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A quick roundup of things to say to Saltine Americans clutching their pearls over rioting and looting:
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Author’s Note: I’m writing this in hopes that it can be used to lighten the load of marginalized folks, keeping in mind that not all marginalized people want to engage in the ally conversation, and that is perfect as well. For those who do, my prayer is that when someone asks you the question, “how can I be a stronger ally?” you might choose to save your breath/energy and send this in its place.
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By President Barack Obama
Five simple graphics illustrate the differences between Authentic Allyship, Performative Allyship, White Fragility, Weaponized White Fragility, and Whitewashing. Easy to grasp and quick to communicate — take a look and share with your family, children, and friends.
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Today in “Hidden” History is a daily listing of important but little-known events illustrating the range of innovators, contributors, or incidents excluded from formal history lessons or common knowledge. Hidden history is intended not as an exhaustive review, but merely as an illustration of how popular narratives "hide" many matters of fundamental importance. Bookmark this page and check daily to quickly expand your knowledge. Suggest entries for Today in “Hidden” History by clicking the Contact Us link. Entries for September 19:
| Date | Type | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1865 |  Exactly three months after the end of the Civil War, Atlanta University—now Clark Atlanta University—is founded as the first HBCU (historically Black college or university) in the Southern United States. Atlanta University was the nation's first graduate institution to award degrees to African Americans in the Nation and the first to award bachelor's degrees to African Americans in the South. In 1988, Atlanta University consolidated with Clark College, which had been founded in 1869 as the nation's first four-year liberal arts college to serve African-American students, forming Clark Atlanta University. Learn more. | |
| 1868 |  White Georgia Democrats commit the Camilla Massacre, one of the more violent episodes in Reconstruction-era Georgia. In early September, just two months after being readmitted to the Union, the state legislature expelled all thirty-three newly elected Black or mixed-race members because they were at least one-eighth Black. In protest of the expulsions, several hundred Blacks and a few whites marched twenty-five miles from Albany to Camilla, to attend a Republican political rally. As marchers entered the courthouse square in Camilla, whites stationed in various storefronts opened fire, killing at least fifteen and wounding another forty. Hostile whites assaulted the marchers as they retreated for miles beyond the city. The violence at Camilla intimidated some African Americans, who stayed home on election day. White Democrats, then the racial minority in southwest Georgia, carried the election. Learn more. | |
| 1989 |  Gordon Parks' 1969 film, The Learning Tree, is among the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," along with films such as, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, and Gone With The Wind. The Learning Tree is a coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Parks based on his 1963 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. It depicts the life of Newt Winger, a teenager growing up in Cherokee Flats, Kansas, in the 1920s, and chronicles his journey into manhood marked with tragic events. It was the first film directed by an African-American person for a major American film studio. Learn more. |
