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28. Thank you!

Tue May 31, 2016, 07:58 PM

May 2016

It's always a good idea to be reminded of this tragic event that happened in the good ole USA.

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Dropped bombs on them...nt Jesus Malverde May 2016 #1

Not to mention the soldiers were mostly recent WWI vets Recursion May 2016 #5

There were likely veterans among all sides JHB May 2016 #14

Maybe the white shooters were just blindly firing at everybody. raging moderate May 2016 #9

Absolutely horrible stuff Hydra May 2016 #4

Why call it a riot? Islandurp May 2016 #6

Yup. Hortensis May 2016 #15

Precisely malaise May 2016 #19

+1000 heaven05 May 2016 #24

Excellent post malaise May 2016 #25

This is what struck out at me bluestateguy May 2016 #7

In the book Sundown Towns gollygee May 2016 #17

Or the 1898 Wilmington coup (nt) Recursion May 2016 #10

K & R for exposure. nt SunSeeker May 2016 #11

"1,000 whites at the courthouse went home for their own guns" Babel_17 May 2016 #13

Last I read it, it was. Igel May 2016 #16

With "a good history" I was thinking of a book length accounting Babel_17 May 2016 #20

K&R brer cat May 2016 #18

A sad and horrible piece of US history. aikoaiko May 2016 #21

k+r Blue_Tires May 2016 #22

Those attacked and terrorized... Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #26

They actually did call it the "Black Wall Street" yellerpup May 2016 #27

Thank you! Catherine Vincent May 2016 #28