The Beet
A Port Townsend Food Co-op Blog
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Racial Redlining Fought By Postwar Interracial Co-ops
Blacks and whites had fought together in brotherhood all over the globe during World War II to defend democracy. However, a grateful government that welcomed home “the Greatest Generation” but fought that war with a segregated army had no desire to let returning Black soldiers live together with white ones.
Frederick Douglass and Co-ops in 1846
On April 2, 1847, Douglass stayed with John Bright in Rochdale the day before he sailed from Liverpool back to America finally a free man.
Black History Month
While promoting Black-owned businesses at the shelf is a terrific entry point, co-ops can expand on what Black History Month is all about through…