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As Election Day approaches, political violence escalates and America’s racist history repeats itself

As threats against members of Congress and other elected leaders continue to mount, issues of race swirl over our political climate like a poisonous ether.

An 1877 illustration of the murder of Octavius Catto, the Black American voting rights activist who was fatally shot at 9th and South Streets on Election Day in 1871. There is a grim through line from Catto's assassination to modern-day political violence, Solomon Jones writes.
An 1877 illustration of the murder of Octavius Catto, the Black American voting rights activist who was fatally shot at 9th and South Streets on Election Day in 1871. There is a grim through line from Catto's assassination to modern-day political violence, Solomon Jones writes.Read more
    by Solomon Jones | Columnist
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