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Memorial Day’s earliest and most poignant story tied to its origins is that formerly enslaved people began the first recorded commemoration on May 1, 1865, in Charleston, SC, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David W. Blight. #memorialday #UShistory #BlackHistory #CharlestonSC #CivilWar
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On May 1, 1865, About 10k, primarily Black participants, attended. The ceremony featured about two dozen Union officers, Black veterans, White missionaries, Black ministers giving eulogies, and around 3k Black schoolchildren who sang "John Brown's Body." #memorialday #CivilWar {#id:458783#}
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The participants sang songs like "We'll Rally Around the Flag" and "The Star-Spangled Banner." Here's Paul Robeson's version of "John Brown's Body." #JohnBrown #CivilWar #PaulRobeson #spiritual #memorialday {#id:458783#} #wokesongs
John Brown's Body - YouTube

Provided to YouTube by Symphonic DistributionJohn Brown's Body · Paul RobesonRobeson℗ 1958 Blue Pie Publishing USAReleased on: 1958-01-01Auto-generated by Yo...

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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Blight's quoted The NY Tribune report on the event at the time, describing it as: "A procession of friends and mourners as South Carolina and the United States never saw before." #memorialday #CivilWar #BlackHistory {#id:458783#}
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Why don't most Americans know this history? Because this was not the Memorial Day history many Whites wanted to commemorate. But the "woke" among us will ensure that, like "John Brown," its soul will march on.

We wish you a happy and thoughtful #memorialday #BlackHistory {#id:458783#} #Woke #CRT
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For further reading if you are interested. #memorialday #BlackHistory #CivilWar #UShistory #CRT
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