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· 2w ago

Growing list of those born or died on September 21 in any year Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) https://mastodon.social/@audubonballroon/117302663766569116 #blackwomen #blackhistory #whitehistory #northernireland #ireland #colonialism #newcrossfire #animations #blackfilm #mexico #blackmastodon

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Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. ... Personal life and death Van Peebles married Maria Marx, a German actress. They lived in Mexico for a period (1/2) #blackfilm #mexico #blackmastodon

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· 2mo ago

'However, some of the almost 4,000 [Black People] who were lynched between 1882 and 1962 [and there were far more than 4,000 according to Jeff Fager further below] were lynched in settings that are appropriately described as (1/3) #slavery #whitehistory #blackhistory #blackmastodon

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· 3mo ago

from Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Dr Joy DeGruy Slavery is a brutal institution in any society, yet it seems the treatment of slaves by Europeans was particularly so. In ancient Greece, Rome and 1/7 #blackwomen #92percent #blackbooks #blackhistory #whitehistory #blackmastodon

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