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Sarah J. Jackson

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Only a tiny portion of Black Americans were granted the land they were owed after the civil war. And then, almost immediately, the government took it back. Here’s where the people, and the land, ended up. Remarkable investigative reporting from the Reveal folks here:

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Jennifer 's avatar Jennifer @jennifer3.bsky.social
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You're right

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Hmm 🤔 and, also,Native Americans #nativeamericans are still suffering and being lied to about what is their HOME, America, js/jmo

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The sad reality of this crucial day of our history.💔💔💔 Never did I think in this day and age-the EXISTENCE of our collective history would be violated by politics of clear minority. We need to vote them into Oblvion. Pass John Lewis. Expand crt.Restore women's- hell EVERYONE'S right to PRIVACY

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Patricia Kreger's avatar Patricia Kreger @patriciakreger.bsky.social
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I’m reading this right now. It’s difficult to wrap my mind around the depravity of slavery and the concept of “owning human beings.”

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same for hawaiians 😢

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Sarah J. Jackson's avatar Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social
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Here is the start of the audio episodes

revealnews.org/podcast/40-a...

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Jeffrey Keese's avatar Jeffrey Keese @jeffreykeese.bsky.social
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A book I finished yesterday made the connection between the present economic conditions in the upper Midwest and the South to the historic allocation (or refusal to do so) of land to white and Black Americans.

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