365 Black History: May 18th – Birth of Jim Crow with Plessy v Ferguson, Reggie Jackson, & Mary McLeod Bethune

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The 365 Black History serious is designed to give our community a chance to learn and appreciate the achievement, struggles and experience of our ancestors, inventors, business people, scientific, educators, children and more.

On May 18th in Black History

1896 – Supreme Court upholds the “Separate But Equal” doctrine in education and public accommodations in Plessy v Ferguson.

The Plessy v Ferguson case was very important in the history of America’s relationship with Black people. It upheld the vicious and racist doctrine that said “separate but equal” was  just law of the land and single-handedly ushered in the destructive age of Jim Crow.

1946 – Reggie Jackson, baseball player, born.

1955 – Mary McLeod Bethune, educator, dies.

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Our history has a long, glorious and bright light that has shown since the dawn of time. However, it has long been hidden from us as if we were blind.

Now is the time to come together and consciously grow our understanding of our ancestors, culture, history and place in this world. The only way we can do this tie the knot of our past with our present to create the future we all desire.

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