Today in Labor History April 13, 1873: The Colfax massacre, occurred in Colfax, Louisiana. A mob of former Confederate soldiers and current KKK members murdered 60-153 black militiamen after they surrendered. The militiamen were guarding the parish courthouse in the wake of the contested 1872 election for governor. Southern elections during Reconstruction were regularly marred by violence and fraud. It was the worst act of racist violence during Reconstruction.
Today in Labor History April 13, 1975: Phalangists in Lebanon killed 26 members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. This marked the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War. 120,000 people died in the war and nearly one million people fled the country. One of the worst atrocities of the war was the Sabra and Shatila massacre. Lebanese Phalangists, allied with the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), slaughtered 3,500 Lebanese and Palestinian civilians in a refugee camp. IDF soldiers facilitated the slaughter by blocking exits and preventing civilians from escaping. In 1983, the Kahan Commission found then-Israeli Defense Minister, Ariel Sharon, personally responsible for the massacre. He resigned and then became Prime Minister.
OTD in 1864 at the Battle of Fort Pillow, pro-slavery Confederate forces killed most of the African American soldiers that had surrendered https://toilet-guru.com/blog/57.html?s=mb #travel #CivilWar #history #BlackLivesMatter
Also went to the
Petersburg National Battlefield - City Point in Hopewell to see the cabin General Grant lived in for months during the Civil War, at the confluence of the James and Appomattox Rivers. Osprey, bald eagles, blue herons, and tons of swallows.
Today is the anniversary of the shelling of Ft. Sumter by the South Carolina militia, kicking off what would become the American Civil War.
If anyone tries to argue the Civil War was not about slavery, we need only point that misguided (misinformed, miseducated) individual to this statement from the Mississippi secession convention at the time:
"Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery—the greatest material interest of the world."
An American Civil War spy drama ("epic" but I'm not so sure about that) that kicks off at a Passover seder? Sure, why not. It's timely, that's for sure. The writing is a a little choppy, and the main character seems to be a bit of a schlub, but I think I'll stick with it. #FridayReads #AmReading #Books #Bookstodon #Audiobooks #Fiction #History #CivilWar #Mazeldon @bookstodon
Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio, Texas. Came to Carrizo Springs during Civil War with white men seeking new range for their cattle. In 1865, with his master was one of the first settlers. He knew Billy the Kid, King Fisher, and other noted bad men of the border
#BobLemmons #CarrizoSprings #Texas #SanAntonio #CivilWar #first #Billy #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
#civilwar #appomattox #grant #history #alt
Heather Cox Richardson Surrender at Appomattox 4/9/2025
#politics #history #civilwar #equality #Racism #confederacy #alt #whitesupremecy
Heather Cox Richardson 4/9/2025
A Terrible Mistake According to Southern Land Owners
#civilwar #history #racism #whitesupremecy #republicans
Excellent read on how we got here since the civil war. A government for the people vs exclusion
Heather Cox Richardson 4/9/2025
“But their conviction that generosity would bring white southerners to accepting the equality promised in the Declaration of Independence backfired. Andrew Johnson of TN took over the presidency and worked hard to restore white supremacy without the old legal structure of enslavement, “
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/april-9-2025-wednesday?r=ymxmu&utm_medium=ios
Islamic State regains strength in Syria – The Irish Times https://www.byteseu.com/908664/ #CivilWar #Conflicts #kurds #MiddleEast #Military #Soldiers #Syria #SyrianDemocraticForces #Terrorism
Happy 160th anniversary of a bunch of murderous cowards finally giving up on the idea that they should own other human beings.
"The Battle of Appomattox Court House [...] was the final engagement of Confederate General in Chief Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia before they surrendered to the Union Army of the Potomac under the Commanding General of the United States Army, Ulysses S. Grant."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
Imagine if there had been a Democrat in office during COVID or 9/11... | @destiny
This is not a movie script. Will it happen this way? We don't know. But it's possible. Each of us should prepare ourselves and our families for it to happen.
Without Fear: a guide for those who are tired of waiting for the system to fix itself.
