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These stories are so hard to read, but we must. On June 12, 1945, Nicey Brown, a 74-year-old Black woman, died from injuries after an off-duty white police officer named George Booker forcibly entered her house and beat her with a bottle in Selma, Alabama. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Jim Crow Terrorism – What We Must Never Forget

Berry Washington (c. 1847 – May 26, 1919) was a 72-year-old black man who was lynched in Milan, Georgia, in 1919. He was in jail after killing a white man who was attacking two young girls. He was taken from jail and lynched by a mob. … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Jim Crow Terrorism – What We Must Never Forget

Good Morning POU. The Hanging Bridge in Mississippi, also known as the Shubuta Bridge, was the site of at least six hangings between 1918 and 1942. White vigilantes would hang Black people from the bridge and dump their bodies into the Chickasawhay River. The bridge is now closed to traffic but still stands as a haunting reminder of the horrors inflicted during the Jim Crow … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Jim Crow Terrorism – What We Must Never Forget

Good Morning POU. This week's post will not be easy to read, but it is our obligation to never forget what they endured. Terrorism ain't a foreign concept to us. … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Jim Crow Terrorism – What We Must Never Forget

Good Morning POU! Enjoy the hilarious I'm Gonna Git You Sucka! … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: Pou Movie Day – I’m Gonna Git You Sucka