Dare ObasanjoJun 19

A visual like this makes it look like progress is a straight line but the truth is more nuanced. During the Reconstruction from 1865 to 1877, Black people in the American South had civil rights. Eventually there was a backlash which led to almost 80 years of repression via Jim Crow laws.

We are currently living through another backlash era with Trump following Obama.

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@carnage4life

Excellent graphic.

But of course, we know that the end of segregation took many years after Brown to be implemented.

#Juneteenth is a great time to celebrate victories, but remember the work never ends.

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