Did you know that on May 13th, 1985 Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on the home of members of the black liberation group MOVE, killing 11 of the 13 who resided inside of the home. Five of those victims were CHILDREN. 61 homes around the area were destroyed. #BlackLivesMatter

Or how about the Tulsa Race Massacre? June 1st, 1921, mobs of white citizens poured into the predominantly black neighborhood of Greenwood and attacked the black residents along with their businesses and homes. This area of Tulsa, Oklahoma was called "Black Wall Street"

as it was home to many prominent black-owned businesses. This riot was the result of a black teenager named Dick Rowland being accused of assaulting a white woman in an elevator. After news broke of the incident and his arrest, crowds of white and black people formed at the

courthouse where Rowland was being held, and a fight ensued, and the number of whites outnumbered the number of black people. The black residents retreated to the Greenwood district, where the mobs of white residents attacked.

This is one I'm sure most people know, but an African-American woman named Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer in 1951. Without consent or the knowledge of the family, her cells were harvested and used to study many different diseases.

The Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiment: 1932-1972

In 1932, 600 black men enrolled in a study by the Tuskeegee Institute along with the Public Health Service that was supposed to be a study of untreated syphilis in blacks. Most of them were poor sharecroppers, and 399

of the men had syphilis, while 201 of them did not.

The doctors told all of the men that they were being treated for 'bad blood' which was a general term for a number of different ailments at the time. They never told them the true details of the experiment.

The men were promised free medical care, free meals, burial insurance, etc., for their participation in the experiment. The men were, of course, not treated for syphilis and instead given placebo medicine, which led to the disease spreading to their wives and family members, and

many of them died.

Penicillin became the official/recommended treatment for syphilis in 1947, but the officials conducting the study never informed the men participating in the study, leading the experiment to go on and last for a total of 40 years.

Here's a list of slave revolts that you can research:

- The Stono Rebellion (1739)
- Gabriel Prosser Revolt (1800)
- Andry's Rebellion (1811)
- Amistad Mutiny (1839)
- Creole Case (1841)
- Nat Turner Revolt (1831)

Present day Central Park, in New York City, was once called Seneca Village in the 1820s. It was a thriving predominantly black community (2/3 black, 1/3 irish), many of which owned their own property. The community allowed African-American citizens an autonomous place to reside.

That was until the 1850s, when the city of New York decided it needed a park, and through eminent law the government displaced thousands in the Manhattan area, including those who lived in Seneca Village. All residents were forced to leave by 1857.

Additional facts about Seneca Village:

- Around that time, black men that owned property were allowed to vote (if they owned $250+ in property)
- Research shows that most children who lived in Seneca Village went to school
- It was a stop on the Underground Railroad

This is way more recent than the others, but I never hear anyone talk about her: https://twitter.com/horizonnct/status/1265897047951118337

On September 15th, 1963, a bomb was set off at a church in Birmingham, Alabama. The church was a significant place for black churchgoers as well as a meeting place for civil rights organizations, making it a target for groups like the KKK.

4 young black girls–Addie Mae

Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), Denise McNair (11)–were killed in the explosion, and many others were injured.

There's also a poem about the attack, called the 'Ballad of Birmingham' and it was written by Dudley Randall.