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After summer of 2020, many more teachers started to teach people's history, like story of Wilmington Massacre.

This admin. is censoring people's history.

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Wilmington Massacre (#tdih 1898) is a clear example of need for reparations.

Ursula Wolfe-Rocca wrote lesson ⬇️ because "reparations are nowhere in the textbooks my school district has adopted to help me teach young people in the U.S. about their past."
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This was a coup d’etat against an elected, interracial Reconstruction era government.

Reconstruction does not get nearly enough attention in most schools.

Read our national report ⬇️ & advocate for more time & resources for the era in your district & nationally.
www.teachreconstructionreport.org

Wilmington Massacre is one of countless in U.S. history. Most massacres were designed by white supremacists to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of press, & more.

List ⬇️ of many more (but by no means all).
www.zinnedproject.org/collection/m...

"Lost in the fire that destroyed 'The Daily Record' were the lives of Black citizens and the spirit of a thriving Black community, and also the most promising effort in the South to build racial solidarity." -- @theatlantic.com ⬆️

Like Tulsa & many more.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/tu...

“They burned down Black newspapers all over the state [of NC]. They shut down entry to the city from Blacks and Republicans. . . It’s important not to forget that this was planned. . ." about Wilmington Massacre, ⬇️ by Vann Newkirk & @adriennelaf.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Nazi officials blamed Jews for the riots (pogrom), & imposed massive fine on German Jewish community.

Similar pattern with 1919 Elaine Massacre. White mobs killed African Americans, then state sentenced 12 Black men to death, blaming them for the violence.

Many more examples up through today.

This is commonly referred to as Kristallnacht.

However, Raoul Wallenberg Foundation & more groups note it's the “Nazi term for the event” and “make[s] little of what befell the Jews of Germany and Austria on these days. We must recognize that there were a lot more broken than glass.”

Thanks for recommending this poetry collection from @haymarketbooks.org. We'll add it as a companion resource on the Creole revolt #tdih post.

and more at the site and in the @rethinkingschools.bsky.social book "Rethinking Globalization" rethinkingschools.org/books/rethin...

Plotting Inequalities, Building Resistance: High School Students Use Math to Reflect on Social Inequality
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/pl...

Organic Goodie Simulation www.zinnedproject.org/materials/or...

We have lessons at the ZEP site on the topic that you could link to, including "The Thingamabob Game: A Simulation on Capitalism vs. the Climate" www.zinnedproject.org/materials/th...

We recommend "The Boys Who Said No" doc on the brave resistance to the draft, with a segment on the role of SNCC (@sncclegacy.bsky.social), including draft resister Cleveland Sellers.

Connects civil rights & anti-war movements.

Learn more and see trailer ⬇️
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