@@Z-rn5uy In my history class none of this was talked about. Slavery was never mentioned, jim crow, none of it. Our teacher skipped around a lot, and skipped over lots as well.
I'm 70 so this is the news we heard or read during the era. And those young people DID give us courage and a blueprint to demand many other changes in the 60s. Unfortunately, we see our progress being eroded and our agency and autonomy being shredded. For minorities, it is worse.
Do you happen to live in Floriduh? It is disgraceful what is going on there, especially. But things are bad everywhere with this SCOTUS we have. It's really sad what is happening. We aren't supposed to go backwards.
@@Stevie-J they are anti gay anti trans anti teaching kids true history in school. No one literally no one was “cutting off body parts” of kids : most kids don’t even take hormone blockers until mid teens because r even later and they CAN be reversed . Stop watching Fox News and actually pay attention to reliable facts
@@Stevie-J also sex education isn’t adult topics . Kids re having sex at 12/13. Not knowing the possible “side effects” If you will. I had sex Ed as a freshman and that was way too late .
Please tell me this conversation is not comparing the plight of African Americans in the 50/60s to Trans CHILDREN RIGHTS.... Children can not get tattoos, buy liquor, tobacco or guns. There's a reason! I am a major advocate for LGTBQ but permanent changes should be persued by an ADULT, once the brain and body have developed. African Americans were violently pursued at any age and there was nothing they could do to change that.
You really have to admire anyone who would risk their life, pretty much daily, for a cause that they know is probably not going to be fulfilled within their lifetime.
I think I saw that covered by the ask a mortician channel… it’s crazy because I have lived in Chicago all of my adult life and a good part of my childhood and I never had heard about that specific event.
@@KT27RN Port Chicago is in California, oddly, which is why you probably didn't hear about it. I didn't hear about it until like 2015, on NPR. I think it's perfect for Somewhere Sinister. It's also a crystal clear enough of institutional racism. If you think about the social consequences of getting a dishonorable discharge at that time, we get a clear example of how racism has lasting economic impact on subsequent generations.
@@KT27RNTwo different cases. Port Chicago is a munitions explosion in California. The case Ask a Mortician covered was a pleasure craft that sank at Port in Chicago.
Thank you for shining a light on the depth and depravity of attacks on minority communities. Some people actually don’t know and it will help to soften their hearts. Brilliant, brilliant activism my friend.
told u i would watch every video oh my goodess. . . very sinister thank you for shedding light on these topics. Love your ability to just speak in a way my brain understands.
Thankyou Jiles for bringing us the history lessons we need. You and disturban are top in researching and narrating with such respect on these sensitive but, much needed videos.
Nothing much has really changed in certain areas of the country. I am 64, and remember my father parking off of the George Washington Parkway above Washington DC and pointing out the columns of smoke coming off the 14th Street corridor the week after Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. We then drove through the area and there was so much damage in burned out businesses. People think these times are long time gone but they're not, I am wondering if taking up this issue Jiles, if you will have people in certain areas stop following you, or if they are big enough citizens to admit our past and work towards making this Country a better place by reaching out to all that are still oppressed!!!!! Be Well Jiles and PS, I was born in 1959 in the middle of W. Va. and thank fully my mother moved us to the DC area when I was 3 years old. Most of the people who stayed in W. VA. still hold a racist view, to the point where I stopped visiting my Relatives when I was old enough to know better than to associate with that ignorance!!!!
I believe he said he was moving to the Netherlands. He mentioned it in 1 of his videos maybe on Dreading. He'll be safe it's the US that's unsafe and we're told we're exceptional it's absurd.
I hope school children who are not (on purpose) taught this in schools or at home come across your channel as they're the key to preventing the spread of race supremacy by standing up together against racism.
Thank you Jarret for keeping alive the memory of those who fought for what was right in the face of adversity. We must NEVER forget what was done but we also must remember these were acts done by cowards who let fear lead them. Rather then learn what we had in common they strived to keep us apart so as to make sure we never got along. But regardless of ALL of that there is no one alive now who did these atrocities so although we must NEVER forget, we must realize people of those offending colors are not responsible for the sins of their fathers. Rather than continuing to stay based apart on differences as unimportant as the color of our skin, we need to come TOGETHER based on important things like making sure we never repeat those "sins of the past!!"
Well said. What you've said here is what should be taught in schools. I find it alarming that there are still measures in republican-led states to sweep the history of racial injustice under the rug. It's not right to hide that history. We aren't truly past it, either. The matter should be faced honestly, so we can continue to learn how wrong it was and how to move forward peacefully with respect for others.
My homeowners insurance policy said that it wouldn’t pay out for destruction that occurred during a war or civil insurrection or nuclear bomb. I wonder if it was an exclusion for victims of civil rights bombing?
I recall being a young Canadian child when I first saw these sorts of abuses on TV, fire hoses and dogs. I ran to the kitchen to ask the adults why they were doing this to people and especially children, none of them had an answer, I don’t know if they didn’t really know, or if they didn’t want to explain it to me. I still haven’t figured it out.
They had an answer, they just didn’t want to expose you to even more darkness yet. All the answers are cruel and harsh, and being able to think the world is inherently safe is a precious thing that we lose.
Some social predators make a living of using people through fear, anger, hate, disgust. It makes the people who listen to them more stupid and brutal, it makes the leaders money and they then can wield their supporters as weapons against the rest of society to avoid accountability.
Keep shining lights upon these all too often forgotten moments in history Mr Jiles. It seems many ppl are willfully blinding themselves to this history of our United States, and wanting things to revert back to "the good old days". 🙏🖤✌️
I agree with you! I just don’t understand all of this! We are all made the same just different colors of skin otherwise we are all the same. And it’s all coming back! Dr. King is probably turning in his grave😞 So very sad 😢🙏💔
Yea, we feel your pain. I live in Mississippi and I always say that Mississippi is approx. 75 years behind the rest of the US. I was raised near NYC in the 60 and 70s, and marched every weekend against the war, for civil rights, ERA, pro environment, pro migrant workers.....all very unpopular now in the Deep SOuth and many areas cross country.
You make me sick. You watch this video and you come here and say “now they match for someone to give _them_ something _they_ can only give _themselves_ ? Who is _they_ here? Just say it. THIS is the video you come into to talk about how Black people are violent and out of control? You’re a coward so you won’t say it. But lets just be clear. What you’re saying here is “Now Blacks are violent.• that’s the message you chose to put on this video. That’s the kind of person you are. I hope you feel good about that little line you typed sounds. “They March for someone to give them something they can only give themselves.” Wow. Sounds profound man. “Now, Black people are violent and whine and complain too much.” That’s what you really mean.
When I was a young white kid in Texas I once got reprimanded by a stranger for drinking out of the black drinking fountain, as a child I didn't really see what the difference was? But someone got very upset about it and informed my father about this "horrible" transgression. My father who was not a racist didn't think it was a big deal but he acted like he thought it was to defuse the situation and said "he would have a talk with me about it." I'll never forget that as long as I live.
I find it especially sad and upsetting that these KKK members in the 40's and 50's were the same people that fought in WWII. These same people liberated occupied towns and concentration camps. Camps were people were kept because of their rac, religion, sexuality, disabilities and nationalities. I wonder how these people that burned and threatened and killed felt in their later years. Were they sorry? Ashamed? Did they realise their hypocrisy?
I've been lucky to call downtown Birmingham my home for a few years and even though I already know about this its still really great to see someone covering our deep and rich history
absolutely incredible to see a non-zero amount of comments chiding you for stating there is still inequality in the modern day. imagine learning that this sort of thing was the public face of our country not 60 years ago, that involuntary sterilization was still happening legally even more recently than that, and your takeaway is that police brutality and bigoted politics aren't problems anymore. I'm 31, my parents were teenagers in the 60s. Most adults today were either alive at the time, or are children of those who were. It's mind-boggling that anyone could believe that racism just went away over time just because it became harder to be a public bigot.
Jiles, you did such justice to this piece of history!!! Every one of these historic events I've heard you do is factual and an excellent presentation!! As a history major, I just LOVE that you are doing them!!! ❤️ ❤❤
Great recounting of this terrible time in the south. Thanks for all you do. I came from a small island in the Mediterranean and never heard of this. So sad. Also heard of black Wall Street in Tulsa.
Life is hard...life can be real hard at times..so hard you may want to just die.. Now imagine tossing the weight of people hating you for the color of your skin on top of the weight of life in general... Everyone you meet in life is fighting their own personal battles...do you really feel the need to make your brother struggle more.. I just don't understand people who use their energy to hold others down
I can always count on Jiles to come out with awesome videos. It is so sad had divided people are. It's more important to hate than to just be a good person and work an care for your family an live your life peacefully Thank you Jiles🌼
Thanks for having the courage to tell these stories. I get excited like a child on Christmas when I see a new upload! Jiles is the best in RUclips 😀😀 Somewhere Sinister and Monsters fan
Question related to the Civil Rights Era: what led the Deacons for Defense and Justice to take an active part in the Civil Rights movement? Incidents like these in Birmingham were likely enough for the black community to arm themselves, because they were fed up with the intimidation.
Thank you so much for telling the story of Birmingham. If you ever get the chance, maybe you can tackle the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, if you haven't already.
Ballad of Birmingham BY DUDLEY RANDALL (On the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963) “Mother dear, may I go downtown Instead of out to play, And march the streets of Birmingham In a Freedom March today?” “No, baby, no, you may not go, For the dogs are fierce and wild, And clubs and hoses, guns and jails Aren’t good for a little child.” “But, mother, I won’t be alone. Other children will go with me, And march the streets of Birmingham To make our country free.” “No, baby, no, you may not go, For I fear those guns will fire. But you may go to church instead And sing in the children’s choir.” She has combed and brushed her night-dark hair, And bathed rose petal sweet, And drawn white gloves on her small brown hands, And white shoes on her feet. The mother smiled to know her child Was in the sacred place, But that smile was the last smile To come upon her face. For when she heard the explosion, Her eyes grew wet and wild. She raced through the streets of Birmingham Calling for her child. She clawed through bits of glass and brick, Then lifted out a shoe. “O, here’s the shoe my baby wore, But, baby, where are you?”
what's weird to me is this was going on when I was a child. I don't feel that old so this seems not really that long ago. how awful humans can be to each other. I grew up/live in NE so the prejudice is a more subtle kind. this is still a problem today but with less teeth in the South.
It’s absolutely horrifying that theses things happen, and similar things still continue to happen to this day. I cannot fathom the thought process of those racist monsters
Wilmington, Birmingham, Philadelphia, Red summer, Fort Pillow, Memphis, New Orleans, Colfax, Atlanta, Springfield Ill, East St Louis, Ocoee, Tulsa, Rosewood, Zoot suit riots, Watts, Detroit, and so many more.
Remind me of the old saying there's nothing more hateful than a Christian's love. I guess I would add there's nothing more dangerous than a Christian's love.
To this very day, the murder of those 4 black girls still haunts me. It was devastating to me and made me cry so much. Our parents could say nothing to calm me as they were shaken also. I'm 71. So, when the Spike Lee documentary, Four Little Girls came out I couldn't watch it straight away as all those emotions came flooding back. My father said that the truth had to be seen. He wasn't going to watch it because he grew up in NC. By the time the Civil Rights were underway, he had moved to NYC after WWII. But we were fighting too. I even wrote my pen pal in Finland abt what had happened. She sent back a letter saying they knew about what going on. I had a client who grew up in Birmingham and she witnessed it all. She even told the group about poll taxes and literacy tests in order to be allowed to vote. Stepping down off the curb and letting white people pass. And still at this date in 2023, we still gotta stay woke and fight. This time, Shuttleworth's plan will be in effect. These GEN-Z's of all colors are fully woke and ready. Thank you Jules for bringing these atrocities to light. So many do not know why the fight against injustice must continue. And we have to do it togethet. T
The Government can change/pass laws against Prejudism but it cannot change the heart filled with hate. The Governor/Mayor of Alabama was responsible for the atrocities committed against the "Black" race of this era. The founders of our country stated in the constitution that "all men are created equal." It is the those members of Government which did not enforce this right of man.
Thanks for your sudden vids on this channel , almost thought it died off. I would love to like all video's ,but then my RUclips music will make a mess of the list (thanks RUclips) But you get 10.000 likes from me , for Somewhere sinister & this is MONSTERS. Love your content and how you can tell it. Hero 100%
I like what you do-period. Whatever you got, I’m in. Of all the true crime I follow I find this type the most difficult to watch. Of everything I find this the most senseless, uncalled for, unacceptable and hard to hear. It is absolutely unjust. I have to leave before I start hearing about the personal lives of these targets and the horrific kinds of lousy humans. I know I’m a big baby but I can’t do it. Thank you for telling it though. It needs to be said _TO THIS DAY
We still have racial and civil unrest in Birmingham Alabama. During all the unrest with BLM and I expected Birmingham and surrounding areas to blow like the rest of the country, but I can proudly say that MOST didn't buy into burning their own towns and property just to make a point. Not everyone agrees but we ALL bleed red. Don't forget we have klansmen/and people who like to cause unrest in the Whitehouse and government even now, Sen. Byrd was a granddragon himself. And Killary Clinton made no bones about standing up for "you people"(her words) not mine. No race or religion is superior to another why can't people see that? The ONLY supreme being is GOD! @15:12 my thought at looking at all the sheets and hoods was if you are so right in your thinking why the masks? Now you just have to watch for stray bullets, like everywhere else in this country's inner cities.
So you’re tired of hearing about things that really happened?? Shame isn’t that bad really. Hopefully you’re so shamed that you choose not to repeat the actions of those whites and understand it’s wrong when you see similar things happen today
Did you personally contribute to any of this? Is history not supposed to be told because of your feelings? If you aren’t a racist person then why exactly would you feel any guilt or shame?
This ends so dishonestly. Young black men need to be on their guard not against anti black racists, but against other young black men. My confidence in your channel is gone, and I'm outta here. There is a price you must pay for lack of integrity.
@@DJPoundPuppy so should idiotic comments like yours. I'm a Southerner, born in 1952, and unlike you in your manifest childishness, I actually witnessed Jim Crow racism, and remember how I hated it. I don't remember why I made that comment, but it was for a good reason. As for bombs, I was almost killed by one. So whether the topic is white racism in the South, what it's like to be almost killed by a bomb, or for that matter, the city of Birmingham, I know a good deal more about it than you do. If RUclips had minimal standards of basic intellectual ability for commenters, you'd never be heard from.
I am a white guy with tanned skin, if I went into a city with black people what do you think would happen to me, I am just wondering? I don't now and wouldn't then do anyone any harm.
@@davyjones7702 They won't give a f about you. Do you think that they are savage beasts like the kkk or are they human? They won't do you anything because they don't give a f about you. It's that simple.
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You really handled this one well.. Thank you for the thorough and compassionate way you delivered these events.. ✊🏿
"This is Monsters" and "Somewhere Sinister" are amongst my top favorite channels.
Thanks😊
Crazy how these people can be so bold as to bomb a house with children inside but hide their faces behind those stupid cloaks.
Because they are not bold at all. They are cowards. They are the opposite of bold mam.
cloaks at night, badges in the light of day
And then preach Christianity
They still do it. They just call themselves antifa now. Same political party. Maybe we should ban them
@@nelisanmn1739Yeah, as soon as someone feels compelled to inform me “Well ah am a chrissian” I know they’re not.
Why the hell didn't I learn about this more in history class. Damn.
Probably just didn't pay attention.
@@Z-rn5uy In my history class none of this was talked about. Slavery was never mentioned, jim crow, none of it.
Our teacher skipped around a lot, and skipped over lots as well.
Thank you 😊
That was truly sinister.
This happened in my parents lifetime here in Birmingham. We are not that far removed from such violence.
Sadly you are right.
I'm 70 so this is the news we heard or read during the era. And those young people DID give us courage and a blueprint to demand many other changes in the 60s. Unfortunately, we see our progress being eroded and our agency and autonomy being shredded. For minorities, it is worse.
Do you happen to live in Floriduh? It is disgraceful what is going on there, especially. But things are bad everywhere with this SCOTUS we have. It's really sad what is happening. We aren't supposed to go backwards.
@@Stevie-J they are anti gay anti trans anti teaching kids true history in school. No one literally no one was “cutting off body parts” of kids : most kids don’t even take hormone blockers until mid teens because r even later and they CAN be reversed . Stop watching Fox News and actually pay attention to reliable facts
@@Stevie-J also sex education isn’t adult topics . Kids re having sex at 12/13. Not knowing the possible “side effects” If you will. I had sex Ed as a freshman and that was way too late .
Maggieking6619....I'm 72 and I understand all you write and agree. Thank you
Please tell me this conversation is not comparing the plight of African Americans in the 50/60s to Trans CHILDREN RIGHTS.... Children can not get tattoos, buy liquor, tobacco or guns. There's a reason! I am a major advocate for LGTBQ but permanent changes should be persued by an ADULT, once the brain and body have developed. African Americans were violently pursued at any age and there was nothing they could do to change that.
My kitchen looks like somewhere sinister. I'll get to it sometime next week.
Thank You
You really have to admire anyone who would risk their life, pretty much daily, for a cause that they know is probably not going to be fulfilled within their lifetime.
I'm grateful to you for covering this. It is very important we never forget.
Thanks!
Thanks to you!
I really appreciate you bringing attention to these events. Have you heard of the Port Chicago disaster?
I think I saw that covered by the ask a mortician channel… it’s crazy because I have lived in Chicago all of my adult life and a good part of my childhood and I never had heard about that specific event.
@@KT27RN Port Chicago is in California, oddly, which is why you probably didn't hear about it. I didn't hear about it until like 2015, on NPR. I think it's perfect for Somewhere Sinister. It's also a crystal clear enough of institutional racism. If you think about the social consequences of getting a dishonorable discharge at that time, we get a clear example of how racism has lasting economic impact on subsequent generations.
@@KT27RNTwo different cases. Port Chicago is a munitions explosion in California. The case Ask a Mortician covered was a pleasure craft that sank at Port in Chicago.
Hes done one on port Chicago disaster now. Absolutely crazy story how they treated the black guys like shite even after the disaster
Thank you for shining a light on the depth and depravity of attacks on minority communities. Some people actually don’t know and it will help to soften their hearts. Brilliant, brilliant activism my friend.
Thank you for this story
told u i would watch every video oh my goodess. . . very sinister thank you for shedding light on these topics. Love your ability to just speak in a way my brain understands.
Thank you for sharing this. There is always a tid bit that is new to me.
Oooohhh
Somewhere Sinister!??..
Just what I needed!!!
Thanks Jiles.. ❤😊😊
@Jade Ravenwolf
Thanks 😅....
@Jade Ravenwolf 😅😅 true, if someone told me their name was Jiles, I'd automatically think it was with a G. ❤🎉🇬🇧
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Thankyou Jiles for bringing us the history lessons we need. You and disturban are top in researching and narrating with such respect on these sensitive but, much needed videos.
Scariest place we ever went in our truck to deliver.
Nothing much has really changed in certain areas of the country. I am 64, and remember my father parking off of the George Washington Parkway above Washington DC and pointing out the columns of smoke coming off the 14th Street corridor the week after Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. We then drove through the area and there was so much damage in burned out businesses. People think these times are long time gone but they're not, I am wondering if taking up this issue Jiles, if you will have people in certain areas stop following you, or if they are big enough citizens to admit our past and work towards making this Country a better place by reaching out to all that are still oppressed!!!!! Be Well Jiles and PS, I was born in 1959 in the middle of W. Va. and thank fully my mother moved us to the DC area when I was 3 years old. Most of the people who stayed in W. VA. still hold a racist view, to the point where I stopped visiting my Relatives when I was old enough to know better than to associate with that ignorance!!!!
I believe he said he was moving to the Netherlands. He mentioned it in 1 of his videos maybe on Dreading. He'll be safe it's the US that's unsafe and we're told we're exceptional it's absurd.
@@dianedavidson7977 Truth!!!!
I'm white but I don't agree with anything that happened in the South. And I thought the world of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. And I wasn't even born yet
GREAT JOB ON THIS SIR!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I like your monsters but I love love somewhere sinister.
I hope school children who are not (on purpose) taught this in schools or at home come across your channel as they're the key to preventing the spread of race supremacy by standing up together against racism.
Thank you Jarret for keeping alive the memory of those who fought for what was right in the face of adversity. We must NEVER forget what was done but we also must remember these were acts done by cowards who let fear lead them. Rather then learn what we had in common they strived to keep us apart so as to make sure we never got along. But regardless of ALL of that there is no one alive now who did these atrocities so although we must NEVER forget, we must realize people of those offending colors are not responsible for the sins of their fathers. Rather than continuing to stay based apart on differences as unimportant as the color of our skin, we need to come TOGETHER based on important things like making sure we never repeat those "sins of the past!!"
Well said. What you've said here is what should be taught in schools. I find it alarming that there are still measures in republican-led states to sweep the history of racial injustice under the rug. It's not right to hide that history. We aren't truly past it, either. The matter should be faced honestly, so we can continue to learn how wrong it was and how to move forward peacefully with respect for others.
May all our beautiful black leaders rest in peace gone but will never be forgotten 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
Wow thanks Giles, your honesty instills me with hope for America.
This is very troubling..😢 I hope and pray those families did not end up destitute after their homes and properties were so wantonly destroyed.
This is one of my favorite channels!!
My homeowners insurance policy said that it wouldn’t pay out for destruction that occurred during a war or civil insurrection or nuclear bomb. I wonder if it was an exclusion for victims of civil rights bombing?
I live in Birmingham and I go to that church sometimes
I recall being a young Canadian child when I first saw these sorts of abuses on TV, fire hoses and dogs. I ran to the kitchen to ask the adults why they were doing this to people and especially children, none of them had an answer, I don’t know if they didn’t really know, or if they didn’t want to explain it to me. I still haven’t figured it out.
They had an answer, they just didn’t want to expose you to even more darkness yet. All the answers are cruel and harsh, and being able to think the world is inherently safe is a precious thing that we lose.
Some social predators make a living of using people through fear, anger, hate, disgust. It makes the people who listen to them more stupid and brutal, it makes the leaders money and they then can wield their supporters as weapons against the rest of society to avoid accountability.
Keep shining lights upon these all too often forgotten moments in history Mr Jiles. It seems many ppl are willfully blinding themselves to this history of our United States, and wanting things to revert back to "the good old days". 🙏🖤✌️
I love your story,I listen to y everyday.good job
Thank u
Loving all the new uploads! This channel rocks!
Stuff like this just baffles me. We're all people. ❤️🙏🌍
I agree with you! I just don’t understand all of this! We are all made the same just different colors of skin otherwise we are all the same. And it’s all coming back! Dr. King is probably turning in his grave😞
So very sad 😢🙏💔
As a resident of Birmingham, it's called Murderham, now. The 70/100k numbers back it up.
Yea, we feel your pain. I live in Mississippi and I always say that Mississippi is approx. 75 years behind the rest of the US. I was raised near NYC in the 60 and 70s, and marched every weekend against the war, for civil rights, ERA, pro environment, pro migrant workers.....all very unpopular now in the Deep SOuth and many areas cross country.
@@maggieking6619 Now they march for others to give them something they can only give themselves.
You make me sick. You watch this video and you come here and say “now they match for someone to give _them_ something _they_ can only give _themselves_ ? Who is _they_ here? Just say it. THIS is the video you come into to talk about how Black people are violent and out of control? You’re a coward so you won’t say it. But lets just be clear. What you’re saying here is “Now Blacks are violent.• that’s the message you chose to put on this video. That’s the kind of person you are.
I hope you feel good about that little line you typed sounds. “They March for someone to give them something they can only give themselves.” Wow. Sounds profound man. “Now, Black people are violent and whine and complain too much.” That’s what you really mean.
@@alabama2uz … so basically what you’re saying is the system is working.
Ah shit I'm from New Orleans we call it zoo Orleans. Fools act like straight animals smh
do youngsters know the history of their country?
Not where Republicans are in charge.
January 29, 1998
Eric Robert Rudolph bombed a womens' clinic in Birmingham killing one security guard and injuring a nurse.
I really lile this one.🎉🎉🎉🎉
When I was a young white kid in Texas I once got reprimanded by a stranger for drinking out of the black drinking fountain, as a child I didn't really see what the difference was? But someone got very upset about it and informed my father about this "horrible" transgression. My father who was not a racist didn't think it was a big deal but he acted like he thought it was to defuse the situation and said "he would have a talk with me about it." I'll never forget that as long as I live.
Love that even in the 2000s they still were arrested . But don’t love that 99% werent
I find it especially sad and upsetting that these KKK members in the 40's and 50's were the same people that fought in WWII.
These same people liberated occupied towns and concentration camps. Camps were people were kept because of their rac, religion, sexuality, disabilities and nationalities.
I wonder how these people that burned and threatened and killed felt in their later years. Were they sorry? Ashamed? Did they realise their hypocrisy?
No. No and no. They just hide it better.
There weren't exactly a lot of black people in Nazi concentration camps, so they mostly felt like they were liberating their own people.
I've been lucky to call downtown Birmingham my home for a few years and even though I already know about this its still really great to see someone covering our deep and rich history
absolutely incredible to see a non-zero amount of comments chiding you for stating there is still inequality in the modern day. imagine learning that this sort of thing was the public face of our country not 60 years ago, that involuntary sterilization was still happening legally even more recently than that, and your takeaway is that police brutality and bigoted politics aren't problems anymore. I'm 31, my parents were teenagers in the 60s. Most adults today were either alive at the time, or are children of those who were. It's mind-boggling that anyone could believe that racism just went away over time just because it became harder to be a public bigot.
same people who tell us the 2nd Amendment is to protect us from a tyrannical government also tell us to respect the police
Jiles, you did such justice to this piece of history!!! Every one of these historic events I've heard you do is factual and an excellent presentation!! As a history major, I just LOVE that you are doing them!!! ❤️ ❤❤
I’m glad someone is using a large platform to tell these stories! White supremacy needs to be stomped out
emphasis on STOMPED
@@MrTaxiRob let’s fucking go
@@CharlieReed-d4f Nazis deserve no mercy, as they have none for anyone else. Their ideology leads to genocide every single time.
THIS EPISODE WAS EXCELLENT 🙏🙌👍👌👏
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Great recounting of this terrible time in the south. Thanks for all you do. I came from a small island in the Mediterranean and never heard of this. So sad. Also heard of black Wall Street in Tulsa.
Life is hard...life can be real hard at times..so hard you may want to just die..
Now imagine tossing the weight of people hating you for the color of your skin on top of the weight of life in general...
Everyone you meet in life is fighting their own personal battles...do you really feel the need to make your brother struggle more..
I just don't understand people who use their energy to hold others down
Nothing change then and now
Ahhh…bugga! I missed this 😮 9 hours ago? How didn’t I see your wonderful notification…idk!!
Love 💕 you 💖…
JILES ✌️
I can always count on Jiles to come out with awesome videos. It is so sad had divided people are. It's more important to hate than to just be a good person and work an care for your family an live your life peacefully Thank you Jiles🌼
Thanks for having the courage to tell these stories. I get excited like a child on Christmas when I see a new upload! Jiles is the best in RUclips 😀😀 Somewhere Sinister and Monsters fan
Thank you for sharing the truth of our history.
Question related to the Civil Rights Era: what led the Deacons for Defense and Justice to take an active part in the Civil Rights movement? Incidents like these in Birmingham were likely enough for the black community to arm themselves, because they were fed up with the intimidation.
I FW jibes heavy. Pause. His story choices are always very informative
Thank you so much for telling the story of Birmingham. If you ever get the chance, maybe you can tackle the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, if you haven't already.
Already done! ruclips.net/video/gmOIJamrlpk/видео.html
When i saw the title i thought it was about the UK bombing in Birmingham UK.Seems both Birminghams sadly deserve this name 😳
The intro tells me it's going to be a good one. Thanks you I love all your channels❤
His intros are great and he seems beyond his years
Thank you for reminding us of what was going on
Ballad of Birmingham
BY DUDLEY RANDALL
(On the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963)
“Mother dear, may I go downtown
Instead of out to play,
And march the streets of Birmingham
In a Freedom March today?”
“No, baby, no, you may not go,
For the dogs are fierce and wild,
And clubs and hoses, guns and jails
Aren’t good for a little child.”
“But, mother, I won’t be alone.
Other children will go with me,
And march the streets of Birmingham
To make our country free.”
“No, baby, no, you may not go,
For I fear those guns will fire.
But you may go to church instead
And sing in the children’s choir.”
She has combed and brushed her night-dark hair,
And bathed rose petal sweet,
And drawn white gloves on her small brown hands,
And white shoes on her feet.
The mother smiled to know her child
Was in the sacred place,
But that smile was the last smile
To come upon her face.
For when she heard the explosion,
Her eyes grew wet and wild.
She raced through the streets of Birmingham
Calling for her child.
She clawed through bits of glass and brick,
Then lifted out a shoe.
“O, here’s the shoe my baby wore,
But, baby, where are you?”
🥺😞😔
😢 so sad that people can be so hateful😢 too much.
Sad but beautiful poem!
what's weird to me is this was going on when I was a child. I don't feel that old so this seems not really that long ago. how awful humans can be to each other. I grew up/live in NE so the prejudice is a more subtle kind. this is still a problem today but with less teeth in the South.
It's not that long ago. It is still going on. Man's inhumanity to man is as old as human history.
Very well said.
😢 thank you for covering this…
Sadley, things are coming back around...
Educate the young people!
I'm sure alot of your audience does not want to hear this.Hit dogs are hollerin.
That’s OK. They know where the “delete” key is located.
F'in Alabama... I hate it here... but all my stuff and family is here, so...
I look forward to his uploads
The AG Gaston just had a reopening actually, too. 😢
It’s absolutely horrifying that theses things happen, and similar things still continue to happen to this day. I cannot fathom the thought process of those racist monsters
Couldn't watch made me not only PISSED OFF BUT DEPRESSED
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Wilmington, Birmingham, Philadelphia, Red summer, Fort Pillow, Memphis, New Orleans, Colfax, Atlanta, Springfield Ill, East St Louis, Ocoee, Tulsa, Rosewood, Zoot suit riots, Watts, Detroit, and so many more.
Remind me of the old saying there's nothing more hateful than a Christian's love. I guess I would add there's nothing more dangerous than a Christian's love.
Another sad story I'm guessing
To this very day, the murder of those 4 black girls still haunts me. It was devastating to me and made me cry so much. Our parents could say nothing to calm me as they were shaken also. I'm 71. So, when the Spike Lee documentary, Four Little Girls came out I couldn't watch it straight away as all those emotions came flooding back. My father said that the truth had to be seen. He wasn't going to watch it because he grew up in NC. By the time the Civil Rights were underway, he had moved to NYC after WWII. But we were fighting too. I even wrote my pen pal in Finland abt what had happened. She sent back a letter saying they knew about what going on.
I had a client who grew up in Birmingham and she witnessed it all. She even told the group about poll taxes and literacy tests in order to be allowed to vote. Stepping down off the curb and letting white people pass. And still at this date in 2023, we still gotta stay woke and fight. This time, Shuttleworth's plan will be in effect. These GEN-Z's of all colors are fully woke and ready.
Thank you Jules for bringing these atrocities to light. So many do not know why the fight against injustice must continue. And we have to do it togethet.
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The Government can change/pass laws against Prejudism but it cannot change the heart filled with hate. The Governor/Mayor of Alabama was responsible for the atrocities committed against the "Black" race of this era. The founders of our country stated in the constitution that "all men are created equal." It is the those members of Government which did not enforce this right of man.
Interesting story disgusting and disturbing 😳
Thanks for your sudden vids on this channel , almost thought it died off.
I would love to like all video's ,but then my RUclips music will make a mess of the list (thanks RUclips)
But you get 10.000 likes from me , for Somewhere sinister & this is MONSTERS. Love your content and how you can tell it.
Hero 100%
These demons have children and they are the same
I like what you do-period. Whatever you got, I’m in. Of all the true crime I follow I find this type the most difficult to watch. Of everything I find this the most senseless, uncalled for, unacceptable and hard to hear. It is absolutely unjust. I have to leave before I start hearing about the personal lives of these targets and the horrific kinds of lousy humans. I know I’m a big baby but I can’t do it. Thank you for telling it though. It needs to be said _TO THIS DAY
I love Mike but let’s be honest he steals everything from you. The thing you wrote on the Pacific Northwest Seattle bridge was incredible
Roy Ellis Roy Ellis Omaha NE
The good old days are gone.
Good ol' days
Good for who?
I remember most of these times it was a crying shame back then made me regret I had more white blood in me.
your white blood isn't guilty unless you took part in the oppression
Fifth!
Please
We still have racial and civil unrest in Birmingham Alabama. During all the unrest with BLM and I expected Birmingham and surrounding areas to blow like the rest of the country, but I can proudly say that MOST didn't buy into burning their own towns and property just to make a point. Not everyone agrees but we ALL bleed red. Don't forget we have klansmen/and people who like to cause unrest in the Whitehouse and government even now, Sen. Byrd was a granddragon himself. And Killary Clinton made no bones about standing up for "you people"(her words) not mine. No race or religion is superior to another why can't people see that? The ONLY supreme being is GOD! @15:12 my thought at looking at all the sheets and hoods was if you are so right in your thinking why the masks? Now you just have to watch for stray bullets, like everywhere else in this country's inner cities.
without the masks they'd have to give up their BADGES
I love your channel. But damn I’m so tired of being white shamed
It's getting more and more common with these true crime channels.
Truth Hurts
So you’re tired of hearing about things that really happened?? Shame isn’t that bad really. Hopefully you’re so shamed that you choose not to repeat the actions of those whites and understand it’s wrong when you see similar things happen today
Yeah this channel has definitely shifted directions.
Did you personally contribute to any of this? Is history not supposed to be told because of your feelings?
If you aren’t a racist person then why exactly would you feel any guilt or shame?
You did great until the very end scaremongering. The crime statistics don't bear that out.
This ends so dishonestly. Young black men need to be on their guard not against anti black racists, but against other young black men. My confidence in your channel is gone, and I'm outta here. There is a price you must pay for lack of integrity.
Wow, openly racist comments like these should stay up and be seen.
@@DJPoundPuppy so should idiotic comments like yours. I'm a Southerner, born in 1952, and unlike you in your manifest childishness, I actually witnessed Jim Crow racism, and remember how I hated it. I don't remember why I made that comment, but it was for a good reason. As for bombs, I was almost killed by one. So whether the topic is white racism in the South, what it's like to be almost killed by a bomb, or for that matter, the city of Birmingham, I know a good deal more about it than you do.
If RUclips had minimal standards of basic intellectual ability for commenters, you'd never be heard from.
I think civil right activists back then would be appalled by the black community today, not what they fought for
I think that’s a very racist statement and I believe they would be appalled by the fact that black people are still treated the way they are.
First ??
I am a white guy with tanned skin, if I went into a city with black people what do you think would happen to me, I am just wondering? I don't now and wouldn't then do anyone any harm.
Bring tanned doesn’t equate to blackness…. Weird question to ask..
@@aleandracrawford1507 I just meant if I went there would they let me stay. I probably said the question wrong.
@@davyjones7702 They won't give a f about you. Do you think that they are savage beasts like the kkk or are they human? They won't do you anything because they don't give a f about you. It's that simple.