On this day in 1972, Reporters exposed the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment — a secret study to examine the effects of untreated syphilis in Black men.
American medicine has been built upon the abuse of black people with no oversight.
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ive loved watching yeat work ethic come up from the bottom grinding songs out every day. we first worked when he had like 300 followers on soundcloud and now this… proud of bro. plus we split our royalties 50/50 not no 2% “industry rate” bs or something… no other “big” rapper has really fairly paid me but yeat. thats real shit.
On this day in 1921, The Tulsa Race Massacre happened in the affluent black community of Greenwood in Tulsa (Black Wall Street)
White supremacists killed more than 300 African Americans and looted & burned to ground homes & businesses.
History of Tulsa before the riot
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On this day in 1959, 69 black boys were padlocked in their dormitory at school and it was then set on fire.
21 burnt to death while 48 managed to escape.
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