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Kind of Blue

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1. And yet some claim it never happened.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Aug 18, 2019, 09:53 AM

Aug 2019

News of a “black insurrection” spread to neighboring communities and hundreds more white men poured in, including federal troops, the Arkansas governor, Charles Brough, and newly deputized soldiers from the American Legion.

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And yet some claim it never happened. Kind of Blue Aug 2019 #1