Post by Logan on Jan 15, 2016 20:10:54 GMT -6
Unarmed black protesters were ‘forcibly removed’ and jailed after they tried to occupy a wildlife refuge in 1979
After a group of armed militants seized an Oregon nature preserve earlier this month, many wondered: What would have happened if they were black?
It’s impossible to know for sure, of course, but there is a somewhat recent historical precedent that offers some clues, reported The Oregonian.
In 1979, 40 members of People Organized for Equal Rights set up camp on a federal nature preserve south of Savannah, Georgia — where their ancestors had lived for generations.
A white plantation owner had deeded the land to a former slave after the Civil War, and other freed slaves and their descendant moved to the area — known as Harris Neck — to live, work, fish and farm for decades.
That all came to an abrupt end in 1942, when the U.S. military took over Harris Neck through eminent domain and gave residents three weeks to leave.
Continue reading at www.rawstory.com/2016/01/unarmed-black-protesters-were-forcibly-removed-and-jailed-after-they-tried-to-occupy-a-wildlife-refuge-in-1979/ .
After a group of armed militants seized an Oregon nature preserve earlier this month, many wondered: What would have happened if they were black?
It’s impossible to know for sure, of course, but there is a somewhat recent historical precedent that offers some clues, reported The Oregonian.
In 1979, 40 members of People Organized for Equal Rights set up camp on a federal nature preserve south of Savannah, Georgia — where their ancestors had lived for generations.
A white plantation owner had deeded the land to a former slave after the Civil War, and other freed slaves and their descendant moved to the area — known as Harris Neck — to live, work, fish and farm for decades.
That all came to an abrupt end in 1942, when the U.S. military took over Harris Neck through eminent domain and gave residents three weeks to leave.
Continue reading at www.rawstory.com/2016/01/unarmed-black-protesters-were-forcibly-removed-and-jailed-after-they-tried-to-occupy-a-wildlife-refuge-in-1979/ .