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[https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/color-line-colonial-laws by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | [https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/color-line-colonial-laws by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | ||
Colonial laws prohibiting Black and white people from marrying one another suggest that some Black and white people did marry. | Colonial laws prohibiting Black and white people from marrying one another suggest that some Black and white people did marry. | ||
=====The Movement to Erase Black History and Culture===== | |||
[https://www.aclu.org/podcast/the-movement-to-erase-black-history-culture-and-joy by ACLU] | |||
February marks Black History Month, a time to recognize the significant achievements and culture of Black Americans–from bell hooks to Beyonce–and also to honor an accurate history about them, a history that we know is rife with discrimination and abuse -- think: slavery, Jim Crow, and the structural racism we’re still infected with today. | |||
