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Knowing Ours Past Opens the Door to the Future. Black History Month includes honoring our ancestors by remembering them. The names of victims are engraved on the monuments. Epitaphs describe the circumstances of some of the lynchings: Warren Powell, 14, was lynched in East Point, Ga., in 1889 for "frightening" a white girl. William Miller was lynched in Brighton in 1908 for organizing local coal miners. Calvin Kimblern was lynched by a mob of at least 3,000 in Pueblo, Colo., in 1900. "It could be the most minor social transgression," Stevenson said. "Knocking on the front door of a white woman. Not calling a police officer mister. Walking behind your employer's wife. Asking for higher wages as a sharecropper." You simply can't forget your cause, strength, worth, and mission to strive for greatness after visiting the The National Memorial for Peace and Justice. I have never seen anything like that in my life, on TV or print and really want to take not just my children but many children to the Thank you #emersoncollective . #PeaceandJustice #racistterror #Americanwhitesupremacy #Montgomery #alabama #BryanStevenson https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt07ATDAbB3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12uf2qj9mrif8
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