#jimcrowlaws

[tubbsmccracken]

This is another reason that I vote every year. My ancestors spent their entire lives in slavery or dealing with racists getting away with murder.

Tell me, what inspires you to vote?

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

Sidetracked during YouTube browsing to find vintage footage of American boxer, Jack Johnson. I first came across the name many years ago in an excellent encyclopedia of the 20th century (which sadly, I have never located since). 

The only details that I knew back then subsisted of Johnson beating white opponents, and the call for a “Great White Hope” to defeat him. 

Later I learned that he had been penalised under the Mann Act for transporting a woman across state lines for immoral purposes. However, this punishment had a more racial import, as the woman in question was white. Johnson was pardoned in 2018 by President Trump. 

This footage is astonishing. First of all, Johnson’s fights occurred at the dawn of the 20th century, so the fact we even have this footage is a miracle. Next, it is one thing to read of a heroic boxer, his image much embroidered by hero-worshippers and himself-- but quite another to see him in person. 

We see both how he was treated as a sensation, usually by white American observers, and his own apparent hesitancy in some camera shots. He had a big smile, which is striking, given the sheer lack of dignity afforded to any black man of his time. And his physique was as impressive as pictures suggest. 

The footage of the fights themselves inspire both awe and unease. Every time Johnson gained the upper hand and won, you can sense the bitterness and tension in a largely white American audience, which, according to newspapers, led to race rioting afterwards. Today, it is astonishing and repugnant to many that such a result could occur. 

Back in the early 20th century, when men and women like Johnson would literally be relegated to the back of any place regardless of fame, this was commonplace. We must always remember not to return to such irrational and repugnant behaviour. 

Astonishing footage, a must watch-- even for non-boxing fans like myself. 

[djsegwon]

Can someone explain how did a #asianhatecrimebill get passed in one year vs a #AntiLynchingBill that's been on the table forever and a day!!!!?????? BLACK AMERICANS LOVE SYMBOLISM VS TANGIBLES! #JimCrowJoe #jimcrowlaws #blacklaborwhitewealth #fromheretoequality #blackwallstreet #movebombing #wheredowegofromhere #newarkriots #theracialwealthgap #theywhereherproperty (at New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTIH_hdAWrq/?utm_medium=tumblr

[djsegwon]

@barackobama , "you neegahs don't need no reparations, pull yourselves up by the bootstraps!" Me, what boots sir, we've never had boots to straps up to being with! The perfect example of all skin folk aint kin folk, but he did for everyone else except the ones who got him in office twice! Legalized same sex marriage, while also legalizing a trans person who was a man turned whatever can go into the ladies bathroom! Now @potus , is doing the same thing ,shitting on black Americans who got him in office but yall called @realdonaldtrump a racist/ prejudice etc etc , but we've seen #jimcrowjoe give #asianamericans a #asianhatecrimebill ÷ $50M while there's an anti lynching bill still on the senate table , with no money for blacks who've been systematically getting killed by everyone from cops to citizens without any real due process or justice coming out off these judicial killings of black citizens! #thereconstructionera #jimcrowlaws #blackcodes #segregation #reparations #ados #blackamerican #heritage #culture #theywereherproperty #blacklaborwhitewealth #wheredowegofromhere #fromheretoequality (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSMn73cLf_o/?utm_medium=tumblr

[wwtweets]

Jim Crow Ballot 'Purity' Phrase Yanked From Texas Vote Suppression Bill At Last Minute A segregationist term from the Jim Crow ... Read the rest on our site with the url below https://worldwidetweets.com/jim-crow-ballot-purity-phrase-yanked-from-texas-vote-suppression-bill-at-last-minute/?feed_id=10120&_unique_id=6098684e7e096 #JimCrowlaws #Texas #votersuppression

[franklong12]

Jim Crow Ballot 'Purity' Phrase Yanked From Texas Vote Suppression Bill At Last Minute A segregationist term from the Jim Crow ... Read the rest on our site with the url below https://worldwidetweets.com/jim-crow-ballot-purity-phrase-yanked-from-texas-vote-suppression-bill-at-last-minute/?feed_id=10119&_unique_id=6098684dd0907 #JimCrowlaws #Texas #votersuppression

[livehiphopdailytv]

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[franklong12]

Rapper Mac Phipps, Imprisoned 21 Years, Fights For Exoneration After Change In Racist Law After preserving his innocence throughou......Read the rest by clicking the link below! https://worldwidetweets.com/rapper-mac-phipps-imprisoned-21-years-fights-for-exoneration-after-change-in-racist-law/?feed_id=34562&_unique_id=605f29b745721