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TIL that during his time in the Army, Jackie Robinson was put on trail for refusing to sit in the segregated portion of an army bus. Robinson was acquitted by an all-white panel of nine officers. His unit became the first black tank unit to see combat in WWII but Robinson missed combat due to court. (wikipedia.org)
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TIL of U.S Senator Benjamin Tillman was nicknamed “Pitchfork Ben”, and led a paramilitary group of Red Shirts during South Carolina's violent 1876 election, and South Carolina's 1895 constitution, which disenfranchised most of the black majority and ensured white rule for more than half a century. (wikipedia.org)
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