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[https://www.democracynow.org/2022/1/14/who_we_are_film_jeffery_robinson by DEMOCRACY NOW 14/1/22] | [https://www.democracynow.org/2022/1/14/who_we_are_film_jeffery_robinson by DEMOCRACY NOW 14/1/22] | ||
As the United States heads into the Martin Luther King Day holiday weekend, attempts by Democrats to pass major new voting rights legislation appear to have stalled. We examine the new award-winning documentary “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America,” which follows civil rights attorney Jeffery Robinson as he confronts the enduring legacy of anti-Black racism in the United States, weaving together examples from the U.S. Constitution, education system and policing. | As the United States heads into the Martin Luther King Day holiday weekend, attempts by Democrats to pass major new voting rights legislation appear to have stalled. We examine the new award-winning documentary “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America,” which follows civil rights attorney Jeffery Robinson as he confronts the enduring legacy of anti-Black racism in the United States, weaving together examples from the U.S. Constitution, education system and policing. | ||
=====May 31, 1921: Tulsa Massacre===== | |||
[https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/tulsa-race-riot/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT 1920] | |||
From May 31 through June 1, deputized whites killed more than 300 African Americans. They looted and burned to the ground 40 square blocks of 1,265 African American homes, including hospitals, schools, and churches, and destroyed 150 businesses. White deputies and members of the National Guard arrested and detained 6,000 Black Tulsans who were released only upon being vouched for by a white employer or other white citizen. Nine thousand African Americans were left homeless and lived in tents well into the winter of 1921 . . . | |||
