(AURN News) — On July 28, 1917, thousands of Black Americans marched silently through Harlem to protest racial terror, lynching and the massacre in East St. Louis, Illinois. Organized by the NAACP along with Black civic and religious organizations, the Silent Parade drew as many as 8,000 people down Fifth Avenue, accompanied only by the sound of muffled drums. Marchers carried signs reading, “Mr. President, why not make America safe for democrac…
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