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California became the first state to adopt a law mandating the study and development of proposals for reparations. Assembly Bill 3121, authored by Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D), received bipartisan support
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Ida Bae Wells
nhannahjones
While I appreciate the free advertisement for our journalism a year after the 1619 Project published, certainly seems like in the middle of an unprecedented economic catastrophe, 140k dead from
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(((Jay Edidin)))
NotLasers
A lot of directories of antiracist texts and tools have mentioned the 1619 Project, and I'm gonna add my voice to that, with some additional context for folks who missed
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Elie Mystal
ElieNYC
Oh god, are we doing the thing where somebody points out that the we created slavery and white people go "THEY HAD SLAVES IN AFRICA" and we have to explain
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tmc🐼
shutupbreeze
Abraham Lincoln freed 0 slaves. First he had no authority to free any slaves because the federal government didn’t regulate slavery, the states did and if they didn’t want to
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KG
BELLEionaire
I get annoyed when people say they’re tired of slave movies because enslavement is centuries of our history. The LONGEST part of our history in this country so far. We
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Dave Zirin
EdgeofSports
That it was Bill Barr's father who hired a very young, very unqualified Jeffrey Epstein to teach at one of the most elite private schools in New York City, is
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Jared Yates Sexton
JYSexton
Here’s the thing though. These people actually do believe slavery had positives.The white supremacist mindset continues to hold that slave labor was necessary to build the economy and that people
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Adam Schiff
RepAdamSchiff
Today is Juneteenth. It should be a national holiday.Just as Americans learn the history of July 4, understanding and celebrating Juneteenth is a critical part of American history.So I wanted
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PEI Museum
PEIMuseum
Did you know Black slavery existed on this Island for nearly 100 years? Today we’re sharing the story of PEI’s history with slavery in recognition of Emancipation Day – which
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Abraham Lincoln Vampire Project
PrettyBadLefty
Democrats are going to abandon "Kids in Cages" once they are the ones implicated by it just like they abandoned "Believing Women" I'm old enough to remember when 13th came
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Angelo Carusone
GoAngelo
1/ Meanwhile in the middle of all this, Prager U publishes this video. (Spoiler Alert: Prager U says the founders didn't support slavery.) 2/ "These are men that inherited a
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Steve Wright
kweh
Every now and then I think back on the fact that the Wesleyan Methodist church that I grew up in was founded on the grounds of anti-slavery in the 19th
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National Railway Museum
RailwayMuseum
On this day in 1830 the Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened. It was the first inter-city railway in the world, but beyond the headlines are difficult stories that we should
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aen💀r 🍞🌹☭⚧🔮
violentkeysmash
I wanna talk a bit more about the way history is taught and how this in turn affects our thinking on historical objects, and how we relate to our history
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Scott Tungay🌲🌳
couragemylads
https://youtu.be/dpDbRxMQFFY Navigating Survival, Slavery, & Significance Economies. Debt+Wage Slavery is not God’s plan for your life. The poor don’t need money.They need Wisdom.They have all the time in the world,
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