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It’s not a commonly known or discussed event in American History (though I’m sure @OrtonToOlsen knows of it) but this year marks the 100th anniversary of Red Summer, when hundreds of African Americans across the country returning from war and fleeing Jim Crow were murdered, raped, beaten, and lynched, often after returning from WWI as heroes in Europe, for daring to build communities, join unions, and look for work in New York; Memphis, Tennessee; Philadelphia; Charleston, South Carolina; Baltimore; New Orleans; Wilmington, Delaware; Omaha, Nebraska; New London, Connecticut; Bisbee, Arizona; Longview, Texas; Knoxville, Tennessee; Norfolk, Virginia; and Putnam County, Georgia.
The police and other governmental entities were “in on it” so to speak, to the point where a young woman named Carrie Johnson, 17 years old, shot and killed a police officer who had broken into her home and was hailed as a hero. She was convicted of manslaughter, which was later overturned with a lot less fanfare than the original conviction.
Retrospective
The police and other governmental entities were “in on it” so to speak, to the point where a young woman named Carrie Johnson, 17 years old, shot and killed a police officer who had broken into her home and was hailed as a hero. She was convicted of manslaughter, which was later overturned with a lot less fanfare than the original conviction.
Retrospective
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