Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

And yes, obviously, racism thrived outside the South too, and exists today. But the states that waged war on the United States to try to form a permanent slave republic operated a uniquely savage racial caste system that permitted and even encouraged extravagant racial violence. — PolitiTweet.org

Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid

I can’t even begin to imagine the strength of Mamie Till, or how terrified her sweet boy must have been. It’s just one of the saddest stories in American history. I’ve stood on that bridge where they threw his mutilated body away. It really does haunt you forever. — PolitiTweet.org