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Omaha Steve

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9. A long history in the US against people of color

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 12:03 AM

Dec 2014

The Wounded Knee Massacre - 29 December 1890
Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.

Wounded Knee Massacre site - 1890

Read more: http://lbha.proboards.com/thread/3555#ixzz3Lw42zPH7

I also have a connection to "I am a Man". They and I are AFSCME members.

http://www.afscme.org/union/history/mlk

Photo Credit: Richard L. Copley

On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to support AFSCME sanitation workers. That evening, he delivered his famous “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech to a packed room of supporters. The next day, he was assassinated.

Read the full “Mountaintop” speech: http://www.afscme.org/union/history/mlk/ive-been-to-the-mountaintop-by-dr-martin-luther-king-jr

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A question for you DU? ****Trigger Warning, Images**** Trigger Warning! [View all] sheshe2 Dec 2014 OP

kick and rec! nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #1

State torture and police brutality are two sides of the same coin. Obama needs to stand for what is grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #2

Why the photo of Australian aboriginals? Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #3

Because they are People of Color ismnotwasm Dec 2014 #5

They are not american. Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #6

Um Okay?? ismnotwasm Dec 2014 #10

It's about the crimes of whites against blacks...... all over the world .. nothing out of place here YOHABLO Dec 2014 #18

Oh really... Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #36

It's about the larger picture of colonization gollygee Dec 2014 #42

Aboriginals in Australia don't have a history of slavery like in the Americas Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #43

That appalling photograph says so much about what is wrong with the world. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2014 #44

They were victims of colonization gollygee Dec 2014 #45

I thought they were Solomon Islanders. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #13

If were only going skin deep irrespective of country, culture or history. Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #17

I've seen NOTHING BUT outrage here. JEFF9K Dec 2014 #4

Excuse me? sheshe2 Dec 2014 #8

Your use of this issue to shield some politician is offensive and just gross. Marr Dec 2014 #14

What? sheshe2 Dec 2014 #27

Let me see if I understand you. Marr Dec 2014 #35

Yikes! sheshe2 Dec 2014 #37

You act like I'm making it up. You *just* posted it. Marr Dec 2014 #39

No one's doing a perp walk... MrMickeysMom Dec 2014 #7

Yes we sure as hell did torture some folks under BUSHCO sheshe2 Dec 2014 #12

Do I need to drag out all the rage for you from BushCo, sheshe2? MrMickeysMom Dec 2014 #41

A long history in the US against people of color Omaha Steve Dec 2014 #9

Thanks Steve ismnotwasm Dec 2014 #11

Thank you Steve sheshe2 Dec 2014 #25

Pat Buchanan: Slavery Best Thing Ever to Happen to Blacks freshwest Dec 2014 #15

Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #16

WTF are you talking about? sheshe2 Dec 2014 #22

Sheshe, let the accusations ride off your back. Some people don't know you. freshwest Dec 2014 #29

Thank you for your beautiful response, freshwest. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #34

I have repeatedly voiced my outrage about onecaliberal Dec 2014 #19

I generally avoid your threads... SMC22307 Dec 2014 #20

then trash them... sheshe2 Dec 2014 #24

That was a drive by, let it go. freshwest Dec 2014 #40

I'm still waiting for your links.... sheshe2 Dec 2014 #38

k&r... spanone Dec 2014 #21

I agree marym625 Dec 2014 #23

Hooray for histrionics? flvegan Dec 2014 #26

Trash the thread then. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #28

Why? flvegan Dec 2014 #30

I love watching fools up close and in their face. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #32

There is no Kennedy family or Lindon Johnston fadedrose Dec 2014 #31

Just want to add something about leadership fadedrose Dec 2014 #33