“It seems like we’re headed in the direction where there’s even an attempt to deny that the institution of #slavery even existed, or that #JimCrow laws & #segregation & #RacialViolence against Black communities, Black families, Black individuals even occurred,” said historian Clarissa Myrick-Harris, a professor at Morehouse College, the historically Black campus in Atlanta.
#CivilRights advocates, #historians & #Black political leaders sharply rebuked #Trump on Friday for his order, entitled “Restoring Truth & Sanity to American History.” They argued that his #ExecutiveOrder targeting the #Smithsonian Institution is his admin’s latest move to downplay how #race, #racism & #BlackAmericans themselves have shaped the nation’s story.
Shakedown #Politics, Sabotage, Self-Enrichment: How to Talk About #Trump & Musk's Authoritarian Activities
https://lucid.substack.com/p/shakedown-politics-sabotage-self
" #Trump & #Musk are not merely creating another #autocracy along the lines of #Hungary or #Turkey, with inspiration from South African #apartheid and the #JimCrow South. They are innovating the #authoritarian playbook with their power-sharing agreement and their chainsaw & wrecking-ball tactics."
The Trump administration quietly removed a ban on segregated facilities in government contracts.
The U.S. government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated facilities, including restaurants, restrooms, and drinking fountains.
Today in Labor History March 21, 1965: 3,200 people began the third march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to protest racial violence. Earlier efforts to hold the march had failed when police attacked demonstrators and a minister was fatally beaten by a group of Selma whites. The five-day walk ended March 26, when 20,000 people joined the marchers in front of the Alabama state Capitol in Montgomery. This time they were defended by national guards and FBI agents. Soon after, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
![The third Selma Civil Rights March frontline. From far left: John Lewis, an unidentified nun; Ralph Abernathy; Martin Luther King Jr.; Ralph Bunche; Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel; Frederick Douglas Reese. Second row: Between Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Bunche is Rabbi Maurice Davis. Heschel later wrote, "When I marched in Selma, my feet were praying." Joseph Ellwanger is standing in the second row behind the nun. By http://www.dartmouth.edu/~religion/faculty/heschel-photos.htmlThis URL is [as of Sept. 17, 2014] a dead link; Therefore, for a web.archive.org (Wayback machine) "snapshot" of this URL, please (feel free to) refer to this "archived" copy: "Heschel Selected Photos". the Trustees of Dartmouth College [faculty] [Department of Religion]. Archived from the original on Sep 17, 2014. Retrieved Sep 17, 2014., Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5004303](https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/200/711/692/155/418/original/15195a5cbf765b09.jpg)
Blue states need to step up and have laws prohibiting companies that segregate from doing business in their state.
IIRC, New York had something similar in the 1950s. There may be some old laws already on the books to be dusted off with a bit of updated language.
NPR: 'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
