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Soaked In Struggle, Genius, & Grace: August 13th Black History
August 13th: Soaked in Struggle, Genius, and Grace
Most people let August 13th pass like any other day.
They have no idea what this date holds.
In this episode of Sankofa Chronicles, we go back and fetch the history of August 13th — from 1892 to 2014.
On this one date:
The Black Press is born in Baltimore when The Afro-American hits the streets.
167 Black soldiers of the 25th Infantry are dishonorably discharged with no trial after the Brownsville Affair in 1906 — including 6 Medal of Honor recipients.
Voting rights organizer Lamar Smith is murdered on a Mississippi courthouse lawn in 1955…
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