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Doc Sportello

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14. Yes, those events were huge in the 50s and 60s

Reply to AverageOldGuy (Reply #12)

Tue Jun 1, 2021, 12:02 AM

Jun 2021

I remember the Mississippi killings when I was 11 being a big deal. The others I was a little too young, but good grief, I READ and LEARNED about them later. Is that too much to ask younger people to do? I guess for many it is.

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Tulsa wasn't alone. There were dozens of massacres [View all] Doc Sportello May 2021 OP

That is the year my father was born. I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #1

It was a time when racism reached a zenith Doc Sportello May 2021 #3

And an excellent article from the Guardian about Red Summer hatrack May 2021 #2

Thank you Doc Sportello May 2021 #4

I agree with you! Context is critical! lastlib May 2021 #10

A well known book on the subject is "100 years of lynchings" Doc Sportello Jun 2021 #15

Thanks for the tip! I will look into it! lastlib Jun 2021 #16

Lynchings: By State and Race, 1882-1968 * Klaralven Jun 2021 #19

Excellent link flying rabbit May 2021 #5

Tulsa was not the only massacre LetMyPeopleVote May 2021 #6

Sick. moondust May 2021 #7

Link is heart-stopping. K&R zentrum May 2021 #8

There was a mass lynching of Chinese people Raine May 2021 #9

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2021 #21

I live about 10 miles from Ocoee, Florida site of a massacre on Election Day 1920 GulfCoast66 May 2021 #11

My comment is slightly off-topic . . . but not by much . . . AverageOldGuy May 2021 #12

Yes, those events were huge in the 50s and 60s Doc Sportello Jun 2021 #14

AverageOldGuy....I am same age Politicalgolfer Jun 2021 #20

Good God. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #13

This seems to be turning into our own national "Holocaust." lastlib Jun 2021 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author live love laugh Jun 2021 #18