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American History

willamette

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3. What I've gotten from the recent spate of American history readings

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Sep 28, 2023, 11:57 AM

Sep 2023

suddenly available after the Black Lives Matter activity, is that the privileged class was afraid that people who had fought for their country, Constitution, and family would continue to do so once they returned to the mainland USA. I see the pogroms then as an attempt to "get them back on the farm after they'd seen Paree."

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On this day, September 28, 1919, race riots began in Omaha, Nebraska. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 OP

Yes. ggma Sep 2023 #1

Thanks for the info. As you probably know, there were dozens of incidents of whites... brush Sep 2023 #2

What I've gotten from the recent spate of American history readings willamette Sep 2023 #3

Thanks for posting, K/R appalachiablue Sep 2023 #4