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African-American soldiers in a segregated bicycle unit, Wyoming, USA, 1896 (media.kbin.social)

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[–] blahsay@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be completely honest I'd put money on most of the unit being white with just a few African Americans. It'd make sense in Wyoming at that time too. How sure are you that it was segregated?

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Pretty sure

[–] blahsay@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Well I'm convinced - interesting reading thanks

[–] ChewTiger@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Great read, thanks for the link.