Trail of Tears

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/11/19
  

  Trump’s Trail of Fears

  by Jamelle Bouie

  The president, channeling his hero Andrew Jackson, continues to champion a particularly virulent form of reactionary white majoritarianism.

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• SOURCE: JSTOR
  6-15-18
  

  Alisse Theodore points out that women first became politically active in the fight against Andrew Jackson’s genocidal Indian Removal campaign

  They tried to prevent the Trail of Tears.

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• 3-26-17
  

  Donald Trump Is Really Like Andrew Jackson in this One Way

  by Richard J. Morris

  Both men won the presidency in part through racist rhetoric and actions.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  10-29-16
  

  Ohio high school cheerleaders taunt opposing ‘Indians’ with ‘Trail of Tears’ banner

  The cheerleaders, representing Greenfield’s McClain High School, held up a banner after traveling to the game against the Hillsboro Indians that read, “Hey Indians, Get ready for a Trail of Tears Part 2.”

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• SOURCE: Compton Herald
  6-14-16
  

  Cherokee group retraces ‘Trail of Tears’

  On Sunday, 17 bicycle riders gathered around the monument at New Echota south of Resaca and began retracing the route their ancestors were forced to make in the summer of 1838.

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• SOURCE: National Public Radio
  12-2-13
  

  Florida Tribe Re-Creates Daring Escape From The Trail Of Tears

  A Seminole named Polly Parker organized and led an escape from federal troops more than 150 years ago.

• SOURCE: Salon
  5-3-13
  

  Steve Yoder: It’s Time for Democrats to Ditch Andrew Jackson

  Steve Yoder is a frequent contributor to The Crime Report. He writes about criminal justice, immigration, small business and real estate. His work has appeared in The American Prospect, Good, The Fiscal Times and elsewhere. Spring means that appeals for money are bursting forth from both major political parties. It also means Democratic officials in states and counties around the country are busy getting people out to their major fundraiser, the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. And they’re bringing in the big guns: Vice President Joe Biden will keynote the South Carolina Democrats’ dinner tonight.But after an election in which Democrats rode a wave of minority support to keep the White House and Senate, party activists should wonder about one of the founders for whom that event is named. If branding matters, then the tradition of honoring perhaps the most systematic violator of human rights for America’s nonwhites should finally run its course.