Good Morning POU! We continue to look at important, but despicable stories regarding black athletes and racial violence that occurred during their respective sports. The Johnny Bright incident was a violent on-field against African-american player Johnny Bright by a white opposing player during an American college football game held on October 20, 1951 in Stillwater, … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Dying To Play – Black Athletes and Racial Violence
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Tuesday Open Thread: Dying To Play – Black Athletes and Racial Violence
This week's topic came to me after seeing this tweet: https://twitter.com/InstantRHIplay/status/902926158320230401 … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Dying To Play – Black Athletes and Racial Violence
Saturday Open Thread: Race Riots in America
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! THE SLOCUM MASSACRE Slocum, Texas … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Race Riots in America
Friday Open Thread: Race Riots in America
HAPPY FRIDAY P.O.U.! THE ATLANTA RACE RIOT OF 1906 Atlanta, Georgia The Atlanta race riot of 1906 was a racist pogrom in Atlanta, Georgia (United States), which began the evening of September 22 and lasted until September 24, 1906. It was characterized at the time by Le Petit Journal and other media outlets as a "racial massacre of negroes".[1] The death toll of the conflict … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Race Riots in America
Thursday Open Thread: Race Riots in America
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! THE ELAINE RACE RIOT Philips County, Arkansas The Elaine race riot, also called the Elaine massacre, began on September 30–October 1, 1919 at Hoop Spur in the vicinity of Elaine in rural Phillips County, Arkansas. With an estimated 100 to 237 blacks killed, along with five white men, it is considered the deadliest race riot in the state and one of … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Race Riots in America