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New Orleans in the 1960s was sharply divided over the practice of segregation, and the "Citizens’ Council of Greater New Orleans" advocated some pretty silly stuff, including a protest against black musicians.

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White students at Clinton High School in Tennessee picket their school when it becomes the first state-supported school to integrate, 1956.

To combat the high rate of death among slaves, plantation owners demanded females start having children at 13. By 20, the enslaved women would be expected to have about five children. —THREAD—

“We died to build America.” —Minister Louis Farrakhan

In 1971, Idi Amin Dada took over power in Uganda. His full title was ‘His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts, Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular”

White students at Clinton High School in Tennessee picket their school when it becomes the first state-supported school to integrate, 1956.

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Slave masters also had sex farms where they would rape black men, women, and children. The raping of Black men was called buck breaking. Marriages among the African slaves were also not recognized by their white enslavers.

It would be more than appropriate to credit Anarcha, along with other nameless slave women, as the "MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY"

Anarcha, one of those women, was an African-American slave woman who was forced to regularly undergo surgical experiments while positioned on Sims' table, squatting on all fours and FULLY AWAKE without the comfort of ANY anesthesia.

He repeatedly performed genital surgery on Black women WITHOUT ANESTHESIA because according to him, "Black women don't feel pain.”

J. Marion Sims “the father of modern gynecology” purchased Black women slaves and used them as guinea pigs for his untested surgical experiments.

Also The brutal enslavers also castrated Black males and use black females for gynecological research all while not providing them with anesthesia.

As an inducement, plantation owners promised freedom for enslaved female once she bore 15 kids

The Master ,his son(s) and other members of his family took turns with her to increase the family's fortune & to satisfy his extramarital sexual desires. Guests and neighbors were also invited to this luxury.

An enslaved woman was a sex tool beneath the level of moral considerations. She was an economic good, useful, in addition to her menial labor, for breeding more slaves. To attain that purpose, the master mated her promiscuously according to his breeding plans.

To combat the high rate of death among slaves, plantation owners demanded females start having children at 13. By 20, the enslaved women would be expected to have about five children. —THREAD—

“We died to build America.” —Minister Louis Farrakhan

They met in 1972, he was in law school and she became his reader, to assist him because he was blind. She taught him how to appreciate his gifts amidst his struggles and he taught her how to adopt a healthier lifestyle through exercise. They have been married for almost 50 years