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Paddyrollers began in 1704 in South Carolina. The Paddyrollers job was to ride around slave plantations stopping all slaves they encountered and making them prove that they were engaged in lawful activities. Paddyrollers required Blacks to produce a pass, which stated their owner's name as well as where and when they were allowed to be away from the plantation and for how long…SOUND FAMILIAR. Paddyrollers would break up large gatherings and assemblies of Blacks, enter without warrant the plantation grounds to search the slave quarters and inspect slave homes… DAMN THIS SOUNDS SO FAMILIAR… looking for stolen goods, missing slaves who had turned runaway and weapons that could be used in an revolt. They also looked for evidence of books, papers, and pens because remember learning to read and write was forbidden for Black folks on the plantation. I WASN’T BORN A SLAVE BUT I’VE BEEN FORCED TO PRODUCE MY PASS…I MEAN ID AND ASKED WHERE I’M GOING, SEARCHED FOR WEAPONS AND TOLD WE HAVE TO MOVE OFF THE BLOCK SEVERAL TIMES. DAMN FUNNY HOW TIMES NEVER CHANGE. #paddyrollers #slavecatchers #overseer #officer #moderndayslavepatrol #thingstheydontteachyou #blackhidstory #themorethingschange #throwawaythewholesystem #makebeingblackinamericalegal https://www.instagram.com/p/BcffBtYgomy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n6efia7rxvi0

March 25, 1931: 9 African-American youths, accused of raping two white women on a freight train, were arrested at Paint Rock, Alabama. They were transferred to Scottsboro, Alabama and become known internationally as the Scottsboro Boys. The Scottsboro Boys were 9 black teenage boys accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. The case included a frameup, an all-white jury, rushed trials, an attempted lynching, an angry mob, and is an example of an overall miscarriage of justice. The Scottsboro Boys at the time were defended by many in the North and attacked by many in the South. The case is now widely considered a miscarriage of justice that led to the end of all-white juries in the South. The case has inspired and has been examined in literature, music, theatre, film and television. On November 21, 2013, Alabama's parole board voted to grant posthumous pardons to the Scottsboro Boys. FIGHTING INCIDENT & ACCUSATIONS: On March 25, 1931, on the Southern Railway line between Chattanooga and Memphis 9 black youths were "hoboing" on a freight train with several white males and two white women. A fight began between the white and black groups near the Lookout Mountain tunnel, and the whites were kicked off the train. A posse in Paint Rock, Alabama was given orders to search for and "capture every Negro on the train". The posse arrested the black teenagers for assault. The black teenagers were Olen Montgomery (age 17), Clarence Norris (age 19), Haywood Patterson (age 18), Ozie Powell (age 16), Willie Roberson (age 16), Charlie Weems (age 16), Eugene Williams (age 13), and brothers Andy (age 19) and Roy Wright (age 12 or 13). The posse also encountered two white women, Ruby Bates and Victoria Price, who informed the members of the posse that they had been raped by the black teenagers. A doctor was called and soon examined the women for evidence of rape and for samples of semen. A widely shown photo displays the two women shortly after the arrests in 1931. #scottsboroboys #blackhidstory #makebeingblackinamericalegal #butweshouldfearisis

A memorandum sent to field offices of the FBI set goals for what was termed as a new "counterintelligence program" against African American Nationalist groups. The objective was to block attempts by targeted groups to coalesce, grow and exist. The agencey believed unity was the "first step toward a Mau-Mau-style uprising" in the United States and the beginning of an "Black Revolution." The FBI hierarchy further believed their efforts would prevent the rise of a "Black Messiah" who could unify and "electrify" the masses. Top candidates for this leadership position were Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. #cointelpro #thewaronblackamerica #thingstheydontteachyou #makebeingblackinamericalegal #fbi #blackpantherparty #MalcolmX #martinlutherkingjr

Isaac Woodard, Jr., was an African American World War II veteran who was attacked by South Carolina police in 1946, while still in uniform, hours after being honorably discharged from the United States Army. His attack and injuries sparked national outrage and galvanized the civil rights movement in the United States. #isaacwoodard #civilrightsmovement #blacksoldiers #blackhistory #blackhidstory #thingstheydontteachyou #blacklivesmatter #makebeingblackinamericalegal #westandforyoubutyoudontstandforus

I'm done trying to teach racists what racism is. They aren't listening. They've never listened and they won't v ever listen. #americatheugly #maga #itstheamericanway #makebeingblackinamericalegal #racismwillneverdie https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXRH22J2Ii/?igshid=1evk7maualtbr

55 years ago today, President Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965 making it illegal to impose laws that denied African Americans the right to vote. The federal legislation provided enforcement of the rights already granted in 1870 in the Constitution’s 15th Amendment, but suppressed by state and local laws. #votingrightsact #lyndonbjohnson #civilrightsmovement #makebeingblackinamericalegal #gerrymandering #votersuppression #literacytests https://www.instagram.com/p/CDj4G1YJH75/?igshid=1riynusfh95xd

79 years ago today, Emmett Till was born. 14 years later, he was dead. Killed because Carolyn Bryant did what white people have been doing to minorities for years; weaponizing the authorities against minorities. Today we just call them "Karen" Rest easy king. You will never be forgotten. #emmetttill #greatblackmen #neverforget #makebeingblackinamericalegal #makethisdayaholiday #carolynbryant #pureevil #blackhidstory #civilrights #equalrights #blackhistoryeveryday #thingstheydontteachyou #lockherup #karensgonnakaren https://www.instagram.com/p/CDEJr2_JEpS/?igshid=b1q91li3x4sk

Still fights the same injustices. On this date in 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr. became the youngest person in the great U.S.A. executed. George Stinney was a 14 year old black boy convicted of murder as a result of a racially-biased and discriminatory trial in 1944 in his home town of Alcolu, South Carolina. He was so small, he had to be sat on his own bible so that the head mount could reach his head. #maga #georgestinney #thingstheydontteachyou #makebeingblackinamericalegal #blackhidstory #neverforget #treasureourown #americatheugly #themorethingschange https://www.instagram.com/p/CBggKhaj5WV/?igshid=1c924ugjovvo3