Facts: “In every month for the six months leading up to the #SlocumMassacre, an African American in the East Texas region was executed by a white mob based on allegations alone. No trials, no juries — simply white verdicts.”
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#SlocumMassacre
The primary SOURCEs for this post were the article, 'July 29, 1910: Slocum Massacre in Texas" for zinnedproject.org/ (Teaching People’s History)
and
"The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas"
by E.R. Bills
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#OTD in History 1910

July 29: #SlocumMassacre
Context: A massacre perpetrated against citizens of the predominately African American town of Slocum, Texas.
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An additional recommended source for more information on the #SlocumMassacre is the book
"Ghosts of Slocum" by Constance Hollie-Jawaid & E R Bills
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Jack Holley, a trailblazing Slocum, TX entrepreneur, survived the 1910 massacre, forged ahead, and kept his family legacy thriving strong.

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In the aftermath, “The abandoned African American properties were absorbed or repurposed as the remaining white population saw fit. The standard Southern Anglocentric world order was restored, and this order has endured, even to the present day.”
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