One of the things that most black people
know is that the public school system
does a horrible job teaching black
history. They will gladly tell you all the
wonderful things that white people did
and maybe even go back to Europe, but
the contributions of African Americans
are kept entirely on the backburner.


A fact that you should probably know is that
African Americans are the reason that
Memorial Day even exists in the first place.
According to Professor David Blight of Yale
University , the event began on May 1, 1865.
A group of former slaves in Charleston, SC
gave a proper burial to 257 Union soldiers
who’d been put into a mass grave.
The black community of Charleston then
consecrated the new cemetary with “an
unforgettable parade of 10,000 people.”

The event was initially called “Decoration Day” and
was led by 3,000 black by school children who
started off by singing the song “John Brown’s
Body.” They were then followed by hundreds
of black women with baskets of flowers and
crosses. After that, black men marched behind
them in cadence, followed by Union infantry.
The Union soldiers lived in horrible conditions,
and 257 of them died from exposure and
disease. This was the reason for the creation
of the mass grave site. A total of 28 black
men went to the site and re-buried the men
properly, largely as a thank you for helping
fight for their freedom.

They also built a fence around the cemetary,
and on the outside, put the words, “Martyrs of
the Race Course.”
Dr. Boyce Watkins, who created an online
course based on a forum held with Minister
Louis Farrakhan last month, says that this is
simply the tip of the iceberg. He says that
misinformation is one of the most storied
weapons used to perpetuate the oppression
of black people.
“Black people must, as part of our healing, go
back and rewrite history to ensure that we
learn the truth,” said Dr. Watkins. “You’ve
been lied to for your entire life, so it is up to
all of us to use the Internet as a critical
resource in helping us to learn who we truly
are. We are great people and America would
not be the country that it is today without our
sacrifice.”
Now you know the rest of the story. Go tell
this one to everyone you know.

American history has never been my headache

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and so what

I Knew that fro my American history class lol