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John William "Bud" Rogan was the tallest man of African descent in recorded history (8’9 ft) ↓Read↓ ko-fi.com/post/John-Wi...
John William "Bud" Rogan, the tallest man of African descent
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February 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Jean Baptist Pointe Desable founded the city of Chicago in 1790. ↓Read↓ ko-fi.com/post/Jean-Ba...
Jean Baptist Pointe Desable founded the city of Chicago in 1790.
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February 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Jean Baptist Pointe Desable founded the city of Chicago in 1790. ↓Read↓ ko-fi.com/post/Jean-Ba...
Plantation owners demanded females start having children at 13. #BlackHistoryMonth ↓Read↓ ko-fi.com/Post/plantat...
plantation owners demanded females start having children at 13.
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February 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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How Black People Have Been Abused In The Field of Medicine. ↓Read↓ ko-fi.com/post/How-Bla...
How Black People Have Been Abused In The Field of Medicine.
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February 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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13 years ago today, at only 17, an unarmed Trayvon Martin was shot dead by George Zimmerman, fueling a movement. #BlackLivesMatter
February 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
13 years ago today, at only 17, an unarmed Trayvon Martin was shot dead by George Zimmerman, fueling a movement. #BlackLivesMatter
Happy Birthday to the late civil rights activist, Rosa Parks! In 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger and got arrested for violating the city’s racial segregation laws.
February 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Happy Birthday to the late civil rights activist, Rosa Parks! In 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger and got arrested for violating the city’s racial segregation laws.
John Morton Finney was a Buffalo soldier who fought in World War 1, earned 11 degrees and practiced law until he was 106 years old.
He was believed to be the longest practicing attorney in the United States. #BlackHistoryMonth
He was believed to be the longest practicing attorney in the United States. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
John Morton Finney was a Buffalo soldier who fought in World War 1, earned 11 degrees and practiced law until he was 106 years old.
He was believed to be the longest practicing attorney in the United States. #BlackHistoryMonth
He was believed to be the longest practicing attorney in the United States. #BlackHistoryMonth
Whoopi Goldberg and her mother, 1986.
January 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Whoopi Goldberg and her mother, 1986.
The Fascinating and Tragic story of the Fultz sisters who were Quadruplets. ↓Read↓
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THE FASCINATING AND TRAGIC STORY OF THE FULTZ SISTERS QUADRUPLETS
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January 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
January 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
On this day in 1929, Civil Rights Movement leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was born. Gone, but not forgotten.
Rest in Power.
Rest in Power.
January 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
On this day in 1929, Civil Rights Movement leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was born. Gone, but not forgotten.
Rest in Power.
Rest in Power.
Happy birthday to the late Afeni Shakur. A political activist, Black Panther, philanthropist and Mother to the Late Tupac Shakur.
January 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy birthday to the late Afeni Shakur. A political activist, Black Panther, philanthropist and Mother to the Late Tupac Shakur.
On this day in 1961, Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, the first black students enrolled at the University of Georgia, were suspended.
This was after thousands of white people violently rioted. They were initially denied enrollment but a federal judge ordered their admission
This was after thousands of white people violently rioted. They were initially denied enrollment but a federal judge ordered their admission
January 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
On this day in 1961, Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, the first black students enrolled at the University of Georgia, were suspended.
This was after thousands of white people violently rioted. They were initially denied enrollment but a federal judge ordered their admission
This was after thousands of white people violently rioted. They were initially denied enrollment but a federal judge ordered their admission
It is so important for you and me to spend time today learning something about the past so that we can better understand the present, analyze it and then do something about it.” —Malcolm X
December 28, 2024 at 8:35 PM
It is so important for you and me to spend time today learning something about the past so that we can better understand the present, analyze it and then do something about it.” —Malcolm X
Sesame Street was originally created for black & brown inner city kids. ↓Read↓ ko-fi.com/post/Sesame-...
Sesame Street was originally created for black & brown inner city kids
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December 26, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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BASS REEVES, THE REAL LONE RANGER ↓Read↓ ko-fi.com/post/BASS-RE...
BASS REEVES, THE REAL LONE RANGER
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December 18, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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How Black People Have Been Abused In The Field of Medicine. ↓Read↓ ko-fi.com/post/How-Bla...
How Black People Have Been Abused In The Field of Medicine.
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December 17, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr on vacation in Jamaica, 1965.
December 11, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr on vacation in Jamaica, 1965.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Did you know that James Hemings, is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America.
The Chef de cuisine was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8.
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Did you know that James Hemings, is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America.
The Chef de cuisine was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8.
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James Hemings is the reason macaroni and cheese made to America.
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November 29, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Happy Thanksgiving!
Did you know that James Hemings, is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America.
The Chef de cuisine was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8.
ko-fi.com/post/James-H...
Did you know that James Hemings, is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America.
The Chef de cuisine was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8.
ko-fi.com/post/James-H...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Did you know that James Hemings, is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America.
The Chef de cuisine was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8.
ko-fi.com/post/James-H...
Did you know that James Hemings, is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America.
The Chef de cuisine was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8.
ko-fi.com/post/James-H...
James Hemings is the reason macaroni and cheese made to America.
African Archives published a post on Ko-fi
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November 29, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Happy Thanksgiving!
Did you know that James Hemings, is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America.
The Chef de cuisine was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8.
ko-fi.com/post/James-H...
Did you know that James Hemings, is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America.
The Chef de cuisine was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8.
ko-fi.com/post/James-H...
At 16, Yvette Stevens joined the Black Panther Party. She was responsible selling the Black Panther newspaper & helping start the free breakfast program for children.
You might know her by another name: CHAKA KHAN!
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You might know her by another name: CHAKA KHAN!
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Yvette Marie Stevens AKA Chaka Khan
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November 27, 2024 at 4:55 PM
At 16, Yvette Stevens joined the Black Panther Party. She was responsible selling the Black Panther newspaper & helping start the free breakfast program for children.
You might know her by another name: CHAKA KHAN!
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You might know her by another name: CHAKA KHAN!
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Happy 82nd birthday to Guion "Guy" Bluford, the first Black American in Space.
November 22, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Happy 82nd birthday to Guion "Guy" Bluford, the first Black American in Space.
If the child on the left was old enough to pick cotton and the child on the right was old enough to attend Klan rallies, then today's children are old enough to learn about both of these and how they've led us to where we are today.
November 21, 2024 at 7:25 PM
If the child on the left was old enough to pick cotton and the child on the right was old enough to attend Klan rallies, then today's children are old enough to learn about both of these and how they've led us to where we are today.
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Sarah Rector became a multi-millionare oil baron and the richest black child at just 12 years old.
She was so rich that Oklahoma legislature legally declared her to be a white person.
A THREAD!
She was so rich that Oklahoma legislature legally declared her to be a white person.
A THREAD!
November 18, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Sarah Rector became a multi-millionare oil baron and the richest black child at just 12 years old.
She was so rich that Oklahoma legislature legally declared her to be a white person.
A THREAD!
She was so rich that Oklahoma legislature legally declared her to be a white person.
A THREAD!