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Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. graduated from West Point despite being "silenced" his entire 4 years there. No single person spoke to him about anything but profession...al matters. He never had a roommate. He ate by himself. He graduated in the top 15% of his class anyway, and went on to become the Group Commander of the Tuskegee Airmen, and a 3-star general in the United States Air Force. Source: "American" by Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. #BlackBrilliance #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryIsMore

In Louisiana, black women were put in cells with male prisoners and some became pregnant. In 1848, legislators passed a new law declaring that all children bor...n in the penitentiary of African American parents serving life sentences would be property of the state. The women would raise the kids until the age of ten, at which point the penitentiary would place an ad in the newspaper. Thirty days later, the children would be auctioned off on the courthouse steps 'cash on delivery.' The proceeds were used to fund schools for white children. . . many of [the black children] were purchased by prison officials. Source: American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer H/T Sharon Morgan

This is America

Watch till the end, this is so beautiful