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African American

BaronChocula

(4,245 posts)

1. Long overdue

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 01:26 PM

Thursday

Reminds me of a clip I saw on FB from an Irish Gen Y historian who is celebrating Black History Month. Her clip I saw last night was a reminder that Reconstruction didn't fail - it was intentionally dismantled. I often wonder how differently things would have turned out if republicans hadn't lost their spine in the 1870s.

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