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milestogo

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7. Sounds like an interesting film.

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Sun Mar 5, 2023, 09:20 PM

Mar 2023

These boys were juveniles aged 13-17, so there's that.

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I never even knew this atrocity happened until today. [View all] milestogo Mar 2023 OP

Omg! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #1

WHAT??????????? How in the hell have i never heard of this??????????? Takket Mar 2023 #2

If you go to the link Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2023 #3

This happened during my lifetime and I never heard about it until today. milestogo Mar 2023 #5

Same here. I was 9 years old in 1959. wnylib Mar 2023 #11

Me, too. ShazzieB Mar 2023 #19

so was I. Can't believe I am just hearing about it now nt yellowdogintexas Mar 2023 #51

it sure does nt orleans Mar 2023 #22

education and the media. progressoid Mar 2023 #29

wow - thank you for that link! nt orleans Mar 2023 #25

They plan to erase a lot more. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2023 #12

I don't recall the exact dates soldierant Mar 2023 #14

This is my first hearing about it YoshidaYui Mar 2023 #36

Lots. Read the book "By Names Now Known." Disgusting white-washing and media complicity. nt Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #56

Nor did I! Wuddles440 Mar 2023 #4

Yep. Can't stop wondering about that one. calimary Mar 2023 #42

It wasn't really a school, it was a prison farm. sheshe2 Mar 2023 #6

Sounds like an interesting film. milestogo Mar 2023 #7

Just kids sent up on bogus claims to work as free labor. sheshe2 Mar 2023 #9

Catch it if you can JustAnotherGen Mar 2023 #32

Arkansas claudette Mar 2023 #8

Exactly, claudette. sheshe2 Mar 2023 #10

It's certainly claudette Mar 2023 #13

And there are some that just don't want to face the truth. sheshe2 Mar 2023 #18

Exactly! claudette Mar 2023 #40

Yes - but - Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #20

What is your point? sheshe2 Mar 2023 #24

I'm not sure the fact that it was a prison farm Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #26

Why are you picking a fight with me? sheshe2 Mar 2023 #33

I'm not. But you certainly seem to be looking for a fight. Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #34

Disgusting. nt okaawhatever Mar 2023 #15

Governor Ron is going to be upset this information is on the interweb thingy. NoMoreRepugs Mar 2023 #16

Omg, I didn't know either! Heinous atrocity! ... electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #17

there was a cluster of Tulsa-like incidents in the 20s yellowdogintexas Mar 2023 #52

I'm curious about those who survived. Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #21

Words fail. onecaliberal Mar 2023 #23

I heard about it a few years ago. CrispyQ Mar 2023 #27

DeSantis won't want this taught in Florida's history classes BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #28

Were it not for Black History Month milestogo Mar 2023 #31

Black Hostory Month is both a celebration, and a reminder to the nation of its past crimes. Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2023 #41

Two months before I was born PurgedVoter Mar 2023 #30

YouTube Video(s) Here: GGoss Mar 2023 #35

Thank you. milestogo Mar 2023 #45

Monsters dai13sy Mar 2023 #37

I suspect this but one of a multitude of atrocities committed against African Americans, both during Martin68 Mar 2023 #38

Woud someone kindly orthoclad Mar 2023 #39

Never heard of it. murielm99 Mar 2023 #43

This is the history that many don't want the others to learn. twodogsbarking Mar 2023 #44

We learn something new every day. Shameful and horrible. Butterflylady Mar 2023 #46

Woefully under-reported incident. (nt) Paladin Mar 2023 #47

Black WWII veterans were lynched after the war! The Jungle 1 Mar 2023 #48

The mistreatment of black veterans after WWII is the main reason halfulglas Mar 2023 #57

There have been good people trying for a long time The Jungle 1 Mar 2023 #58

I am 75. I was 11 when this happened. We lived in Connecticut at the time. mountain grammy Mar 2023 #49

Tks for posting grantcart Mar 2023 #50

And this shouldn't be taught in our schools because it may make white kids world wide wally Mar 2023 #53

if you didn't know about this ( I didn't ) - that was no accident. KG Mar 2023 #54

this is what the rs dont want u to know . bury it. AllaN01Bear Mar 2023 #55

Negro Boys Industrial School Kid Berwyn Mar 2023 #59