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Eric Brandom
@ebrandom.bsky.social
Intellectual history, here decontextualized. Especially modern France, history of political thought, and socialism. And Kansas, because that's where I live.
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Marcus Garvey's draft card from 1917, when he was 30 years old. Clipped in the lower left corner as all African American draftee cards were for easier segregation. www.archives.gov/atlanta/wwi-...
Question: was the clipping solely for African American draftees or generally for non-white draftees? And was that unspoken practice or proscribed by regulation? I'd never seen the clipping mentioned before. You learn new things every day.
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Eric Brandom
@ebrandom.bsky.social
Intellectual history, here decontextualized. Especially modern France, history of political thought, and socialism. And Kansas, because that's where I live.
2.3k followers2.2k following8.3k posts