Thirty years ago today, on April 19, 1993, 76 people died at the conclusion of a 51-day siege outside Waco, Texas. The dead, including 25 children, were members of the Branch Davidian sect, some of whom federal agencies were pursuing for firearms offenses. At the time of the siege, sect leader David Koresh was also accused of child abuse.
Hard-right movements are based on exclusion and the construction of hierarchies.
鈥淚t鈥檚 to be expected. St. Louis is the gateway of institutionalized racism, so you know, I call all my strength from the ancestors,鈥� said St. Louis-based artist De鈥橨oneiro Jones. 鈥淭he ancestors are with me, and I will continue to talk about what happened, and tell the truth.鈥�
