Some wounds may never heal in Mississippi Indivisible/ADK to host `Eyes on ICE' event; One strange Waffle House story

I went to #Vicksburg, Miss. to learn about the great #CivilWar battle, but what I found out was a more despicable part of its history.
#racism #reconstruction #mississippiburning #vicksburgmassacre

kentingley.substack.com/p/some-wound...

Historians estimate the death toll to be between SEVENTY-FIVE and 300 African Americans.
#VicksburgMassacre
Ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit

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#OTD in History 1874

Dec 7: #VicksburgMassacre
Context: Former slave & Union Army veteran, Peter Crosby was removed from elected office as Sheriff of in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Facts: African Americans gathered at a political meeting to support Crosby & were slaughtered by #WhiteSupremacists.

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Dec. 7, 1874: Vicksburg Massacre White people attacked and killed many Black citizens who had organized for a Black sheriff to remain in office during the Vicksburg Massacre.

“The Vicksburg Massacre reminds us of the brutal lengths used to suppress Black progress during Reconstruction. We must confront this history to understand present-day struggles for justice and equality. #VicksburgMassacre #Reconstruction #BlackHistory”

www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/vi...

Historians estimate the death toll to be between SEVENTY-FIVE and 300 African Americans.
#VicksburgMassacre
Ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit

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#OTD in History 1874

Dec 7: #VicksburgMassacre
Context: Former slave & Union Army veteran, Peter Crosby was removed from elected office as Sheriff of in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Facts: African Americans gathered at a political meeting to support Crosby & were slaughtered by #WhiteSupremacists.

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