In Louisiana, black women were put in cells with male prisoners and some became pregnant.
All children born in the penitentiary to blacks were property of the state.
At 10 years, they would be auctioned off. The proceeds were used to fund schools for white children.
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This is wild.
Her “investigative report” was just an AI search. Black historians have been telling this story for years. There’s a whole chapter in my book about it w/endnotes to the maps she claims she couldn’t find bc they didn’t pop up on Google.
Apparently, nothing exists until white people confirm it
Some of the people he’s talking about are still alive. A LOT of their children are.
In a place where this was the overwhelming social norm, it’s insane to believe MOST of those people changed.
It’s a hard thing to hear or to say out loud.
But believing it is ABSOLUTELY insane
For those of you who don’t understand my righteous anger; I’m on 2 TV series, ELSBETH and RAISING KANAN. I’m filming SUPERMAN. Two years ago, I finished the fourth season of JACK RYAN. Last year I finished a run on Broadway in DEATH OF A SALESMAN. Even with my proof of employment, bank statements and real estate holdings, a white apartment owner DENIED my application to rent the apartment…..in Harlem, of all places. Racism and bigots are real. There are those who will do anything to destroy life’s journey for Black folks. When you deny our personal experiences, you are as vile and despicable.
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Crystal Mason, a Texas woman who was sentenced to 5 years in prison after she tried to cast a provisional ballot in 2016, has been acquitted
She has always maintained she had no idea she was ineligible and only tried because her mom urged her to
https://t.co/OQsrzTghH7