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D. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · edit-21 year agoRodney King suffered a fractured skull and cheekbone after being beaten by 4 Los Angeles, CA police officers, who were charged with a number of offenses. Many Angelenos felt certain of a conviction. Aplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageRodney King suffered a fractured skull and cheekbone after being beaten by 4 Los Angeles, CA police officers, who were charged with a number of offenses. Many Angelenos felt certain of a conviction. Aplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialD. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
D. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · edit-21 year agoIn WW2, the movement of millions of American troops to Britain, known as the “friendly invasion,” brought to light stark differences concerning racial segregation. Many Britons struggled to understandplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageIn WW2, the movement of millions of American troops to Britain, known as the “friendly invasion,” brought to light stark differences concerning racial segregation. Many Britons struggled to understandplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialD. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
D. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · 1 year agoIssued on July 26, 1948, Harry Truman’s Executive Order 9981 eradicated segregation in military. The response from the military units, however, ranged from muted to outright hostility. This was no surplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageIssued on July 26, 1948, Harry Truman’s Executive Order 9981 eradicated segregation in military. The response from the military units, however, ranged from muted to outright hostility. This was no surplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialD. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
D. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · 1 year agoExactly 75 years ago, President Harry S. Truman repudiated 170 years of officially sanctioned discrimination when he signed Executive Order 9981, calling for desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces. Thplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageExactly 75 years ago, President Harry S. Truman repudiated 170 years of officially sanctioned discrimination when he signed Executive Order 9981, calling for desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces. Thplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialD. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
D. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · 1 year agoBlack-American musical expression during enslavement laid the foundation for blues, jazz, country, gospel, rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, & popular music. Emerging from oppression, it reflected resilience & creaplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageBlack-American musical expression during enslavement laid the foundation for blues, jazz, country, gospel, rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, & popular music. Emerging from oppression, it reflected resilience & creaplus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialD. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
D. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · edit-21 year agoThe perception of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X is one where the two men are diametrically opposed figures in the battle against white supremacy (political insider vs. political renegade). The plus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageThe perception of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X is one where the two men are diametrically opposed figures in the battle against white supremacy (political insider vs. political renegade). The plus-squarefiles.mastodon.socialD. Elisabeth Glassco@mastodon.social · edit-21 year agomessage-square36fedilink
