.

However, family members like her niece Esther Bennett and public records confirm the North Carolina origins, suggesting Stringfield (cont)

🧵Someone said that I was not the creator of the #KeepItWoke hashtag. I asked @grok. Here's the answer:

Based on an analysis of @eddsmitty
's X posts, profile, and broader searches for the hashtag #KeepItWoke, it appears that yes, Eddie Smith (@eddsmitty) created it. (cont) He introduced and popularized the hashtag as part of his "WOKE CONTENT" thread series, which he explicitly brands himself as the creator of in his bio. The earliest documented uses tie directly to his threads dating back to at least mid-2023, where he defines (cont)

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🧵 There are many stories involving the Titanic; however, there are stories that remain untold. The story of Joseph Laroche deserves a movie of its own. He was the Titanic's only Black passenger.(cont)

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#Voices4Victory Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche was born in 1886 in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. At 15, he moved to France to study engineering, graduating with honors. While in France, he married Juliette Lafargue in 1908; they had two daughters, Simonne and Louise. (cont)

thehistoryinsider.com/joseph-laroche/

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🧵 In 1964, the Civil Rights Act became law, but the fight for civil rights continued. It gave birth to radical groups that included White people.
Enter the White Panthers.(cont)
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allthatsinteresting.com/white-panther-… The White Panther Party was a radical political organization founded in 1968 in Detroit, Michigan. It emerged as a response to the civil rights movement and the activities of the Black Panther Party, aiming to address issues of racial injustice and promote social change (cont)

🧵 How many times have you heard "Blacks are 13% of the population and commit 50% of violent crime"?

Well, racists have been using the UCR wrong for their tired narrative. Let's set the record straight.

Pull up a 🪑

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#Voices4Victory The FBI crime statistics primarily tally arrests, not convictions. The data collected and reported in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program includes information on the number of arrests made for various offenses, categorized by type of crime, demographic information (cont)