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UpInArms

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3. WHITE TERROR U.S.A.: The shameful history of white supremacy in America

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 07:38 AM

Jul 2019

Trump in the White House, the alt-right booming online, riots on the streets of Berkeley. Far-right thinking is more prominent than it has been for decades. But from farmyard lynchings to Nazi rallies at Madison Square Garden to a former KKK member on the Supreme Court, racism in the United States is as old as the country itself. To understand how we got to now, Timeline has surfaced some of the most extraordinary stories about racism in America, and those who fought against it.

http://whitesupremacyhistory.timeline.com

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Hundreds of black deaths in Red Summer ignored century later [View all] Eugene Jul 2019 OP

See controversy over number of blacks killed during 1921 Tulsa Race Riot bobbieinok Jul 2019 #1

Here's that timeline UpInArms Jul 2019 #2

WHITE TERROR U.S.A.: The shameful history of white supremacy in America UpInArms Jul 2019 #3