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Battle of Blair Mountain 20th Century History (mander.xyz)
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[–] 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

My high school American Literature class mentioned the unrest of the Great Depression more than my history classes did.

American history class quickly rushed past (or skipped outright) everything after the Civil War to get to WWI, the Great Depression pretty much just as a leadup to WWII, WWII for like two months, then a little bit of the Civil Rights movement.

In college we spent a lot more time on those gaps, which is what all the "liberal brainwashing" is about.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    And the civil rights movement is mostly about peaceful protests, like sit ins. It'll spend a long time talking about MLK, but, at best, mentions Malcolm X, but doesn't go into any detail, unless it's to say it's wrong.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    I was pissed when I got to college and learned the truth about the black panthers, police history, labor history, etc. it's not ALL bad either. Vigilance committees in some places were actually pretty okay by some standards. The Montana Vigilance Committee for example. Still, it wasn't even college. It was the internet. It was teaching myself by listening to podcasts, reading books, watching videos on old YT that were more than 2 minutes long.

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