Black Heritage Cache
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Curated by @k-wangking.bsky.social
Here to unearth truth, while preserving the treasure trove that is #Blackhistory & the richness of its heritage. If trauma can be passed down, so can joy.
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Here to unearth truth, while preserving the treasure trove that is #Blackhistory & the richness of its heritage. If trauma can be passed down, so can joy.
https://www.instagram.com/blackheritagecache/
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Black History is a treasure trove still being unearthed. If trauma can be passed down, so can joy. #Blacksky
Lobby Cards from Black films (referred to as Race Films during the time) from the 1920s & 1930s:
Lying Lips, 1939
Temptation, 1935
Life Goes On, 1938
Straight to Heaven, 1939
Lying Lips, 1939
Temptation, 1935
Life Goes On, 1938
Straight to Heaven, 1939
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Lobby Cards from Black films (referred to as Race Films during the time) from the 1920s & 1930s:
Lying Lips, 1939
Temptation, 1935
Life Goes On, 1938
Straight to Heaven, 1939
Lying Lips, 1939
Temptation, 1935
Life Goes On, 1938
Straight to Heaven, 1939
Looking for some Black literature for your Sunday read?
Read Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" --
Read Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" --
Zora Neale Hurston's Short Story: "SWEAT"
“Sweat stood out both for its artistic accomplishment and its exploration of rural Southern Black life, introducing themes of marital conflict and spiritual consciousness that animate Hurston’s mature fiction”
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October 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Looking for some Black literature for your Sunday read?
Read Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" --
Read Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" --
Browse through the pages of an original Negro Motorist #GreenBook from 1946. Just imagine how many people who found protection in these pages because of the Black businesses, schools, restaurants, and lodging recorded during travel.
September 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Browse through the pages of an original Negro Motorist #GreenBook from 1946. Just imagine how many people who found protection in these pages because of the Black businesses, schools, restaurants, and lodging recorded during travel.
An advertisement from the 1972 Black Community Survival Conference
Source: NMAAHC
Source: NMAAHC
August 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
An advertisement from the 1972 Black Community Survival Conference
Source: NMAAHC
Source: NMAAHC
Between 1894 and 1900, Black men regained political influence in North Carolina when Populists & Republicans formed the integrated Fusionist coalition. It led to the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, the only successful coup of an elected government in U.S. history.
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
August 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Between 1894 and 1900, Black men regained political influence in North Carolina when Populists & Republicans formed the integrated Fusionist coalition. It led to the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, the only successful coup of an elected government in U.S. history.
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
The Shearer Cottage was the oldest Black-owned inn on the island. The Shearers operated the twelve-room seasonal inn, creating a space of belonging and fellowship for multiple generations of the Black community of Martha's Vineyard.
Ralp Lauren's A Portrait of the American Dream: Oak Bluffs (2025)
Ralp Lauren's A Portrait of the American Dream: Oak Bluffs (2025)
August 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The Shearer Cottage was the oldest Black-owned inn on the island. The Shearers operated the twelve-room seasonal inn, creating a space of belonging and fellowship for multiple generations of the Black community of Martha's Vineyard.
Ralp Lauren's A Portrait of the American Dream: Oak Bluffs (2025)
Ralp Lauren's A Portrait of the American Dream: Oak Bluffs (2025)
Black Broadway was the catalyst for one of the most historically significant and defining eras in Black creativity. Written by Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyle, with music and lyrics by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, Shuffle Along debuted on May 23, 1921, at the 63rd Street Music Hall.
July 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Black Broadway was the catalyst for one of the most historically significant and defining eras in Black creativity. Written by Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyle, with music and lyrics by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, Shuffle Along debuted on May 23, 1921, at the 63rd Street Music Hall.
David Ruggles opened the 1st Black-owned bookstore in America 191 years ago. This entrepreneur carried abolitionist books & pamphlets, in addition to printing and selling his own. He later added a reading room & a lending library. A mob would destroy the bookstore the following year by arson fire.
July 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
David Ruggles opened the 1st Black-owned bookstore in America 191 years ago. This entrepreneur carried abolitionist books & pamphlets, in addition to printing and selling his own. He later added a reading room & a lending library. A mob would destroy the bookstore the following year by arson fire.
Swarthmore College’s Black Studies Program in 1969
July 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Swarthmore College’s Black Studies Program in 1969
Archibald Motley (1891-1981) painting Chicago’s Black culture and nightlife during the 1930s & 1940s. You’ll see that Motley incorporates the different skin tones in his artwork to show that all shades of Black makeup our community.
June 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Archibald Motley (1891-1981) painting Chicago’s Black culture and nightlife during the 1930s & 1940s. You’ll see that Motley incorporates the different skin tones in his artwork to show that all shades of Black makeup our community.
Group portraits of the ancestors at the Emancipation Day Celebration on June 19, 1900, held in "East Woods" on East 24th Street in Austin, Texas. #Juneteenth
🗃️ Austin History Center
🗃️ Austin History Center
June 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Group portraits of the ancestors at the Emancipation Day Celebration on June 19, 1900, held in "East Woods" on East 24th Street in Austin, Texas. #Juneteenth
🗃️ Austin History Center
🗃️ Austin History Center
Lena Horne and her father, Teddy Horne in 1944
June 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Lena Horne and her father, Teddy Horne in 1944
Completely Random #BlackHistory Fact: Crispus Attucks was 6’2, mulatto, and had knock knees.
June 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Completely Random #BlackHistory Fact: Crispus Attucks was 6’2, mulatto, and had knock knees.
We must document our own stories to see past the spectrum of triumph and defeat.
June 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We must document our own stories to see past the spectrum of triumph and defeat.
Between 1924 and 1928, Rev. Solomon Sir Jones carried a 16mm camera in his hand, capturing the daily life and experience of over 30 Black towns in Oklahoma. When exploring history, we often focus on historical events and overlook the everyday lives of our ancestors.
June 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Between 1924 and 1928, Rev. Solomon Sir Jones carried a 16mm camera in his hand, capturing the daily life and experience of over 30 Black towns in Oklahoma. When exploring history, we often focus on historical events and overlook the everyday lives of our ancestors.
RIP the innovating and majestic funk-rock pioneer Sylvester Stewart b.k.a Sly Stone, co-founder and frontman of Sly and the Family Stone. 🕊️
June 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
RIP the innovating and majestic funk-rock pioneer Sylvester Stewart b.k.a Sly Stone, co-founder and frontman of Sly and the Family Stone. 🕊️
Happy Easter!
📷 Charles" Teenie" Harris
🗃️ Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
📷 Charles" Teenie" Harris
🗃️ Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
April 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Happy Easter!
📷 Charles" Teenie" Harris
🗃️ Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
📷 Charles" Teenie" Harris
🗃️ Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Of the 104 African American medical officers serving in WWI, 60% came from medical schools at 3 HBCUs: Meharry Medical College (34), Howard University Medical School (16), and Leonard Medical School (13). #BlackHistory
March 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Of the 104 African American medical officers serving in WWI, 60% came from medical schools at 3 HBCUs: Meharry Medical College (34), Howard University Medical School (16), and Leonard Medical School (13). #BlackHistory
Army officers of African American descent were almost non-existent in the regular army until WWI, even though we’ve participated in every major American war since the 1700s.
March 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Army officers of African American descent were almost non-existent in the regular army until WWI, even though we’ve participated in every major American war since the 1700s.
Have you ever heard of The Order of the Man of Oppression? The Colored Vigilant Committee of Detroit? Probably because you weren't supposed to. Quiet as it's kept...there was a secret society a part of the Underground Railroad created by free-born African Americans #BlackHistory
February 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Have you ever heard of The Order of the Man of Oppression? The Colored Vigilant Committee of Detroit? Probably because you weren't supposed to. Quiet as it's kept...there was a secret society a part of the Underground Railroad created by free-born African Americans #BlackHistory
You've got to applaud how the ancestors possessed a sense of direction. Check out these maps of #UndergroundRailroad routes.
February 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
You've got to applaud how the ancestors possessed a sense of direction. Check out these maps of #UndergroundRailroad routes.
Celebrating Black Love Today 🫶🏾
#BlackLove
📷 Davis & J.C., circa 1951
📷 Beth Chandler &Theodore John Warren Wedding, circa 1964
📷 Benjamin E. Mays and Sadie Gray Mays, August 9, 1951
📷 Priscilla & Regina, circa 1979
#BlackLove
📷 Davis & J.C., circa 1951
📷 Beth Chandler &Theodore John Warren Wedding, circa 1964
📷 Benjamin E. Mays and Sadie Gray Mays, August 9, 1951
📷 Priscilla & Regina, circa 1979
February 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Celebrating Black Love Today 🫶🏾
#BlackLove
📷 Davis & J.C., circa 1951
📷 Beth Chandler &Theodore John Warren Wedding, circa 1964
📷 Benjamin E. Mays and Sadie Gray Mays, August 9, 1951
📷 Priscilla & Regina, circa 1979
#BlackLove
📷 Davis & J.C., circa 1951
📷 Beth Chandler &Theodore John Warren Wedding, circa 1964
📷 Benjamin E. Mays and Sadie Gray Mays, August 9, 1951
📷 Priscilla & Regina, circa 1979
🧵 African Americans and Labor: Transportation [1/3]
C.R. Patterson & Sons Company was a successful carriage-building business founded by Charles Richard Patterson, a “fugitive slave” who escaped Virginia in 1861 and settled in Ohio to establish a family and business. #BlackHistory
C.R. Patterson & Sons Company was a successful carriage-building business founded by Charles Richard Patterson, a “fugitive slave” who escaped Virginia in 1861 and settled in Ohio to establish a family and business. #BlackHistory
February 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🧵 African Americans and Labor: Transportation [1/3]
C.R. Patterson & Sons Company was a successful carriage-building business founded by Charles Richard Patterson, a “fugitive slave” who escaped Virginia in 1861 and settled in Ohio to establish a family and business. #BlackHistory
C.R. Patterson & Sons Company was a successful carriage-building business founded by Charles Richard Patterson, a “fugitive slave” who escaped Virginia in 1861 and settled in Ohio to establish a family and business. #BlackHistory
The Poro College, a beauty school by Annie Turnbo Malone, was created to “contribute to the economic betterment of Race Women.” The institution opened its doors in 1917 in St. Louis to train African American women in cosmetology, recruit agents, and provide them with business skills. #BlackHistory
February 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The Poro College, a beauty school by Annie Turnbo Malone, was created to “contribute to the economic betterment of Race Women.” The institution opened its doors in 1917 in St. Louis to train African American women in cosmetology, recruit agents, and provide them with business skills. #BlackHistory
We’ll be celebrating this #BlackHistory Month by continuing to sort through the archive of memories passed down by our ancestors about the unyielding contributions of African American labor.
February 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We’ll be celebrating this #BlackHistory Month by continuing to sort through the archive of memories passed down by our ancestors about the unyielding contributions of African American labor.