WEBVTT - 050424 Way Black History Fact - Black U.S. Concentration Camps

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<v Speaker 1>And you know what, We're going to share a video.

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<v Speaker 1>You can just listen, but you know, imagine all the

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<v Speaker 1>pictures or you know, for those looking online you can

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<v Speaker 1>see the video. This is from our comrade Chris Dyer three.

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<v Speaker 1>You're encouraged to give him a follow at chrisdre three.

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<v Speaker 1>He's discussing the US concentration camps in the nineteen twenties

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<v Speaker 1>and another way the government violated their agreements with black Americans.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, this has been verified. We did our research.

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<v Speaker 1>You can check the notes at the National Museum of

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<v Speaker 1>African American History and Culture. That's at n in AA

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<v Speaker 1>HC dot SI dot EEDU. I know that's a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>but again the National National Museum of African American History

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<v Speaker 1>and Culture. Check it out. Facts go ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>You know that the US had concentration camps in the

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<v Speaker 2>late nineteen twenties. In nineteen twenty seven, levees along the

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<v Speaker 2>mississip River burst in over one hundred forty five places,

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<v Speaker 2>but in a region the size of New England, over

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred thousand homes were destroyed, Farmland and livestock was ruined,

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<v Speaker 2>Hundreds died, and seven hundred thousand people in Louisiana, Arkansas,

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<v Speaker 2>Mississippi were displaced. President Calvin Coolidge didn't believe in federal intervention,

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<v Speaker 2>so he appointed Herbert Hoover to oversee the Red Cross's efforts. Coastguard, Army,

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<v Speaker 2>and Navy rounded up those displaced into Red Cross camps,

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<v Speaker 2>which were segregated by race. Since this was during Jim

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<v Speaker 2>Crow In Mississippi, black camps quickly turned into labor camps.

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<v Speaker 2>Plantation owners requested the governor and the National Guard to

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<v Speaker 2>ensure black residents stayed to work and to guard them

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<v Speaker 2>against quote a possible influx of labor agents who would

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<v Speaker 2>seize this opportunity to take the refugees to the north

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<v Speaker 2>and give them work. Whites were allowed to evacuate, but

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<v Speaker 2>black men were ordered to quote stay and establish camps. Houseless.

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<v Speaker 2>Black women and children also stayed in these camps to

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<v Speaker 2>be with their sons and fathers. Black men were ordered

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<v Speaker 2>by whites they did not know to repair homes, business

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<v Speaker 2>and plantations signs in Mississippi Red Refugee labor is free

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<v Speaker 2>to all white men. Those who didn't work or tried

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<v Speaker 2>to escape were beaten or killed by National Guard troops

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<v Speaker 2>patrolling the camps. Black evacuees were forced to repair levees,

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<v Speaker 2>clean towns, and haul supplies off ships and into camps,

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<v Speaker 2>trudging for miles through knee deep water and mud. While

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<v Speaker 2>whites enjoyed cooked meat and tanned peaches, black camps only

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<v Speaker 2>received bread. Whites received new clothes and healthcare, and moved

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<v Speaker 2>into large stores and hotels, while black evacuees lived along

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<v Speaker 2>livestock and slept outside on wet ground. Over three hundred

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<v Speaker 2>thousand Black Americans were interned in one hundred fifty four camps.

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<v Speaker 2>In some camps, black men were forced to wear collars

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<v Speaker 2>to keep track of work assignments and wood plantation they

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<v Speaker 2>came from. Since Coolidge didn't provide funds, Hoover and the

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<v Speaker 2>Red Cross manufactured a positive image with the media to

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<v Speaker 2>get funds, so they kept the physical detainment and denial

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<v Speaker 2>of proper food and shelter a secret. People from across

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<v Speaker 2>the country donated to charity unaware that their funds were

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<v Speaker 2>siphoned to uphold these camps the cover of Bolster. Hooper's

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<v Speaker 2>reputation is a great humanitarian and this national hero persona

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<v Speaker 2>catapulted him to the presidency. After the camp's closed due

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<v Speaker 2>to lack of funds, millions of black Southerners left the South,

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<v Speaker 2>exacerbating the Great Migration. Historians applied the term concentration camps

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<v Speaker 2>because of forced labor, deplorable conditions, and the imprisonment of

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<v Speaker 2>innocent people of one particular group. You won't find this

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<v Speaker 2>history in US classrooms or textbooks. Know that.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think too? I wish I was shocked.

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<v Speaker 2>It's information that I didn't know, but it's not information that.

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<v Speaker 1>Surprises me in any way. The Red Cross, eh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I just found it out to anyway Again, That video

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<v Speaker 1>came from our comrade at Chris Dire three. You should

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<v Speaker 1>definitely check them out if you enjoyed learning how messed

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<v Speaker 1>up America has been to black people as he got

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<v Speaker 1>you all day