@zinnedproject.bsky.socialOctavius V. Catto: teacher, scholar, & civil rights leader in Phila., Penn.
On day that Catto could finally vote (due to 15th Amendment he'd fought for), he was murdered by one of white vigilantes attacking Black voters on #tdih 1871. đź’”
#TeachReconstruction ⬇️
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@zinnedproject.bsky.social#tdih 1868 Opelousas Massacre in Louisiana đź’”
Began when KKK-like Knights of White Camelia beat classroom teacher & newspaper editor Emerson Bentley because he had promoted voter registration & education for all. #terrorism #TeachReconstruction
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@zinnedproject.bsky.socialThere are many primary documents from 1868 Camilla Massacre investigation to #teachoutsidetextbook, including affidavits by witnesses, newspaper clippings, letters, and more collected online by the Digital Library of Georgia, here: dlg.galileo.usg.edu/camilla/
@zinnedproject.bsky.socialThe Camilla Massacre of 1868 is a key story in Reconstruction & voting rights history.
Yet, advocacy only recently resulted in a marker (2023) & is still not widely known.
Students can advocate for greater recognition of this history. #TeachReconstruction
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@zinnedproject.bsky.social“Since Reconstruction times 53,000 Negroes have been killed in the South, & not more than three white men have been convicted & hung for these crimes.” — Robert Smalls, SC Constitutional Convention, #tdih 1895
#TeachReconstruction #Reparations 🧵Read ⬇️
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