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Black Lives Matter

  • A Black Lives Index to content created by the LaRoe on this site and elsewhere in which the lives and contributions of Black Americans feature prominently and are celebrated.
  • About that First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry, a sampling of the information available on line regarding the first Black troops in the fight to end slavery and preserve the Union in the Civil War, including a list of the battles in which they fought and a photograph of a memorial placed in their honor
  • The Lynching of James T. Scott, information regarding the 1923 lynching of James T. Scott in which Missouri University students were implicated ... and a photograph of the memorial plaque placed there in 2016 by the University's Association of Black Graduate and Professional Students, with links to additional materials (22 October 2020)
  • In the Week of Voting and Counting, commentary on the necessity of continuing to resist fascism, even in, indeed, especially in, the aftermath of a closely fought electoral victory ... and the need to nurture the coaltion that made that victory possible (6 November 2020, republished from a Twitter Thread)
  • On Confederate Monuments, commentary on the prevalence and meaning of Confederate Monuments nationally and especially in the Midwest, with links to additional materials (21 October 2020, republished from "Norm In Quarantine")
  • Brookside Black Lives Matter Brigade (2 August 2020, Facebook post & album (11 photos))
  • Black Lives Matter: Brookside (13 June 2020, Facebook post & album (5 photos))
  • Two Arrests at an Otherwise Peaceful Demonstration (31 May 2020, Facebook post & album (32 photos))
  • Scenes from a Peaceful Demonstration (31 May 2020, Facebook post & album (68 photos))

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