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The 1920 massacre in Ocoee, Florida, involved whites lynching, castrating, and removing hundreds of blacks from their land in retaliation for them trying to exercise their right to vote.

Election Day 1920 gave us one of the most violent, horrific stories in the history of American democracy. And unfortunately, despite the lives lost and the unimaginable racism that precipitated the carnage, it’s a tale that has largely been left untold.

As many as 500 blacks were removed from their land. After the violent riot, the Klu Klux Klan set an embargo around the town to ensure that none of them could come back to their homes. In the meantime, the whites seized their property, sometimes with deeds requiring that the land “never be conveyed to Negroes” again.

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More than the massacre, what’s horrifying to me is the certainty that regular members of the community victim-blamed Perry (the voter) for causing it by disrupting the immoral, unjust norm. And lemme guess the people responsible for the death were never punished and their children and grandchildren love them. Oh white America…

Actually there were plenty of these occurrences. Here’s a list of some….Note that there were thousands of black lives lost at these riots. 

Whites were not too happy about desegregation in their cities. With subliminal attempts to keep their city segregated, blacks people were not allowed in the “white” part of town. Black homes and communities were destroyed and burned down by angry white mobs and countless deaths occured. Here are ONLY just a few examples of race riots that took place in our country: 1921: May 30- June 1. Tulsa, OK. Black Wall Street Massacre 1922. May 6, June 9 Kirven, Texas 1923: January 1. Rosewood, FL Rosewood Massacre 1930: October 12-15 Sainte Genevieve, MO 1931: March Scottsboro, AL 1935: March 19 Harlem, NY Harlem Riot of 1935 1943: May Mobile, AL 1943: June Los Angeles, CA Zoot Suit Riot 1943: June 15-16 Beaumont, TX Beaumont Race Riot of 1943 1943: June 20 Detroit, MI Detroit Race Riot 1943:August1 Harlem,NY Harlem Riot of 1943 1949: August-September Peekskill, NY 1951: July 11-12 Cicero County, IL Cicero Race Riot 1958: Maxton, NC Battle of Hayes Pond 1959: February Pearl River County, MS 1960: April Biloxi Beach, MS 1962: October Oxford, MS Uni of Mississippi 1963: September 30. Oxford, MS Ole Miss Riot 1963: July 11Cambridge, MD Cambridge riot of 1963 1963: May 13 Birmingham, AL Bombings 1964: July Brooklyn, NY 1964: July 18 Harlem, NY Harlem Riot of 1964 1964: July 24-26 Rochester, NY Rochester riot 1964: August Jersey City, NJ 1964: August Paterson, NJ 1964: August Elizabeth, NJ 1964: August Chicago, IL 1964: August 28 Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia 1964 race riot 1965: March 7 Selma, AL Bloody Sunday 1965: July Springfield, MA 1965: August 11-17 Los Angeles, CA Watts Riot

Why am I learning this just now?! And on the Internet. fucked up

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Saturday FEBUARY 13th in honor of black history month me and my friend Nakel Smith did our first ever event together which was a giveaway at Westchester skatepark in Los Angeles, CA

We just wanted to show everyone that not every young black man is negative, also just give back to our people in the community as well, thanks to  the whole Hardies hardware team and “IC” @illegalcivilization for showing up and giving to the people as well

We didn’t do this on the intent to make money or to gain anything, strictly for the love and fun of a good time and this was the end result as you can see it was “lit”!  

Oh yea btw, for the record, we broke the record 400-500 people showed up this is word from the park enforcer himself, even though the city didn’t want us to go through with it… This was more people then on opening day, just some young dudes straight out of south central with goal to chase

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