Sources for My "Make America Great Again" Letter to the Big D.
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1775
1 in 4 people were slaves in the Southern colonies at the start of the American Revolutionary War
Source
1830-1838
~100,000 Native Americans were forced into “Indian Territory” (Oklahoma), resulting in 4,000 Cherokee deaths along the Trail of Tears
Source
1850-1924
California gold rush ushered in “Expeditions against the Indians” under the California Constitution, making Native Americans and Native American children “apprenticed” or indentured, and “vagrant Indians” punishable by local officials
Source 1 & 2
1942-1946
~120,000 people of Japanese ancestry relocated and incarcerated in “relocation centers,” which often were stables at racetracks (62% were US citizens, 2 out of 3 were born in the US)
Source 1 & 2
1783-1965
182 years: the time between the right of white property-owning males and all US citizens--regardless of literacy, race or gender--to legally vote. (1870: ratification of the 15th Amendment; 1920: passing of the 19th Amendment; 1924: passing of Indian Citizenship Act; 1965: passing of the Voting Rights Act)
Source
2016
Relative to white men, black and Hispanic women workers are paid 65 cents and 58 cents on the dollar, respectively, compared with 81 cents for white women workers and 90 cents for Asian women
1775
1 in 4 people were slaves in the Southern colonies at the start of the American Revolutionary War
Source
1830-1838
~100,000 Native Americans were forced into “Indian Territory” (Oklahoma), resulting in 4,000 Cherokee deaths along the Trail of Tears
Source
1850-1924
California gold rush ushered in “Expeditions against the Indians” under the California Constitution, making Native Americans and Native American children “apprenticed” or indentured, and “vagrant Indians” punishable by local officials
Source 1 & 2
1942-1946
~120,000 people of Japanese ancestry relocated and incarcerated in “relocation centers,” which often were stables at racetracks (62% were US citizens, 2 out of 3 were born in the US)
Source 1 & 2
1783-1965
182 years: the time between the right of white property-owning males and all US citizens--regardless of literacy, race or gender--to legally vote. (1870: ratification of the 15th Amendment; 1920: passing of the 19th Amendment; 1924: passing of Indian Citizenship Act; 1965: passing of the Voting Rights Act)
Source
2016
Relative to white men, black and Hispanic women workers are paid 65 cents and 58 cents on the dollar, respectively, compared with 81 cents for white women workers and 90 cents for Asian women
