The long, storied history of solidarity between Black and Irish activists

[Maxxam]

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What's a portrait of Frederick Douglass doing hanging in an Irish-themed pub in Washington, D.C.? To get to the answer, Parker and Gene dive deep into the long history of solidarity and exchange between Black civil rights leaders and Irish republican activists, starting with Frederick Douglass' visit to Ireland in 1845.



Bernadette Delvin, who was awarded the key to the city in NY and gave it to Harlem Black Panther Party

 

[RUDY RAYYY MO]

We have no allies.Are you Irish?

 

[xfactor]

Pro-whites are always looking to align themselves with the caucasian. Their need for approval and acceptance is pathetic.

 

[mcguyver]

Pro-whites are always looking to align themselves with the caucasian. Their need for approval and acceptance is pathetic.

Only the bgol coons are aligning with you cac.

 

[illdog]

Most folks don't have a clue bout...how kool race relations in the colonies were..before elite realized how out numbered they were/how profitable slavery could be.

The Chesapeake: Making Race

No African experience in the colonies was exactly the same. African people found themselves in different physical and social environments in the Chesapeake, the Lowcountry, Louisiana, and the Northern Colonies. Africans asserted new identities, created their own cultures, and resisted...

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