Hannah Nikole Jones creator of the 1619 Project makes valid points about how we look at who "owned" slaves. Only 2% "Owned" Slaves?” The Dangerou
Hannah Nikole Jones creator of the 1619 Project makes valid points about how we look at who “owned” slaves.
@bbravebackpacks Hannah Nikole-Jones, creator of 1619 Project, brilliantly explains the impact of slavery in America on economy and why it’s important to be mindful of statistics and data because nuance and facts paint a clearer picture. #blacktiktok #RepresentationMatters #americanhistory #fyp #ProtectBlackHistory
Only 2% “Owned” Slaves?” The Dangerous Game of Subtracting Context
Only 2% “Owned” Slaves?”: Slavery and Slaveholding in the United States Facts (Part 3)
Jim Crow Power, Abuse, and Control:
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Emmett Till (1955): Brutally murdered in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white woman.
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Lynching Epidemic: Thousands of Black men, women, and children were lynched across the South to enforce terror and white supremacy.
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The Scottsboro Boys (1931): Nine Black teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women; their trials exposed the deep injustice of Jim Crow courts.
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Forced Sterilizations: Black women, poor women, and women with disabilities were sterilized without consent under eugenics programs.
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Church Bombings: Black churches bombed by white supremacists, most infamously the 1963 Birmingham bombing that killed four Black girls.
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The Leesburg Stockade Girls: In the heat of July 1963, a group of Black girls in Americus, Georgia—aged just 12 to 15—were arrested for marching peacefully against segregation at a whites-only movie theater. The girls were kept behind barbed wire and padlocked gates for 45 days by local police.
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*No one “owned” or enslaved any of the persons mentioned above, but the system of racism left Black people vulnerable to harm and allowed the people who stalked, terrorized, and tortured them to carry on without hiding. In this country.