#ResistanceRootsToday in history, 1917: Almost 10,000 African Americans march silently down Fifth Avenue to protest lynching and other violence. Organized by the NAACP and others, the march was precipitated by the East St. Louis riots, where at least 40 black people were killed by white mobs. /1
— Shooti (@bambooshooti.bsky.social) 2025-07-28T15:54:10.088Z
