12 presidents owned slaves. Andrew Jackson’s political movement was based on the westward spread of white supremacy over the continent. Woodrow Wilson segregated the executive branch and blurbed Birth of a Nation.
BREAKING NEWS- Gov. Ralph Northam said he will propose legislation to make #Juneteenth, a celebration observed on June 19 commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. He made the announcement alongside Virginia native @Pharrell Williams.
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