That catchy ice cream truck jingle? It’s “Turkey in the Straw,” a 19th-c minstrel tune. In the early 1900s, it was paired with racist lyrics like “N****r Love a Watermelon.” This wasn’t background music — it was a tool of mockery. The melody stuck, even as the lyrics faded. #BannedHistory #RacismInEntertainment #Minstrelsy #HiddenAmerica
The Three-Fifths Compromise gave slave states more power—by counting enslaved people as 3/5 of a person. Exploited for representation, denied humanity. #BannedHistory #ConstitutionalRacism #ThreeFifthsCompromise
Redlining wasn’t a fluke—it was federal policy. Black and immigrant neighborhoods were labeled “too risky” for loans. The wealth gap was built on maps. #Redlining #BannedHistory #HousingJustice
For decades, the U.S. sterilized Black, Indigenous, Latina & disabled women without consent. Reproductive control is a legacy of eugenics. #ForcedSterilization #BannedHistory #ReproductiveJustice
The 1944 GI Bill helped build the middle class—but Black vets were denied its benefits. Policy-driven racism still shapes the wealth gap today. #GIBill #BannedHistory #WealthGap
The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act banned Chinese immigrants for 60+ years. Racism became law — and the damage still echoes. #ChineseExclusionAct #BannedHistory #AntiAsianHate
The 1862 Homestead Act gave away “free” land — but it was stolen from Native nations. White wealth grew while Indigenous people were pushed out. #HomesteadAct #BannedHistory #StolenLand
The U.S. signed 370+ treaties with Native nations. Almost all were broken. Land was stolen, rights erased — and the fight for sovereignty still isn’t over. #BrokenTreaties #StolenLand #BannedHistory
U.S. policing started as slave patrols. It wasn’t built for justice — it was built for control. That legacy still shapes law enforcement today. #BannedHistory #PolicingRoots #TruthMatters
America wasn’t just touched by slavery — it was built on it. Wealth, power, institutions. All of it. No slavery, no America. #BuiltOnSlavery #TruthMatters #BannedHistory
The U.S. government forced Native people off their land, let thousands die, and called it progress. The Trail of Tears was genocide, not history to celebrate. #StolenLand #BannedHistory #IndigenousRights
Manifest Destiny wasn’t destiny for everyone. It meant genocide, land theft, war, and racism. Expansion for some meant erasure for others. #TruthInHistory #LandBack #BannedHistory
Maybe we could start a #BannedHistory hashtag trend to read those authors #Florida (or college board, depends on what timestamps you look at) booted from #APAfricanAmericanStudies
Checked this out of the library.
#BlackHistoryMonth #bellhooks
