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- imbecile5
"Black Wall Street" is often used to refer to the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, which was one of the wealthiest African-American communities in the United States during the early 20th century.
Founded in 1906, Greenwood became a prosperous center for African American businesses, partly due to segregation which necessitated the creation of self-sustaining black communities. Greenwood's residents established successful businesses that included grocery stores, clothing stores, barber shops, hotels, and restaurants. The area was named "Black Wall Street" because of its economic success.
However, on May 31 and June 1, 1921, Greenwood was the site of one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, now known as the Tulsa Race Massacre. Accusations that a black man had assaulted a white woman led to racial tensions which escalated into a full-blown attack on Greenwood by a white mob. Armed mobs, including some local authorities, burned down 35 city blocks, and an estimated 100 to 300 people were killed, most of them African American.
In addition to the human cost, the massacre caused extensive property damage, and the district of Greenwood was essentially destroyed. Despite the destruction, Greenwood's residents - many of whom had been rendered homeless by the attack - displayed remarkable resilience. They managed to rebuild much of the district in the years that followed, but the community never fully recovered its previous prosperity.
For a long time, the massacre was not widely known or discussed. However, in recent years there has been a push to acknowledge this dark chapter in American history and its impact on Black communities. The event has been the subject of numerous books, documentaries, and even dramatic works like the HBO series "Watchmen" and "Lovecraft Country". The 100th anniversary of the massacre in 2021 prompted even greater awareness and reflection on the event.
- imbecile5
Vinegar Hill was a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was founded in the 19th century and had a rich, vibrant history as a center of African-American life. It was home to a robust local economy, with a variety of businesses owned by and serving the Black community.
In the 1960s, however, the neighborhood was chosen as a site for urban renewal, a nationwide trend at the time in which areas designated as "slums" were demolished to make way for modern redevelopment. The Urban Renewal Project, as it was called in Charlottesville, was a controversial program from its inception.
Over the course of Vinegar Hill's demolition and redevelopment, more than 130 families and 30 businesses were displaced. While urban renewal was often framed as a progressive project aimed at modernizing city centers and eliminating poverty, in practice it often resulted in the destruction of established communities and the displacement of their residents. In the case of Vinegar Hill, residents were promised new and better housing, but many struggled to find affordable homes in other parts of the city due to racial discrimination and the limited availability of housing.
The destruction of Vinegar Hill led to a loss of a historic black community and its economic base. It has been criticized as an act of structural racism, given the impact on the predominantly Black residents and the loss of Black-owned businesses. The area is now a mix of commercial and residential properties and bears little resemblance to the historic neighborhood.
Today, the history of Vinegar Hill serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of urban renewal policies, and it has sparked conversations about urban planning, gentrification, and reparations. In 2020, the City of Charlottesville started a process to provide reparations to the African American community for past racial injustices, including the destruction of Vinegar Hill.
- imbecile4
Manzanar is most known for its role during World War II as one of the ten internment camps in the United States where over 110,000 people of Japanese descent were forcibly relocated and incarcerated.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, there was widespread fear and paranoia in the U.S. about potential espionage and sabotage from people of Japanese descent. In response, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 in February 1942, authorizing the forced removal and confinement of all people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast, regardless of their citizenship status.
Manzanar, located in the Owens Valley in California, was the first of the "War Relocation Centers" to be established. It was hastily built and soon housed over 10,000 people, with a peak population of about 11,000. Living conditions were harsh. People lived in barrack-style housing with little privacy, ate in communal mess halls, and faced extreme weather conditions, from freezing winters to scorching summers.
The internees made the best of their situation by establishing schools, growing gardens, and even creating a newspaper. There was also a hospital, churches, and various recreational activities available.
Despite the attempts to create a sense of normalcy, life at Manzanar was marked by a lack of basic freedoms. The camp was surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards. Internees could not leave without permission, and their mail was censored.
The camp was closed in 1945, after the end of the war. In 1988, the U.S. government formally apologized for the internment of Japanese-Americans and established a fund to pay reparations to survivors of the internment camps.
Today, Manzanar is a National Historic Site to educate the public about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Visitors can tour the remains of the camp, including reconstructed barracks, and visit a museum that explains the history and consequences of the internment.
- imbecile4
The MOVE bombing occurred on May 13, 1985, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
MOVE was a black liberation group founded in 1972 by John Africa. The group lived communally and espoused a variety of beliefs including black revolutionary ideals, animal rights, and a return to nature. Their lifestyle and confrontational tactics often put them at odds with their neighbors and the city's authorities.
In 1985, after years of escalating tension and a previous violent confrontation in 1978, the Philadelphia Police Department attempted to forcibly evict MOVE members from their row house at 6221 Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia. The operation was based on numerous complaints from neighbors regarding health hazards associated with the property.
The standoff between police and MOVE members escalated to the point where the police dropped a bomb, made of C-4 plastic explosive and Tovex (a dynamite substitute), from a helicopter onto the MOVE house. The resulting explosion and subsequent fire killed 11 people, including five children, and destroyed approximately 65 nearby homes. Despite the magnitude of the event, the fire department was initially told to let the fire burn.
The bombing was widely criticized for its excessive force and the city's handling of the incident. The only surviving members of the MOVE household, Ramona Africa and Birdie Africa, were both charged and incarcerated in connection with the confrontation, though Birdie was later released.
In 2020, Philadelphia's city council formally apologized for the bombing, marking the first time the city had officially acknowledged wrongdoing in connection with the event.
- imbecile4
The Rosewood Massacre was a horrific incident of racial violence that took place in the first week of January 1923 in the predominantly African American town of Rosewood, Florida.
The violence began after a white woman in a nearby town, Fannie Taylor, claimed that she had been assaulted by a Black man. Despite no evidence supporting her claim, her accusation ignited racial tensions in the area. A group of white men, believing that the perpetrator was hiding in Rosewood, began to terrorize the town, attacking residents and destroying homes and buildings.
Over the course of several days, the violence escalated, and the town was burned to the ground. The exact number of people killed in the massacre remains unclear because of the inconsistency in the reports, but it's estimated that at least six Black people and two white people were killed. However, eyewitness accounts suggest the number of Black residents killed could have been in the dozens. Many of the survivors fled into the nearby swamps for safety and never returned to their homes.
In the aftermath of the violence, Rosewood was abandoned and the events were largely covered up. For decades, the Rosewood Massacre remained a little-known episode of racial violence in U.S. history.
It wasn't until the 1980s that the event was brought to public attention through a series of investigative news reports. This led to a renewed investigation into the events and in 1994, the Florida Legislature approved a compensation bill for the survivors and their descendants, making it the first instance of reparations for racial violence in U.S. history.
The story of the Rosewood Massacre is a stark reminder of racial violence and injustice in the United States, and the efforts to uncover the truth represent the ongoing process of reckoning with this history. The event has been depicted in several works of literature and film, most notably the 1997 film "Rosewood" directed by John Singleton.
- imbecile3
The Wilmington Insurrection, also known as the Wilmington Massacre or the Wilmington Coup, occurred on November 10, 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina. It's considered one of the only successful coup d'états in U.S. history.
In the late 19th century, Wilmington was the largest city in North Carolina, and it had a majority African American population. Black and white citizens held positions of power within the local government, creating a racially integrated political landscape, which was unusual in the post-Civil War South.
The political climate leading up to the insurrection was charged. There was increasing resentment from white supremacist groups towards the city's biracial government and efforts were made to stoke racial tension. The white supremacists sought to end what they termed "Negro rule" and initiated a campaign to do so, using the press to spread white supremacist propaganda.
On November 10, a mob of about 2,000 white men, led by prominent local citizens, embarked on a mission to overthrow the elected local government, expelling opposition black and white political leaders from the city. The mob burned the offices of the black-owned local newspaper, killed an estimated 60 to more than 300 people, and ran many others out of town.
Following the coup, many of the leaders of the insurrection were elected to office. The event marked the beginning of an era of severe racial segregation and disenfranchisement across the South.
For many years, the insurrection was not widely recognized as a coup but was misrepresented as a race riot initiated by the Black community. It's only in recent decades that a more accurate understanding of the event has emerged, highlighting the insurrection as a violent overthrow of a legitimately elected local government.
Today, the 1898 insurrection is recognized as a significant event in U.S. history, an instance of violent overthrow of an elected government in the name of white supremacy. It underscores the severe racial and political tensions of the era and the lengths to which some were willing to go to maintain white dominance in the South.
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- imbecile3
Memorial Day, as a national holiday in the United States, was officially recognized in 1868, three years after the Civil War ended. It was initiated by the Grand Army of the Republic (an organization of Union veterans) to honor Union soldiers who died during the Civil War. It was initially known as Decoration Day, a day to decorate the graves of fallen soldiers with flowers.
However, there is a particular event that predates the official recognition of Memorial Day and it involves a group of freed slaves in Charleston, South Carolina. On May 1, 1865, not long after the end of the Civil War, a group of freed slaves, along with white missionaries and teachers, held a parade of about 10,000 people to honor Union soldiers who had died in a Confederate prison camp in Charleston. During the war, the site had been a racetrack, and the Union prisoners were buried in a mass grave near the track. The freed slaves exhumed the bodies and gave each soldier a proper burial. They then held a parade to honor the soldiers, decorating their graves with flowers.
This event was one of the first-known instances of African Americans paying tribute to fallen Union soldiers, and it has been linked to the later creation of Memorial Day. However, it's important to note that Memorial Day as a national holiday had multiple origins in various towns and communities who honored their Civil War dead in different ways.
The 1865 event in Charleston has gained attention in recent years as a significant, but often overlooked, moment in the history of Memorial Day. Yet, it's just one piece of the larger story of how Memorial Day came to be and how it was celebrated in its early years. It's also a powerful reminder of the ways African Americans have contributed to the rituals and traditions of remembrance in the United States.
- imbecile3
Redlining is a discriminatory housing policy that began in the 1930s under the New Deal, during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. At the time, the federal government was trying to address the housing crisis of the Great Depression by introducing new ways to provide affordable housing and make home ownership accessible to a greater number of Americans.
The term "redlining" comes from the color-coded maps created by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC), a New Deal agency. On these maps, neighborhoods were graded and color-coded based on their "desirability" for investment. The lowest grade — D, colored red — was often assigned to neighborhoods that were predominantly African American or immigrant communities. These areas were deemed "hazardous" for investment, leading to a severe curtailment of home loans and insurance availability in these neighborhoods, regardless of the residents' individual qualifications or circumstances.
In the years that followed, the practice of redlining was adopted by private banks and other lending institutions, often with the backing of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The FHA's underwriting manual even recommended against insuring loans in racially mixed neighborhoods to prevent supposed "inharmonious racial groups."
This systemic discrimination led to a number of devastating effects for communities of color:
Limited Home Ownership: Because it was nearly impossible to get a mortgage in a redlined area, many people in these communities were forced to rent rather than buy homes.
Disinvestment and Decline: Without access to loans for home repairs or business investment, redlined neighborhoods often suffered from neglect and disinvestment, leading to a decline in property values.
Housing Segregation: Redlining, combined with other discriminatory practices like racial covenants (legal clauses in property deeds restricting the sale of property to certain racial groups), contributed to the racial segregation of cities, a legacy that persists to this day.
Wealth Disparity: Because home ownership is a key source of wealth creation in America, redlining has played a significant role in creating the racial wealth gap, which continues to widen.
Redlining was officially outlawed by the Fair Housing Act of 1968, part of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, or disability. However, the long-term effects of redlining are still felt today, as many neighborhoods remain racially segregated, and significant disparities in wealth, education, and employment persist. Additionally, there are ongoing concerns about contemporary practices that perpetuate housing discrimination, such as discriminatory lending practices and the siting of affordable housing.
- palimpsest4
The Passaic Textile Strike of 1930 was a significant event in American labor history that unfolded in Passaic, New Jersey. It was one of the largest strikes in the textile industry during the Great Depression era. The strike was triggered by the harsh working conditions and low wages faced by textile workers, many of whom were immigrants and women. Led by the Passaic Textile Workers Union, thousands of workers participated in the strike, marching through the streets and demanding better treatment and improved working conditions.
The strike gained national attention and support, drawing sympathy from labor activists, intellectuals, and even some politicians. The workers faced strong resistance from the mill owners, who sought to suppress the strike and maintain their control over the industry. The strike lasted for several months and involved numerous clashes between the striking workers, strikebreakers, and law enforcement. Although the strike did not achieve all of its immediate goals, it brought attention to the plight of industrial workers and contributed to the broader labor movement, leading to improved labor rights and reforms in the years that followed. The Passaic Textile Strike of 1930 serves as a reminder of the struggles faced by workers during a time of economic hardship and the resilience of those who fought for better working conditions and fair treatment.
- palimpsest7
In the early morning hours of March 25, 1911, an obscure but pivotal event unfolded in American history that had a profound impact on worker's rights. Known as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, tragedy struck as a devastating fire broke out on the upper floors of the garment factory located in New York City's Greenwich Village. The factory employed predominantly young immigrant women who worked long hours in harsh conditions for meager wages. The fire quickly engulfed the building, trapping workers inside due to locked exit doors and inadequate fire safety measures. The catastrophic event resulted in the deaths of 146 workers, many of whom perished due to smoke inhalation, burns, or by jumping out of the windows in desperation.
This unknown event galvanized public outcry and ignited a wave of activism for improved worker's rights and safety regulations. It served as a catalyst for significant labor reforms and spurred the growth of the labor movement in the United States. The tragedy brought attention to the exploitative practices of the garment industry and prompted the establishment of numerous factory safety standards, including fire codes, building inspections, and workplace regulations. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire remains a somber reminder of the sacrifices made by workers in their fight for fair working conditions and the subsequent advancements in labor rights that emerged from this dark chapter in American history.
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- imbecile0
The Pullman Strike was one of the largest and most influential labor actions in American history. Here's a deeper look at the strike and its connection to Labor Day:
The Pullman Strike: The Pullman Strike took place in the summer of 1894, primarily in Chicago, Illinois. It involved the American Railway Union (ARU) led by Eugene V. Debs and the workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company, which manufactured luxury sleeping cars for railroads.
Cause of the Strike: The Pullman Company, facing a downturn in business due to the economic depression of the time, cut wages for their workers by approximately 25% but did not decrease rents or prices in the company town where the workers lived. This led to a strike by the workers, which began on May 11, 1894.
Spread of the Strike: The ARU became involved when the Pullman workers sought their assistance. The ARU called for a boycott of all trains using Pullman cars. This spread the impact of the strike throughout the railway industry and disrupted railroad traffic across the Midwest.
Federal Intervention and Strike's End: The federal government intervened by getting a court injunction against the strike leaders, arguing that the strike was disrupting the delivery of the U.S. Mail and thus interstate commerce. When the strike leaders, including Debs, refused to obey the injunction, they were arrested. The strike was broken up by federal troops, leading to violent clashes and a number of deaths.
Establishment of Labor Day: The Pullman Strike was a significant event that raised awareness of labor issues. Later that year, President Grover Cleveland, in an effort to conciliate organized labor after the strike, pushed legislation to establish Labor Day as a national holiday. Labor Day was already celebrated in some states, but it was officially recognized as a federal holiday in 1894.
The Pullman Strike had a profound effect on American labor law and was instrumental in the establishment of Labor Day. It highlighted the federal government's role in labor disputes and led to greater recognition of workers' rights. Eugene V. Debs, the leader of the ARU during the strike, would go on to become one of the most famous figures in American socialism.
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- imbecile1
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history and marked a significant turning point in labor regulations.
Context and Factory Conditions
The Triangle Shirtwaist Company was located on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of the Asch Building (now known as the Brown Building) in the Greenwich Village area of Manhattan, New York City. It was a large manufacturer of women's shirtwaists (blouses). The company was owned by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, who were known as the "Shirtwaist Kings."
The factory workers were mostly young, immigrant women from Italy and Eastern Europe. They worked six days a week, often up to 14 hours a day, in extremely crowded conditions. Pay was very low, and the working environment was harsh.
In terms of safety, conditions at the factory were abysmal. Fire safety measures were virtually non-existent. There were no fire drills, and the factory's owners reportedly locked the doors to the stairwells and exits – a common practice at the time to prevent unauthorized breaks and theft.
The Fire
The fire began on the afternoon of March 25, 1911. It is believed to have started in a scrap bin, possibly caused by a discarded cigarette or match, although the exact cause was never determined. The bin held two months' worth of fabric scraps, which provided ample fuel for the fire.
The flames spread quickly, consuming the flammable shirtwaists and other materials throughout the factory. Workers tried to extinguish the fire with buckets of water, but the factory had no sprinkler system, and the flames quickly got out of control.
As workers tried to escape, they found that the doors to the stairwells and exits were locked. The only fire escape, a flimsy and poorly-constructed iron structure, collapsed under the weight of the many workers trying to escape.
Many workers rushed to the windows, but the fire department's ladders were too short to reach the upper floors of the ten-story building. Some workers jumped from the windows to their deaths, a sight that horrified onlookers.
Aftermath and Trial
The fire resulted in the deaths of 146 garment workers, most of them young women. The factory's owners, Blanck and Harris, were charged with manslaughter. Their trial began in December 1911, and they were defended by prominent lawyer Max Steuer. Despite witness testimonies, they were acquitted in 1914. Later, in a civil suit, they were ordered to pay $75 per deceased victim.
Impact on Labor Laws
The public outrage over the fire and the treatment of the factory workers led to numerous changes in labor laws and the creation of regulatory bodies to enforce them. New York State established the Factory Investigating Commission to examine working conditions in factories and propose new laws.
Reforms that followed the tragedy included laws requiring better building access and egress, fireproofing requirements, the availability of fire extinguishers, and the installation of alarm systems and automatic sprinklers. Laws were also passed to limit the numbers of workers per floor, and regulations were put in place for the storage and disposal of flammable waste materials.
The tragedy also galvanized the labor movement. Union membership swelled, and the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union became a powerful force advocating for the rights of workers in the garment industry.
Today, the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire is marked by a plaque and is remembered as one of the events that spurred significant improvements in workplace safety and labor rights in the United States.
- milfhunter1
why is there a shitload of woke posts on the frontpage? Can we stop giving a fuck about this?
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- robthelad-2
Look. We woke. We gotta tell everyone.
- Gnash0
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