PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 10 months agoAfrican-American soldiers in a segregated bicycle unit, Wyoming, USA, 1896media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down13
arrow-up1144arrow-down1imageAfrican-American soldiers in a segregated bicycle unit, Wyoming, USA, 1896media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareblahsay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoLooks like a mixed unit to my eye.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agoThe unit had white officers. I’m guessing that’s who the top guy is. Bottom guy could be mixed race.
minus-squareblahsay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoTo be completely honest I’d put money on most of the unit being white with just a few African Americans. It’d make sense in Wyoming at that time too. How sure are you that it was segregated?
minus-squareblahsay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·10 months agoWell I’m convinced - interesting reading thanks
minus-squareChewTiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoGreat read, thanks for the link.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoEver heard of the “one drop rule?”
minus-squareblahsay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·10 months agoI think it was renamed the Megan markle rule. But I still think those guys are white
Looks like a mixed unit to my eye.
The unit had white officers. I’m guessing that’s who the top guy is. Bottom guy could be mixed race.
To be completely honest I’d put money on most of the unit being white with just a few African Americans. It’d make sense in Wyoming at that time too. How sure are you that it was segregated?
Pretty sure
Well I’m convinced - interesting reading thanks
Great read, thanks for the link.
Ever heard of the “one drop rule?”
I think it was renamed the Megan markle rule. But I still think those guys are white