Stan the History Man Exclusive 🪶 In Montgomery, Alabama, the so-called “Father of Gynecology,” Dr. J. Marion Sims, built his fame on pain and cruelty. He experimented on enslaved Black women—Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey—without anesthesia, even though it was available. He claimed Black women didn’t feel pain like white women. While the world praised him as a hero, those women screamed through his surgeries, treated as less than human. Montgomery is remembered for the Bus Boycott, but this horror h

5.1K views · 733 reactions | Montgomery, Alabama’s first black mayor, Steven Reed, took office today. This historic moment for the city, which served as the first capital of the pro-slavery Confederacy, comes after its long, violent history of lynchings & systemic racism toward African Americans. | POLITICO | Facebook