Afro-Descendants in Mexico's Independence
"Guerrero's army was made up mostly of Black and mulato men who made possible the triumph of the insurgent cause," writes Felipe Ávila, director of Mexico's Institute of Historical Studies of the Revolutions.
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—James Baldwin, born 100 yrs ago today
#OTD on January 28, 1918, Texas Rangers massacred fifteen men and boys at the village of Porvenir, Texas, in what is perhaps the single most notorious and consequential event in the history of the Ranger Force. 1/