“Character is not cut in marble — it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do.”
— George Eliot, Middlemarch (via philosophybits)
On this day, 29 July 1910, residents of the the predominantly African-American town of Slocum, Texas, were massacred in an act of terror designed to preserve economic white supremacy. Hundreds of armed white racists attacked the town, gunning down black people as they hid in their homes, worked or tried to flee. The victims numbered from at least 8 to 25, but many believe the figure to be much higher. After the massacre, and the exodus of black residents, the racists stole their homes and property, and the town remains overwhelmingly white to this day. None of the perpetrators were punished, and none of the victims compensated.
Pictured: Jack Holley, one of the survivors
More info: https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/slocum-massacre/https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1177130659138749/?type=3
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