After Vinegar Hill was demolished, the shiny new stores and apartments that were supposed to be built never materialized, and the once thriving black neighborhood remained empty for years https://t.co/rgNbRU3fXI
“We want to be in Atlantic City at the same time the hypocritical Miss America contest is being held. Theirs will be lily white and ours will be black.”
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These immigrant workers were seen as "hotheaded, knife-wielding, overdressed, sex-hungry young men." Really, they just wanted fair pay for their back-breaking labor. https://t.co/aAbjZvLkXq
The story of Central Park reminds us of why we should know the history of the places we love. What other much-loved spots have troubling origin stories? https://t.co/FEIYZquhOL
100 years later, Johnson was pardoned for the "crime" of traveling across state lines with his soon-to-be (white) wife. Read his story here: https://t.co/Shkp5DfBh7
He was the first black man in the NFL—which is now almost 70 percent black. Why doesn't he have a bust in the NFL Hall of Fame? https://t.co/BshucOqPoT
“We expected nothing from Republicans. We expected everything from Democrats.” But when anti-war protesters took on the Democratic establishment, blood ran in the streets of Chicago. https://t.co/QqeuSHoIvC