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Shar(yna)Tran/Shark(aeopteryx)
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@Sharksonaplane@mastodon.sandwich.net  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

#OnThisDay in 1960: The Woolworth's sit-in protest against segregation in Greensboro, North Carolina. Not the first, but the start of a snowball. 4 fed-up students who decided to do something about it.

66 years later, we are seeing segregation roaring back (in many ways it never really left). This isn't just USpol, the international anti-immigrant trend is strongly based in racism. What are you deciding to do about it?

https://snccdigital.org/events/sit-ins-greensboro/

#BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #USHistory

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Sit-ins in Greensboro - SNCC Digital Gateway

Following the first Greensboro sit-ins, the original four students grew to 27 on the second day, and 63 students on the third day. The mass of protesters...
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Shar(yna)Tran/Shark(aeopteryx)
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@Sharksonaplane@mastodon.sandwich.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

btw: in this day and age, "deciding what you're going to do about it" in your local community can be done while still being covid-safe. Signed, someone who is #StillMasking everywhere and barely leaves the house.

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