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> This was a time referred to as the "nadir of race relations" in the US, Its incredible how little people know about the period in American history between th
by BoiledCabbage 5y ago
> This was a time referred to as the "nadir of race relations" in the US,
Its incredible how little people know about the period in American history between the end of Reconstruction and the start of WWII beyond just: "WWI", "Market Crash", "Great Depression".
Following one theme: Nadir of race relations, Red Summer of 1919, and Great Migration (one of the largest movements of people in history).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadir_of_American_race_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadir_of_American_race_relatio...
It makes it so much more difficult to have an objective discussion about the past simply because people are unaware of it, or simply understand it at a very high / hand-wavy level. "Some bad stuff happened then eventually it stopped."