The Road to Healing, the Freedmen history, and the white supremacists
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The Road to Healing, the Freedmen history, and the white supremacists
VNN Weekly Digest July 4-10
Here’s a look at the week’s top stories:
“The Road to Healing” begins in Anadarko
(OKLAHOMA) A year-long effort to give Indian boarding school survivors and their descendants the opportunity to share their stories began in Anadarko on Saturday.
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The complicated history of Black people enslaved by American Indians
(OKLAHOMA) “In order to get where you’re going, you need to know where you came from.” Verdie Triplett is a Chickasaw Freedmen and Choctaw by blood, but you won’t find his name on any citizenship roll.
City of Boston responds to Patriot Front march and alleged assault
(MASSACHUSETTS) The Anti-Defamation League, which tracks hate groups nationwide, has labeled Patriot Front as a white supremacist group spreading racism, antisemitism, and other forms of hate online. The ADL states the group is focused on “preserving America’s identity as a European-American one.”
WEATHER ACROSS AMERICA
(NATIONAL) Oppressive to dangerous heat and humidity continues across the southern Plains, heat increases across the Desert Southwest and interior valleys of California, the threat of heavy rain moves southward into the Southeast and near the central Gulf Coast, and a severe thunderstorm threat is expected to track across the northern tier states.
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