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Speaker 1: He's discussing the US concentration camps in the nineteen twenties
Speaker 1: and another way the government violated their agreements with black Americans.
Speaker 1: By the way, this has been verified. We did our research.
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Speaker 2: You know that the US had concentration camps in the
Speaker 2: late nineteen twenties. In nineteen twenty seven, levees along the
Speaker 2: mississip River burst in over one hundred forty five places,
Speaker 2: but in a region the size of New England, over
Speaker 2: one hundred thousand homes were destroyed, Farmland and livestock was ruined,
Speaker 2: Hundreds died, and seven hundred thousand people in Louisiana, Arkansas,
Speaker 2: Mississippi were displaced. President Calvin Coolidge didn't believe in federal intervention,
Speaker 2: so he appointed Herbert Hoover to oversee the Red Cross's efforts. Coastguard, Army,
Speaker 2: and Navy rounded up those displaced into Red Cross camps,
Speaker 2: which were segregated by race. Since this was during Jim
Speaker 2: Crow In Mississippi, black camps quickly turned into labor camps.
Speaker 2: Plantation owners requested the governor and the National Guard to
Speaker 2: ensure black residents stayed to work and to guard them
Speaker 2: against quote a possible influx of labor agents who would
Speaker 2: seize this opportunity to take the refugees to the north
Speaker 2: and give them work. Whites were allowed to evacuate, but
Speaker 2: black men were ordered to quote stay and establish camps. Houseless.
Speaker 2: Black women and children also stayed in these camps to
Speaker 2: be with their sons and fathers. Black men were ordered
Speaker 2: by whites they did not know to repair homes, business
Speaker 2: and plantations signs in Mississippi Red Refugee labor is free
Speaker 2: to all white men. Those who didn't work or tried
Speaker 2: to escape were beaten or killed by National Guard troops
Speaker 2: patrolling the camps. Black evacuees were forced to repair levees,
Speaker 2: clean towns, and haul supplies off ships and into camps,
Speaker 2: trudging for miles through knee deep water and mud. While
Speaker 2: whites enjoyed cooked meat and tanned peaches, black camps only
Speaker 2: received bread. Whites received new clothes and healthcare, and moved
Speaker 2: into large stores and hotels, while black evacuees lived along
Speaker 2: livestock and slept outside on wet ground. Over three hundred
Speaker 2: thousand Black Americans were interned in one hundred fifty four camps.
Speaker 2: In some camps, black men were forced to wear collars
Speaker 2: to keep track of work assignments and wood plantation they
Speaker 2: came from. Since Coolidge didn't provide funds, Hoover and the
Speaker 2: Red Cross manufactured a positive image with the media to
Speaker 2: get funds, so they kept the physical detainment and denial
Speaker 2: of proper food and shelter a secret. People from across
Speaker 2: the country donated to charity unaware that their funds were
Speaker 2: siphoned to uphold these camps the cover of Bolster. Hooper's
Speaker 2: reputation is a great humanitarian and this national hero persona
Speaker 2: catapulted him to the presidency. After the camp's closed due
Speaker 2: to lack of funds, millions of black Southerners left the South,
Speaker 2: exacerbating the Great Migration. Historians applied the term concentration camps
Speaker 2: because of forced labor, deplorable conditions, and the imprisonment of
Speaker 2: innocent people of one particular group. You won't find this
Speaker 2: history in US classrooms or textbooks. Know that.
Speaker 1: What do you think too? I wish I was shocked.
Speaker 2: It's information that I didn't know, but it's not information that.
Speaker 1: Surprises me in any way. The Red Cross, eh yeah,
Speaker 1: I just found it out to anyway Again, That video
Speaker 1: came from our comrade at Chris Dire three. You should
Speaker 1: definitely check them out if you enjoyed learning how messed
Speaker 1: up America has been to black people as he got
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