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Historical Reference Texts for Gator Bait:
Americans forced to change their ideas on slavery (1944, July 6). St. Petersburg Times, p. 5.
Babies for crocodile bait (1890, June 20). Roanoke Times, Image 3.
Americans forced to change their ideas on slavery (1944, July 6). St. Petersburg Times, p. 5.
Babies for crocodile bait (1890, June 20). Roanoke Times, Image 3.
Babies used as alligator bait in state of Florida (1923, October 11). Atlanta Independent, p. 1.
Baits alligators with picaninnies (1908, June 13). Washington Times, p. 2.
Bell shows yellow in go with Leonard Lauder (1908, April 24). Los Angeles Herald, p. 6.
Baits alligators with picaninnies (1908, June 13). Washington Times, p. 2.
Bell shows yellow in go with Leonard Lauder (1908, April 24). Los Angeles Herald, p. 6.
A bootblack's little deal (1898, October 11). Richmond Dispatch, p. 7.
Branson, of Knoxville: An American artist who really enjoys obscurity (1900, January 28). The Times (Washington), second part, p. 1.
Branson, of Knoxville: An American artist who really enjoys obscurity (1900, January 28). The Times (Washington), second part, p. 1.
Chapin, D. (1968, July 5). Bob Gibson: Black man nobody wanted "Until he was a hero. Los Angeles Times, p. D1.
Hyatt, R. (2007, April 30). Golden Park not friendly to Gibson. Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, p. A6.
Hyatt, R. (2007, April 30). Golden Park not friendly to Gibson. Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, p. A6.
News gathered from Southside: Eloquence Fails (1905, July 7). Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA), p. 12.
Outlook for toys is fine (1917, January 25). New York Times, p. 16.
Villiers, T. W. (1923, September 21). Pickaninny bait lures voracious 'Gator to death. Oakland Tribune, p. 32.
Outlook for toys is fine (1917, January 25). New York Times, p. 16.
Villiers, T. W. (1923, September 21). Pickaninny bait lures voracious 'Gator to death. Oakland Tribune, p. 32.
I just want to thank @SmOoChEs_Mwah for her discussion a few months back on Gator Bait. Iâve known about this term but truthfully, not in its entirety. Thanks to our conversation, I was exposed to far more references.
Iâve stayed clear of the term for years as a black Gator fan and alumni but this conversation was definitely eye opening.
At the end of the day it proves that there is so much about black history we are ignorant of and so many ways white supremacy lingers. None of us are above learning more about anti-racism, even us as black people.
