Here is more info abt her.

I had not previously heard of her, so I am very appreciative of ths post, as well as @dytsras.bsky.social highlighting the racial atrocity of #MemphisMassacre.

This country has NEVER been “the good guy.”

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...schools and homes of other Black Americans and White Missionaries living and working south of Memphis.
Facts: Historians estimate approximately 100 buildings (including houses) were destroyed, 46 Black Americans were killed, FIVE were raped and 285 people were injured.
#MemphisMassacre

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#OTD in History 1866

May 1-3: #MemphisMassacre
Context: At first the victims of the massacre were Black American veterans of the Union Army who initiated the conflict with a White cop, but the #WhiteSupremacist mob (including White cops & firefighters) started destroying & looting churches...

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She was the first transgender woman to testify before Congress. Then conservatives began attacking her identity | CNN Frances Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional protections to newly freed Black Americans. But it also came at a great perso...

LGBTQIA+ history is history worth knowing.

#LGBTQIAHistory #QueerHistoryMatters #TransHistory #FrancesThompson #LGBTQRights #HiddenHistories #HistoryWorthKnowing #TransVisibility #MemphisMassacre #LGBTQVoices #QueerResilience #SayTheirNames #LGBTQEducation

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