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Tag Archives: slavery
Texan mom wins fight against textbook that ‘erased’ slavery
A Texas mom shocked that her son’s textbook merely called African slaves “workers” is thrilled that publisher McGraw-Hill has promised revisions. But changing a single caption is hardly enough to combat what some educational experts call a wave of ideologically-fueled … Continue reading
Monday Open Thread | Sharecroppers’ History
Top of the week to you all. This week 3 Chics will feature the history of SHARECROPPERS. Hat tip: SruggleforProgress Lest We Forget: The Lost Stories of Southern Sharecroppers (Full Documentary) ICYMI
Posted in Black Codes, Black History, Black Voters, Current Events, Freedom, Heritage, History, Human Rights, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Jobs, Justice, Media, News, Open Thread, Politics, Vice President Joe Biden
Tagged 2015 Human Rights National Dinner, 3 Chics Politico, sharecroppers history, slavery, SruggleforProgess, Vice President Biden
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Black History |The Slave Trade | Conditions on Slave Ships
Conditions on Slave Ships How the slaves were “packed” There are two ways for the captains to load their boats with slaves. One system is called loose packing to deliver slaves. Under that system, captains transported fewer slaves than their … Continue reading
Posted in Africans, Black History, Civil Rights, discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, History, Human Rights, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Open Thread, Racism, Slave Auctions, Slavery, Terrorism
Tagged 3chicspolitico.com, Black History, Conditions on Slave Ships, slavery, The Middle Passage, The Slave Trade, The Stain on America
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Black History | Slave Auction Block
As in any mercantile system, slave agents recorded, insured, advertised, displayed, and finally, sold their “wares” to the highest bidders. To prepare for sales, dealers fed, cleaned, and oiled down slaves to hide disease and to improve appearance. Sales took … Continue reading
Posted in Black History, Civil Rights, discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, History, Human Rights, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Open Thread, Racism, Slave Auctions, Slavery
Tagged 3chicspolitico.com, Black History, Destruction of the Black Family, human rights abuses, Slave Auction Block, slavery
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Black History | Wet Nursing
The back story, is slavery. Understand that the system of slavery functioned by removing all agency from black bodies. The removal of identity, autonomy, culture and humanity was a necessary facet of slavery. To white slave masters, the only way … Continue reading
Posted in Black Codes, Black History, Civil Rights, discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, History, Human Rights, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, News, Open Thread, Racism, Slavery
Tagged 3chicsPolitico, Black History, Black women sufferage, Breastfeeding slaves, dehumanization, horrific acts against slaves, slavery, Wet Nursing
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Thursday Open Thread | Toni Morrison Week
Hapy Thursday, Everyone! Hope you’re enjoying Toni Morrison week! Today’s featured novel…. Beloved is a novel by the American writer Toni Morrison. Set after the American Civil War (1861–1865), it is inspired by the story of an African-American slave, Margaret … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Books, Culture, Movies, News, Open Thread, Politics
Tagged Beloved, Danny Glvoer, Jonathan Demme, Oprah Winfrey, slavery, Toni Morrison
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White Texas Commissioners Accidentally Vote to Back Slavery Reparations
3 Chics had to front page this story. Talk about CLUELESS. These folks should have been required to pass a LITERACY TEST. Dallas County, population 2.5 million, now officially stands for “monetary and substantial reparations” for black Americans’ suffering, after … Continue reading
Juneteenth Facts
Hat tip: Madameniore.com Juneteenth is one of the most important days in African American history but we bet there’s still a lot you don’t know about this historic occasion.
Video & Transcript | The Case for REPARATIONS by Ta Nehisi Coates
Ta Nehisi Coates’ article, The Case for Reparations in the Atlantic. Bill Moyers & Ta Nehisi Coates SG2: “This ISH is EMBARRASSING! white income in 2011 was 72% higher than blacks. Where’s the outrage? When women were making 77 cents … Continue reading
Posted in Africans, Black History, Civil Rights, Culture, Domestic Terrorism, Economics, Healing, Heritage, History, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Media, News, Politics, Voting Rights
Tagged 3 Chics Politico, 40 acres & a mule, FHA, home mortgages, NO we are not a post-racial nation, redlining, Reparations, slavery, Ta-Nehisi Coates, White Supremacy
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Black History | Nat Turner
Born on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia, Nat Turner was only a young boy when people heard him describing events that had occurred before he was born. An intelligent child, he was soon labeled as a prophet and … Continue reading
