A Black Female Suffragette Passing as White in Jim Crow South Era
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Published 2019-10-02
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there were alot of lightskin blks passing who didnt want to be identified as blk and in 2020 im sure it still exist
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My mother's parents were light brights so was my mother. My grandfather rescued people who were illegally kept on farms, plantations in the early 20th century.
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Had to survive by any means necessary during those horrendous times.
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Back then some people who could pass for white did..I heard of a black woman who passed for white to work as a Photojournalist back during a time when some Newspapers didn't, wouldn't and where not hiring black photojournalists..She went to work white..came home from work and lived her black life that mattered..It was about the work..the income and being able to pay her bills..
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She was a double-agent for good
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If you can "pass" for another race, then what is race?
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We need more stories daily like this Remarkable
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This is a phenomenal story. Our story as Black folks is a story that has so many secrets, but it was survival for our ancestors. They survived so that we could live. Our Blackness is beautiful!!!
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So... her family line is full of badasses? I would hate to be average in that family 😆
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Very grateful to all our 'white passing' ( what ever that means lol) black brothers and sisters who stood up for their race when it was difficult to do so
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Roosevelt would of never been President if not for the Buffalo Soldiers who saved his life. Him and his rough riders were not the hero's of San Jaun hill.
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I understand that.. I had maternal Great Aunts who could “ pass”. Most of the time they only did it to travel freely. The ones I knew were ok with their culture. It was only done out of convenience. It definitely was a different time in America.
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My Grandma could pass. She didn’t try too. She married my Papa who was part Cherokee. They had kids who were the perfect mix of light and brown. I guess their skin tone is tan. She stopped coming out are being tired of being asked “what are you doing with those nxxxxr kids?” It upset her for anyone to insult her beautiful creation that she found it best not to come out the house so her kids could be kids. I never got to meet her bc she passed away well before I was born. RIP Bessie Mae Lewis Thompson
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Too many today are easily judging some shoes they’ll never walk in. I’ve always tried to see beauty in anyone’s life and this is fascinating for me.
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Use it to everyone’s benefit. Only in America 🙁. It’s the reason people are confused. Don’t allow any one else define your self worth
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I enjoy stories like this.
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I'm a descendant of early Free People of Color Ohioans to include the Alexander family and nearly all of my family back then could very easily pass as white... but thank God most of them didn't. In fact several of those relatives were very important part of the Underground Railroad which assisted escaped slaves.
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It's weird. This lady looks like one of my relatives but I don't know how she identifies. My family is Creole American.
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People " made the choice" back then to do what they needed to do for a better CHANCE in life.
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Her family is brilliant
