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To maintain segregation in the South, many white residents sought to make fear part of everyday life for African Americans. #APeoplesJourney Their tactics included physical violence, economic threats, and psychological

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#OTD in 1865, enslaved African Americans were notified of their freedom by Union troops in Galveston Bay, TX—two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.Known as #Juneteenth , this day

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On September 15th, 1963, a bomb planted by white supremacists ripped through Sixteenth Street Baptist Church killing four little girls – Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Diane Wesley (14), Carole

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On August 28th, key events would occur throughout history that shaped the lives of African Americans from then to present-day. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory #OTD in 1833, slavery was abolished in the

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#OTD in 1921, the deadliest racial massacre in U.S. history began in the thriving Greenwood African American community of Tulsa, OK. Black Wall Street in Tulsa, OK was destroyed by

#Juneteenth marks the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay, Texas, were notified of their freedom. It's celebrated as the end of U.S. chattel slavery and our nation's second