Lessons From the Fake News Pandemic of 1942 - POLITICO Magazine
'In 1942, black men allegedly plotted a violent (and sexually violent) coup against white Americans. '
'Revolution: Black men were allegedly “buying up ice picks to attack the whites,” a man from Georgia told one of Odum’s associates. '
'In Alabama, members of the Eleanor clubs supposedly donned wide-brimmed hats with feather adornments. '
'With millions of white men now serving in the armed forces and stationed away from their families, the story went, white communities were vulnerable to an impending assault. '
'But that didn’t make these race rumors less vivid in the minds of many ordinary white Southerners. '
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'In 1942, black men allegedly plotted a violent (and sexually violent) coup against white Americans. '
'Revolution: Black men were allegedly “buying up ice picks to attack the whites,” a man from Georgia told one of Odum’s associates. '
'In Alabama, members of the Eleanor clubs supposedly donned wide-brimmed hats with feather adornments. '
'With millions of white men now serving in the armed forces and stationed away from their families, the story went, white communities were vulnerable to an impending assault. '
'But that didn’t make these race rumors less vivid in the minds of many ordinary white Southerners. '
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