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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TheConversationUS@newsie.social ("The Conversation U.S.") wrote:

It started with a dispute at a 4th of July parade on America’s 100th birthday between two white men and a Black militia marching group.

After a shoot-out, a white militia then killed 4 Black men.

The men responsible for the Hamburg Massacre 150 years ago were never convicted. Instead, many rose to South Carolina's highest offices.

https://theconversation.com/how-an-1876-massacre-of-black-men-in-south-carolina-turned-racial-terror-into-political-power-287285