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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 11m

I know it’s wishful thinking at this point, but it would be really great for democracy & our collective safety if media orgs were just a wee little bit clearer abt this eliminationist rhetoric & its historical impact.

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 14m

The Congressional GOP rhetoric labeling the No Kings protest as “terrorist” & participants as “rabid” is a pretty clear attempt to encourage & justify violence against an event that hasn’t even happened yet.

Politico @politico.com · 18h

Johnson slams the No Kings protest march scheduled to take place in DC next week as the “hate America rally” that would draw “the pro-Hamas wing” and “the antifa people.”

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 20m

I also teach Wilmington the week before with its convergence of Jim Crow national policies & violence w a new form of imperialism in 1898. I think that helps them identify those patterns in 1919. But it can still be tough for some to see past the rote triumphalist rhetoric of liberalism.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 28m

It’s difficult to really convey what happened & the extent of state culpability, but I’ve had most success having students examine primary docs to set up a synthesis of what I know they’ll find. I also have them read Carol Anderson’s White Rage, which draws out these themes over a longer span.

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Leon “Lee” Grayhare @grayharetherabbit.bsky.social · 14h

What an unfortunate coincidence that I’m talking about this and the Wilmington Coup of 1898 on Monday in my Violent Crime class…

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 15h

I was tonight years old when I learned this. Just vile.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

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Caroline Losneck @carolinelosneck.bsky.social · 16h

Wow. Never heard of this before now

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

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Spaceweft @spaceweft.bsky.social · 16h

Yet another huge part of my own country's history that I'd never heard of until now.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 18h

It does a good job of illustrating the pervasive violence & plunder of Jim Crow, & I’ve used it in my Racial State in Film class, but the white savior storyline is pretty wildly exceptional.

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 18h

That’s amazing! It’s such an incredible resource & I’m so grateful you put it together!

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 19h

What happens when Trump & Johnson get their wish & you don't have millions of antifa on the streets:

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

eji.org

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 18h

This is also a good illustration of why, when we talk abt US westward expansion (itself a colonial process), we also need to be talking abt empire.

T. J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 20h

Doomscrolling break!
I imagine every historian has a list of Most Neglected Aspect of History. I welcome them in the replies. Here's a thread on my candidate:

The California steamship lines from 1849–1869, during the gold rush until the first transcontinental railroad's completion.

My case:
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T. J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 20h

Doomscrolling break!
I imagine every historian has a list of Most Neglected Aspect of History. I welcome them in the replies. Here's a thread on my candidate:

The California steamship lines from 1849–1869, during the gold rush until the first transcontinental railroad's completion.

My case:
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Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · 19h

If you've never encountered the details of these events in 1919 and are wondering how bad it could possibly be: its absolutely fucking awful. Genuinely, horrendous.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

eji.org

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randy r. potts @thephatic.bsky.social · 22h

eat your heart out, Ezra Klein

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

eji.org

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hrlatinam.bsky.social @hrlatinam.bsky.social · 21h

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

eji.org

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Lemures @strepsirrhini.bsky.social · 22h

Absolutely essential reading.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

We’ll also be discussing Lucy Parsons’s classic “Americans! Arouse Yourselves!” in which she argues that voting alone will only reinforce these systems of violence & subjugation. Given the actual events of Red Summer, her assessment is difficult to dismiss.

Americans! Arouse Yourselves!

Lucy E. Parsons Americans! Arouse Yourselves! September 24, 1905 excerpts

theanarchistlibrary.org

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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 22h

1919: a summer of race massacres across U.S. amid a pandemic. Don’t turn your head away from real history.

Know your state’s and the nation’s brutal heritage of using white terrorism to block Black progress.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

eji.org

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 22h

Show of hands: Have you ever heard about this episode? Did you ever learn about it in school?

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

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Queen of Land @queenofland.bsky.social · 21h

I know there are many people, especially in the UK and EU, who don't know how the US rewarded Black veterans. They fought, risks their lives...and Black people got this as a reward.

You weren't taught about it. Most people in the US weren't.

There's a reason I don't wear a goddamn poppy.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

eji.org

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Chris in SF @chrismsf.bsky.social · 21h

I minored in African-American Lit and have been reading about America’s racist history my whole damn life and there’s always, still, some disgusting moment in our collective past that I’d never heard of.

The way Watchmen intro’d the unknowing to Tulsa…just always adding to the compendium of evil.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

eji.org

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spoOoOopymama! @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 22h

this is one of the WORST periods in american history and it’s been glossed to nothing in most history curriculums but the shame of this should be laid bare

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

eji.org

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

We’ll also be discussing Lucy Parsons’s classic “Americans! Arouse Yourselves!” in which she argues that voting alone will only reinforce these systems of violence & subjugation. Given the actual events of Red Summer, her assessment is difficult to dismiss.

Americans! Arouse Yourselves!

Lucy E. Parsons Americans! Arouse Yourselves! September 24, 1905 excerpts

theanarchistlibrary.org

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23h

Definitely frustrating, but also a reflection of how our education & public memory systems have been designed.

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