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The African American Midwest: A 500 Year Fight For Freedom
Documentary film in production

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Pope Leo’s Afro-Creole grandparents came to Chicago during Great Migration
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https://t.co/w5CnhZyL1E

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Musical pioneer Charles "Chuck" Berry, often credited as the father of rock 'n' roll, was born on October 18, 1926, in St. Louis, Missouri.

📸: Photo of Chuck Berry, c. 1958 (Pickwick Records/Billboard)

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5 years earlier, in 1829, just down the Ohio River from Wheeling, the Cincinnati High School for Colored People – the first school for African Americans in Ohio – was opened. Ohio's Black Laws were pernicious, but a far cry from the South across the River.

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On this day in 1834, authorities in Wheeling, a city in present-day West Virginia, charged four people with unlawful assembly for convening a literacy class for Black residents. https://t.co/dZV7PUTdM9

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Congrats to Erik McDuffie, University of Illinois Prof and our own Executive Producer, on the publication of "The Second Battle for Africa!" and its focus on the Diasporic Midwest!
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Outline here:
https://t.co/5QSHglEIel

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@eji_org And as importantly, Till’s mother and her Chicago community - including The Chicago Defender - refused to let the world ignore Emmett’s tragedy.

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The Springfield Race Riot, commemorated at last. The tragedy led to the founding of the NAACP

https://t.co/m2blrtR8tP via @NYTimes

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Dred Scott sued for his freedom inspired by Rachel, a woman enslaved at the same Forts as Scott. Rachel sued for freedom based on the Midwest's slavery ban – and won. So did Dred and Harriet Scott – until the Supreme Court reversed @wihumanities https://t.co/o1MFkJLT7k

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The African Americans of Buxton, Iowa, built a town founded on true equality and justice in the late 1800s. 135 years later, America needs more Buxtons.

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Shout out to Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara on the publication of her article "Race-Based Slavery adnthe Pople of African Descent on the Midwest Frontier" Article: https://t.co/hbNBYz01qA

Here's our interview with Christy: https://t.co/LxVbhVtJCx

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Christy Clark-Pujara of the University of Wisconsin on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Terrace with our new issue featuring her article "Race-Based Slavery and People of African Descent on the Midwestern Frontier" https://t.co/01OtsBOupM @MwHWG @UWiscPress @WPR @UWMadison

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AAMW's Crystal Moten & her book "Continually Working" were headliners @ Midwest History Conference last week alongside Professors Courtney Joseph of Lake Forest and our own Erik McDuffie of UIllinois.

Miss it? Here's a link to our interview!: https://t.co/LSdZdiXf8O

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@The_Africanus @JMitchellNews very cool, Leon!

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THE ERASURE OF BLACK WOMEN:
How Dr. Moten Found the African American Women of MIlwaukee
https://t.co/6JBS9qfqc0

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BEFORE GEORGE FLOYD
In 1958 Daniel Bell was murdered by Milwaukee Police. The Midwest was no safer for Bell than the South.

In 2020 George Floyd would suffer the same fate in Minneapolis.

Watch this clip of Dr. Crystal Moten to learn more.
LINK: https://t.co/EEV2CZo4oU

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BLACK WOMEN'S WORK:
Continually Working, Dr. Crystal Moten's broundbreaking book on Milwaukee Women's fight for economic justice.

Interview on Youtube: https://t.co/pgoalNLFCr
Thread: Video links 🧵

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