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The Rise and Fall of Freedmen's Towns and the Red Summer

The Rise and Fall of Freedmen's Towns and the Red Summer

Discover the history of all-Black towns established after the Civil War, offering hope and refuge for newly freed Black Americans. Explore how events like D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation" and the Red Summer of 1919 led to a resurgence of racial violence and attacks on these communities, culminating in tragedies like the Elaine Massacre and the Tulsa Massacre. The Tulsa Massacre part 1