Beulah Mae Donald Beat and Bankrupted the Ku Klux Klan! This is Her Story https://shinemycrown.com/beulah-mae-donald-beat-and-bankrupted-the-ku-klux-klan-this-is-her-story/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BeulahMaeDonald #KKK #Lynchings #CivilRights #SocialJustice
#Florida students are giving up Saturdays to learn #BlackHistory lessons their schools don’t teach
By KATE PAYNE
Updated 12:15 AM EST, December 21, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — "Buried among Florida’s manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the long-lost cemeteries of enslaved people, the statutes of #Confederate soldiers that still stand watch over town squares, the old #plantations turned into modern subdivisions that bear the same name. But many students aren’t learning that kind of Black history in Florida classrooms.
"In an old wooden bungalow in Delray Beach, Charlene Farrington and her staff gather groups of teenagers on Saturday mornings to teach them lessons she worries that public schools won’t provide. They talk about #SouthFlorida’s #Caribbean roots, the state’s dark history of #lynchings, how #segregation still shapes the landscape and how #grassroots #activists mobilized the #CivilRights Movement to upend generations of oppression.
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"When Sulaya Williams’ eldest child started school, she couldn’t find the comprehensive instruction she wanted for him in their area. So in 2016, she launched her own organization to teach Black history in community settings.
"'We wanted to make sure that our children knew our stories, to be able to pass down to their children,' Williams said.
"Williams now has a contract to teach Saturday school at a public #library in Fort Lauderdale, and her 12-year-old daughter Addah Gordon invites her classmates to join her.
"'It feels like I’m really learning my culture. Like I’m learning what my ancestors did,' Addah said. 'And most people don’t know what they did.'"
AP News · Florida students give up Saturdays to learn Black history lessons
It sounds like the coming administration wants to bring back lynching.
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Congressman-elect Brandon Gill (R-TX) on Sunday opened his remarks at the New York Young Republican Club annual gala w/ praise for Daniel Penny, who was found not guilty last week in the death of Jordan Neely on the New York subway. America needs “a lot more Daniel Pennys [...], “because we have far too may Jordan Neelys.”
Mediaite · New House Repub Tells Audience ‘We Need a Lot More Daniel Pennys’ Because There Are ‘Far Too Many Jordan Neelys’ In This CountryNewly elected Texas congressman Brandon Gill on Sunday opened his remarks at the New York Young Republican Club annual gala with praise for Daniel Penny.
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#Trump’s #glorification of the #1890s in #America displays his #dangerous #ignorance of #economics and #history.
The 1890s were a period of entrenched #WhiteSupremacy, marked by the rise of #JimCrow, widespread #RacialSegregation, and violent #Lynchings. #Racism dominated society, marginalizing #BlackAmericans and reinforcing #WhiteDominance in #politics and daily life, contradicting any Trump-glorified vision of #NationalGreatness.
Los Angeles Times · Hiltzik: What Trump doesn't know about the 1890s could fill a book
Five Black & Brown Men Have Been Recently Found Hanged in Public. Were Some of Them Lynched? | Democracy Now! #lynchings #blacklivesmatter
Remember this from 2020?
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/22/us_public_hangings_lynching_history
Democracy Now! · Five Black & Brown Men Have Been Recently Found Hanged in Public. Were Some of Them Lynched?
On This Date:
On 20 April 1939, US jazz singer
#Billie #Holiday released the song
"#Strange #Fruit."
The song was originally written as a poem by a Jewish songwriter, #Abel #Meeropol,
who wrote it in protest and response to the photo of
the #lynchings of J. Thomas #Shipp, 18, and Abraham S. #Smith, 19 in Marion, Indiana.
Meeropol performed this poem under a pseudonym, Lewis Allan, with the name "Bitter Fruit" and eventually published this work in a teacher’s union publication under the title "Strange Fruit."
Meeropol got it handed to a nightclub owner who showed it to Billie Holiday.
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Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Pastoral scene of the gallant South
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop
https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/12659/strange-fruit-released
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"''Strange Fruit,' written by Jewish schoolteacher Abel Meeropol in 1937, takes a harrowing and unflinching look at American #racism. The poem specifically focuses on the horrific #lynchings that took place primarily across the American South...The poem became most famous as a song performed by Billie Holiday in 1939 and played a significant role in the #CivilRightsMovement." LitCharts #BHM #MusicWomenWednesday #jazz #jazzvocals
https://youtu.be/Web007rzSOI?si=dwHoAla8mdhVK7Mc
#History #InteractiveMap #Lynchings
The real terrorists were white Christians.
https://plaintalkhistory.com/monroeandflorencework/explore/map2/#3.15/39.1/-79.82
Monroe & Florence Work TodayMonroe & Florence Work Today - Explore the map of Mob ViolenceMob violence in the United States targeted many groups of people of color as well as white people who defied white supremacy. Explore the interactive map.
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Also, possibility of resurgence in #Klan #lynchings hangs in the air if #Trump is reelected.
Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal began by requesting the court not to tell him to go to the High Courts. He said the incidents span across multiple States and the victims should not be made to go to all these High Courts.
#lynchings #SupremeCourt #HinduMobs #maharashtra #haryana #MadhyaPradesh #rajasthan #odisha #bihar #hindutva #muslims #minorities #UnionGovt #BJP #india
www.thehindu.com · Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchingsThe Supreme Court on July 28 asked the Centre and at least six States to respond to a plea about lynchings and mob violence refusing to stop.
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LICSW #isabelwilkerson #Caste in her chapter #TheEvilOfSilence, shares stories of #lynchings. In America. Burning people at the stake. In America.
Crowds gathered to celebrate the torture. In America. Souvenirs people were awarded or bought of said torture. In America.
In America. In America. Yes, in America.
This is who many of us were. Who are we now? Who are you now?
Our history. #CRT
Truth is knowledge—Knowledge is power—Silence is evil—Repression of knowledge is evil. #BookBans
If there was violence against Muslims in India, would their population be growing, says Finance Minister
Says those blaming India on minority issues have no clue about ground realities.
#CommunalViolence #muslims #HateCrime #lynchings #CowLynchings #CowVigilantism #ReligiousFreedom #HinduMobs #NirmalSitharaman #BJP #VHP #RSS #hindutva #MuslimPopulation #minorities #HumanRights #india
The Tribune IndiaIf there was violence against Muslims in India, would their population be growing, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Just a reminder that minorites in India continue to face ever increasing violence & lynchings from hindutva groups. The spiraling rise began ever since the right wing bjp govt led by modi came to power in 2014, with an open policy of targeted hatred against minorites.
Most cases no longer even get reported in Indian media (Indian press freedom index plummeted to abysmal lows the last 5 years).
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3adxqw/youtuber-india-cow-vigilante-muslim-lynching-hindu-extremism-narendra-modi
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/21/751541321/this-is-it-im-going-to-die-indias-minorities-are-targeted-in-lynchings
#lynchmob #lynchings #india #bjp #modi #fascism
www.vice.comYouTuber on the Run After 2 Muslim Men Were Found Burnt to Death Families of two Muslim men found burnt to death blame India’s powerful cow protectors.
Rajasthan Lynchings: Anguished Ghatmika Demands Justice For Abduction And Killing Of Its Men
The charred remains of Nasir and Junaid of Rajasthan's Ghatmika village were found in Haryana's Bhiwani. Earlier, the village witnessed the brutal killings of Pehlu Khan, Rakbar Khan, and Ummar Mohammad between 2017 and 2018.
#rajasthan #ghatmika #bhiwani #haryana #CowLynchings #NasirJunaid #hindutva #muslims #minorities #lynchings #PehluKhan #RakbarKhan #UmmarMohammed #BajrangDal #VHP #BJP #CowVigilantism #MonuManesar #CommunalViolence #HumanRights #india
OutlookRajasthan Lynchings: Anguished Ghatmika Demands Justice For Abduction And Killing Of Its MenThe charred remains of Nasir and Junaid of Rajasthan's Ghatmika village were found in Haryana's Bhiwani. Earlier, the village witnessed the brutal killings of Pehlu Khan, Rakbar Khan, and Ummar Mohammad between 2017 and 2018.
Blocking of BBC Modi documentary violates Indians’ rights, say over 500 scientists and academicians
The Centre’s stand that the documentary undermines India’s sovereignty and integrity does not withstand scrutiny, they contended.
#BBC #documentary #NarendraModi #modi #censorship #BJP #PressFreedom #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #communalism #lynchings #muslims #resistance #india
Scroll.inBlocking of BBC Modi documentary violates Indians’ rights, say over 500 scientists and academicians
Mewat lynching: Slain Muslim man booked for cow slaughter, Police refuses to file FIR against Bajrang Dal
“In the presence of police, Monu [a ringleader of cow vigilante group] held us from 5:00 AM till 10:00 AM and kept torturing us,” Shaukeen, who was with Warish, said in a recording.
#mewat #CowLynching #lynchings #haryana #nuh #hussainpur #CowVigilantism #hindutva #BajrangDal #BJP #muslims #CommunalViolence #india
Maktoob mediaMewat lynching: Slain Muslim man booked for cow slaughter, Police refuses to file FIR against Bajrang DalFamily of a 22-year-old Muslim man in Haryana has claimed that he was killed by cow vigilantes on the suspicion of smuggling cattle.
‘Hand over the mosques in Kashi and Mathura as a “good will gesture”, RSS leaders to Muslim intellectuals
Senior members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) met several Muslim leaders and representatives of Muslim organizations at the former lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung’s Delhi home.
Issues like hate speech, riots, mob lynching, and the Kashi Mathura temple were discussed in the meeting, according to a Times of India report.
#RSS #muslims #kashi #mathura #mosques #hindutva #communalism #majoritarianism #IndreshKumar #NajeebJung #ZameeruddinShah #lynchings #HateSpeech #CommunalViolence #HumanRights #india
Hindutva Watch‘Hand over the mosques in Kashi and Mathura as a “good will gesture”, RSS leaders to Muslim intellectuals ( Muslim Mirror )Senior members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) met several Muslim leaders and representatives of Muslim organizations at the former lieutenant
India Banned a BBC Documentary Critical of Modi. Here's How People Are Watching Anyway
#BBC #documentary #NarendraModi #modi #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #CAA #BJP #muslims #article370abrogation #DelhiPogrom #lynchings #PressFreedom #media #censorship #india
https://time.com/6250480/bbc-modi-documentary-skirting-censors/
TimeIndia Banned a BBC Documentary Critical of Modi. Here's How People Are Watching Anyway