Crispus Attucks...

[Wildhundreds]

Has there been a movie made about Crispus Attucks, if you read his story it is quite compelling.

Never heard of one..

Never really hear about him in any setting..

 

[feelosofer]

Never heard of one..

Never really hear about him in any setting..

It's unfortunate, this is when I chuckle at American history because it doesn't want to admit how instrumental Black people were to its construction and its success.

 

[Wildhundreds]

It's unfortunate, this is when I chuckle at American history because it doesn't want to admit how instrumental Black people were to its construction and its success.

You see how white people always remember the whites who have died fighting in the civil war..

But get amnesia about the blacks who've died in the building of this country..

 

[Captain Crunch]

 

[get these nets]

You see how white people always remember the whites who have died fighting in the civil war..

But get amnesia about the blacks who've died in the building of this country..

It's up to Blacks to tell the story. Negro History Week was started for that very reason.

This is a good thread.

 

[Sbp]

America's story literally begins with a Black Man dying

 

[I AM WE ARE]

Crispus Attucks was an American stevedore of African and Native American descent, widely regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre and thus the first American killed in the American Revolution

8 Things to Know About Crispus Attucks

for people that didn't know

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

Crispus Attucks was an American stevedore of African and Native American descent, widely regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre and thus the first American killed in the American Revolution

8 Things to Know About Crispus Attucks

for people that didn't know

Every British soldier involved faced the prospect of hanging, and John Adams—later America's second president—was tasked with defending them. During his defense, Adams claimed that the soldiers were acting in self-defense and called the protestors "a motley rabble of saucy boys, negroes and molattoes, Irish teagues, and outlandish jack tarrs. And why we should scruple to call such a set of people a mob, I can't conceive, unless the name is too respectable for them." Adams claimed that Attucks was the instigator. The argument worked: nobody was convicted of murder. (Two soldiers were, however, convicted of manslaughter.

America throwing black people under the bus since 1770

 

[EndDomination]

Heard about him in the 80s during grade school..

Back then we had teachers that actually gave a shyt about teaching about black people in history..

All depends on your teacher.
I learned about him in 3rd - before we read Little House on the Prarie and Bud, Not Buddy.

 

[BXKingPin82]

"No matter how hard you TRY
You cant stop us now!!"

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

True story the first time I ever heard about him was from a comic book they gave away at my middle school. Some old school one time comic that had his name on it. Went into the whole story by him. Think he got killed by a cannon or some shyt.

 

[NoGutsNoGLory]

You see how white people always remember the whites who have died fighting in the civil war..

But get amnesia about the blacks who've died in the building of this country..

like who? Americans dont kno shyt about history. Dumbass country.

 

[newworldafro]

Fun Fact: The second POTUS John Adams defended the soldiers who participated in the Boston Massacre and got them off. He proclaimed the crowd provoked the soldiers because it was composed of "a motley rabble of saucy boys, negroes, and molattoes, Irish teagues and outlandish Jack Tarrs"

I'm going need 18th century urban dictionary for

• "saucy boys"?
• 'Irish teagues"'?
• "Jack Tarrs"?

 

[Johnny Kilroy]

Can we discuss him during this 4th of July weekend? Whats your thoughts on his legacy?

I mean he was proclaimed to be the 1st person to die for this country for its independence.

He should have a holiday. If there's a pic of his face it should be on some currency. If he has descendants they should receive some sort of metal of honor from the gov.




And reparations should be paid.

 

[TallMan_J]

You brehs just educated me on something. I'm researching this ancestor now. Good shyt.