The Breakfast Club - IDKMYDE: #MM East St Louis

Episode Date: February 26, 2024

On this episode of #IDKMYDE, Its Massacre Mondays! Today, we're diving into the dark history of East St. Louis in 1917. Join us as we uncover the harrowing events  and reflect on the painful legacy of racial violence in America. IG: @_idkmyde_ | @BdahtTV | @blackeffectSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams

and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best, and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or

maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Jacqueline Thomas, the host of a brand new Black Effect original series, Black Lit, the podcast for diving deep

into the rich world of Black literature. Black Lit is for the page turners, for those who listen to audiobooks while running errands or at the end of a busy day. From thought-provoking novels to powerful poetry, we'll explore the stories

that shape our culture. Listen to Black Lit on the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. a science fair with my volcano project. That's amazing, sweetie. Congratulations. Because when people are fed, futures are nourished, and everyone deserves to live a full life. Join the movement to end hunger at feedingamerica.org slash act now. Brought to you by Feeding America and the Ad Council. Massacre Mondays. The city. East St. Louis, the year 1917. I didn't know, maybe you didn't need me. I didn't know, maybe you didn't need me. I didn't know, maybe you didn't need me. I didn't know, I didn't know, I didn't know.

All right, let's go back to 1917. The United States has an active economy. It's boosted by the World War I. A lot of people that would be working has been drafted into military service. the United States has an active economy. It's boosted by the World War I. A lot of people that would be working has been drafted into military service. Black folk has started the Great Migration, which was moving from the South to the North, you know, trying to get away from the lynchings and that Jim Crow South. During the spring of 1870,

blacks was arriving in St. Louis at the rate of 2,000 per week. And of course, the white folks was mad at black folk because black folks are moving there willing to work a lot more for a lot less. Insert July 1st, 1917. It was a black Ford Model T.

It had some white boys in it. They drove through a black area in the city. It's a group of black folk on the street. White boys get to shooting in the crowd. An hour later, another Ford comes through looking similar. They have four shooting in the crowd. An hour later, another Ford comes through looking similar. They have four people in the vehicle. A journalist, two police officers were in it.

They came into the same area. Now, the black folk there possibly assuming that the car was the same folk that just came through earlier shooting up the place. They opened fire on the car. In that shooting, they killed an officer instantly and they mortally wounded another. That set it off. The next day, thousands of white folks went down there to look at that doggone car with all the detectives' blood in there. From there, they rushed to the black sections of the city, beating and shooting blacks on the streets, women, children. Didn't matter.

They cut the water hoses at the fire department and then went and burned entire sections of the city. Then they would stand outside and shoot any black folks that was trying to escape the fires. The following day, on July 3rd, 1917, a reporter from the St. Louis Dispatch wrote, for an hour and a half last evening, I saw the massacre of helpless Negroes in downtown East St. Louis, where black skin was a death warrant. The New York Times reported one of the interactions. 10 or 15 young girls were about 18 years old, chased a Negro woman at the Relay Depot at about five o'clock. The girls were brandishing clubs and calling upon the men to kill the woman. The NAACP says between 100 and 200 black people died that weekend. 6,000 black folk were left homeless after their neighborhoods were burned.

They said it was about $400,000 worth of total property damage. That's about $9 million today. One of the silliest stories I saw was Lena Cook. She survived, and she testified against three white men who have killed her husband and her 14-year-old son. Now, John Charles Hanna and Harry Robinson weren't charged with the death of her family, but they were tried for the murder of William Kaiser. Now, William Kaiser was a white merchant who had been killed by a bullet that passed through the body of Larissa Beard. They both got found guilty of murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison. If you don't understand

what I'm saying, I'm saying these white men weren't on trial for killing her son. The bullet that went through her son and killed a white man, that was on trial for that. And I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. I didn Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs,

the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best, and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeart

Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory.

Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan. On the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Jacqueline Thomas, the host of a brand new Black Effect original series, Black Lit. The podcast for diving deep into the rich world of Black literature. Black Effect original series, Black Lit, the podcast for diving deep

into the rich world of Black literature. Black Lit is for the page turners, for those who listen to audio books while running errands or at the end of a busy day. From thought-provoking novels to powerful poetry, we'll explore the stories

that shape our culture. Listen to Black Lit on the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The impact of a meal goes well beyond feeding our bodies. Because feeling full can sound like this. How did the interview go? I did it! I got the job! I can't believe it!

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