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Retired public history researcher - African Amer. His. Amateur photographer, trying to learn. Like owl pictures, Linux OS - Mint & Fedora, old laptops & desktops, and all series of Star Trek.🙂
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#BlackHistoryMonth
Mary Frances Berry was born on this day in 1938 in Nashville, Tenn. She is a distinguished historian, lawyer and civil rights activist who has dedicated more than 40 years to civil rights, social justice and gender equality both in the U.S. and South Africa. /1
#BlackHistoryMonth
Mary Frances Berry was born on this day in 1938 in Nashville, Tenn. She is a distinguished historian, lawyer and civil rights activist who has dedicated more than 40 years to civil rights, social justice and gender equality both in the U.S. and South Africa. /1
February 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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#BlackHistoryMonth
Mary Frances Berry was born on this day in 1938 in Nashville, Tenn. She is a distinguished historian, lawyer and civil rights activist who has dedicated more than 40 years to civil rights, social justice and gender equality both in the U.S. and South Africa. /1
#BlackHistoryMonth
Mary Frances Berry was born on this day in 1938 in Nashville, Tenn. She is a distinguished historian, lawyer and civil rights activist who has dedicated more than 40 years to civil rights, social justice and gender equality both in the U.S. and South Africa. /1
From July 17, 1984
Watching Rev. Jesse. Jackson speech at the Democratic National Convention.
So relevant today, just the camera showing our historic figures as it shows the audience, so many reminders that we must not lose faith.
The yesterday that is today.
RIP REV. JACKSON
Watching Rev. Jesse. Jackson speech at the Democratic National Convention.
So relevant today, just the camera showing our historic figures as it shows the audience, so many reminders that we must not lose faith.
The yesterday that is today.
RIP REV. JACKSON
February 17, 2026 at 4:20 PM
From July 17, 1984
Watching Rev. Jesse. Jackson speech at the Democratic National Convention.
So relevant today, just the camera showing our historic figures as it shows the audience, so many reminders that we must not lose faith.
The yesterday that is today.
RIP REV. JACKSON
Watching Rev. Jesse. Jackson speech at the Democratic National Convention.
So relevant today, just the camera showing our historic figures as it shows the audience, so many reminders that we must not lose faith.
The yesterday that is today.
RIP REV. JACKSON
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Reverend Jesse Jackson was one of America’s greatest patriots. He spent his life summoning all of us to fulfill the promise of America and building the coalitions to make that promise real.
February 17, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Reverend Jesse Jackson was one of America’s greatest patriots. He spent his life summoning all of us to fulfill the promise of America and building the coalitions to make that promise real.
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i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.
February 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.
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Elizabeth Peratrovich Day is celebrated today in Alaska to honor the civil rights leader, who was instrumental in the passage of the Alaska Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945. This day recognizes her contributions to fighting for equality and the rights of Indigenous peoples.
February 16, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Elizabeth Peratrovich Day is celebrated today in Alaska to honor the civil rights leader, who was instrumental in the passage of the Alaska Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945. This day recognizes her contributions to fighting for equality and the rights of Indigenous peoples.
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🧵It was his death that sparked the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march that became known as "Bloody Sunday"; but many of you never heard of him.
His name: Jimmy Lee Jackson.
Pull up a 🪑(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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🧵It was his death that sparked the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march that became known as "Bloody Sunday"; but many of you never heard of him.
His name: Jimmy Lee Jackson.
Pull up a 🪑(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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Jimmie Lee Jackson
Feb. 26, 1965 Marion, Ala.
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February 17, 2026 at 12:38 AM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵It was his death that sparked the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march that became known as "Bloody Sunday"; but many of you never heard of him.
His name: Jimmy Lee Jackson.
Pull up a 🪑(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.splcenter.org/resources/st...
🧵It was his death that sparked the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march that became known as "Bloody Sunday"; but many of you never heard of him.
His name: Jimmy Lee Jackson.
Pull up a 🪑(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.splcenter.org/resources/st...
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"I forgave the DAR many years ago. You lose a lot of time hating people."
Marian Anderson, born on this day in 1902
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Marian Anderson, born on this day in 1902
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Marian Anderson Sings at Lincoln Memorial
YouTube video by RobertHJacksonCenter
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February 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
"I forgave the DAR many years ago. You lose a lot of time hating people."
Marian Anderson, born on this day in 1902
youtu.be/mAONYTMf2pk
Marian Anderson, born on this day in 1902
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#BlackHistoryMonth
In 1966, 60 African American quilters in Wilcox County, Ala., established the Freedom Quilting Bee. The collective grew out of the Civil Rights Movement and offered economic independence to women facing financial retaliation for their political activism. /1
#BlackHistoryMonth
In 1966, 60 African American quilters in Wilcox County, Ala., established the Freedom Quilting Bee. The collective grew out of the Civil Rights Movement and offered economic independence to women facing financial retaliation for their political activism. /1
February 17, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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#BlackHistoryMonth
In 1966, 60 African American quilters in Wilcox County, Ala., established the Freedom Quilting Bee. The collective grew out of the Civil Rights Movement and offered economic independence to women facing financial retaliation for their political activism. /1
#BlackHistoryMonth
In 1966, 60 African American quilters in Wilcox County, Ala., established the Freedom Quilting Bee. The collective grew out of the Civil Rights Movement and offered economic independence to women facing financial retaliation for their political activism. /1
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BREAKING NEWS: The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.
Longtime civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.
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February 17, 2026 at 10:40 AM
BREAKING NEWS: The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.
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Today in history, 1945: The Alaskan Territorial Legislature passes the Anti-Discrimination Act banning racial segregation in public accommodations. It was the first such law in the U.S., passed 14 years before Alaska statehood and 19 years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. /1
Today in history, 1945: The Alaskan Territorial Legislature passes the Anti-Discrimination Act banning racial segregation in public accommodations. It was the first such law in the U.S., passed 14 years before Alaska statehood and 19 years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. /1
February 16, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Today in history, 1945: The Alaskan Territorial Legislature passes the Anti-Discrimination Act banning racial segregation in public accommodations. It was the first such law in the U.S., passed 14 years before Alaska statehood and 19 years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. /1
Today in history, 1945: The Alaskan Territorial Legislature passes the Anti-Discrimination Act banning racial segregation in public accommodations. It was the first such law in the U.S., passed 14 years before Alaska statehood and 19 years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. /1
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Pauli Murray, American lawyer, #legal theorist, author, civil & #womensrights activist, feminist, pastor. One of the most important legal scholars of the 20th c.; the first Af-Am to be awarded a doctorate in #law from Yale University #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #LawSky #law #HigherEd #woc
February 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Pauli Murray, American lawyer, #legal theorist, author, civil & #womensrights activist, feminist, pastor. One of the most important legal scholars of the 20th c.; the first Af-Am to be awarded a doctorate in #law from Yale University #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #LawSky #law #HigherEd #woc
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🧵 Today, we're going to learn about The USS Sumter Three — and the mutiny charges that should never have happened. It's apropos for #BlackHistoryMonth—because most people never knew about it.
Pull up a seat. 🪑 (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
🧵 Today, we're going to learn about The USS Sumter Three — and the mutiny charges that should never have happened. It's apropos for #BlackHistoryMonth—because most people never knew about it.
Pull up a seat. 🪑 (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
February 15, 2026 at 6:21 AM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 Today, we're going to learn about The USS Sumter Three — and the mutiny charges that should never have happened. It's apropos for #BlackHistoryMonth—because most people never knew about it.
Pull up a seat. 🪑 (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
🧵 Today, we're going to learn about The USS Sumter Three — and the mutiny charges that should never have happened. It's apropos for #BlackHistoryMonth—because most people never knew about it.
Pull up a seat. 🪑 (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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Honouring
EMMA STARK
One of Canada's🇨🇦
FIRST Black Teachers
www.communitystories.ca/v2/bc-black-...
#blackhistorymonth
#blackbrilliance
#BHMcanada
#BHM2026
#canada
Honouring
EMMA STARK
One of Canada's🇨🇦
FIRST Black Teachers
www.communitystories.ca/v2/bc-black-...
#blackhistorymonth
#blackbrilliance
#BHMcanada
#BHM2026
#canada
First Black Teacher on Vancouver Island: Emma Stark | British Columbia’s Black Pioneers
Emily Arabella Stark was born in California on February 17, 1856; the eldest daughter of Sylvia and Louis Stark; she was four years old when her family arrived […]
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February 15, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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Honouring
EMMA STARK
One of Canada's🇨🇦
FIRST Black Teachers
www.communitystories.ca/v2/bc-black-...
#blackhistorymonth
#blackbrilliance
#BHMcanada
#BHM2026
#canada
Honouring
EMMA STARK
One of Canada's🇨🇦
FIRST Black Teachers
www.communitystories.ca/v2/bc-black-...
#blackhistorymonth
#blackbrilliance
#BHMcanada
#BHM2026
#canada
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Honouring
MILLIE BURGESS
One of Canada's🇨🇦
FIRST Black Teachers
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#blackhistorymonth
#blackbrilliance
#BHMcanada
#BHM2026
#canada
Honouring
MILLIE BURGESS
One of Canada's🇨🇦
FIRST Black Teachers
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#blackhistorymonth
#blackbrilliance
#BHMcanada
#BHM2026
#canada
'It was kind of scary': How this 99-year-old blazed a trail for Black teachers in Ontario | CBC News
Millie Burgess was the first female teacher of African descent to teach in the Ontario school system, according to the Ontario Human Rights Commission's records, and may be the first Black woman in Ca...
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February 15, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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Honouring
MILLIE BURGESS
One of Canada's🇨🇦
FIRST Black Teachers
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#blackhistorymonth
#blackbrilliance
#BHMcanada
#BHM2026
#canada
Honouring
MILLIE BURGESS
One of Canada's🇨🇦
FIRST Black Teachers
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#blackhistorymonth
#blackbrilliance
#BHMcanada
#BHM2026
#canada
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Yes he was handsome. But give some credit to the meticulous attention his wife Anna Murray Douglass paid to his care, his home, & the presentation of his garments. It was Anna, a free woman who he met in Baltimore, who out of her meager savings gave FD the money for his train ride to escape.
February 14, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Yes he was handsome. But give some credit to the meticulous attention his wife Anna Murray Douglass paid to his care, his home, & the presentation of his garments. It was Anna, a free woman who he met in Baltimore, who out of her meager savings gave FD the money for his train ride to escape.
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Released 10 Feb 1971, the album 'Tapestry' by Carole King, 1 day after her 29th birthday. It sold over 25 million copies worldwide & was No.1 on the Billboard chart for 15 weeks. The cat on the cover was Telemachus, Carole's own cat, and was included at the suggestion of the photographer. #Tapestry
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Released 10 Feb 1971, the album 'Tapestry' by Carole King, 1 day after her 29th birthday. It sold over 25 million copies worldwide & was No.1 on the Billboard chart for 15 weeks. The cat on the cover was Telemachus, Carole's own cat, and was included at the suggestion of the photographer. #Tapestry
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“No one here knows what it is I have seen, what I have experienced, what I owe those whom I left. . . . And no one asks. For one split second, I want to go back.”
Wallace Terry (Biography set for October 6 release from @unmpress.bsky.social)
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Wallace Terry (Biography set for October 6 release from @unmpress.bsky.social)
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Wallace Terry, the Vietnam War, and "Bloods"
Wallace H. Terry Jr., who served as deputy bureau chief for Time magazine in Saigon, had amassed an impressive record as a journalist. Hired...
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February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“No one here knows what it is I have seen, what I have experienced, what I owe those whom I left. . . . And no one asks. For one split second, I want to go back.”
Wallace Terry (Biography set for October 6 release from @unmpress.bsky.social)
rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2024/05/wall...
Wallace Terry (Biography set for October 6 release from @unmpress.bsky.social)
rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2024/05/wall...
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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My Alt Text description of this photo is incorrect. I describe it as Black Panther members standing at the "base of a monument." It's actually the New York County Criminal Courts Building. They were there in 1969 during the trial of the "Panther 21."
The photo was nagging at me so I kept searching.
The photo was nagging at me so I kept searching.
At the same time, the focus on the Black Panthers elevated their reputation and notoriety, transforming them from a local Oakland organization into a prominent symbol of armed resistance. The surge in national attention also helped them expand their community programs and influence. /end
February 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM
My Alt Text description of this photo is incorrect. I describe it as Black Panther members standing at the "base of a monument." It's actually the New York County Criminal Courts Building. They were there in 1969 during the trial of the "Panther 21."
The photo was nagging at me so I kept searching.
The photo was nagging at me so I kept searching.
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It's No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown’s Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy
by Margena A. Christian
It’s No Wonder examines the groundbreaking career of Motown’s first certified female in-house songwriter & producer. It's time to un-erase Sylvia Moy.
#founditinabook 📚
#blackbooksky
#blacksky
by Margena A. Christian
It’s No Wonder examines the groundbreaking career of Motown’s first certified female in-house songwriter & producer. It's time to un-erase Sylvia Moy.
#founditinabook 📚
#blackbooksky
#blacksky
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
It's No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown’s Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy
by Margena A. Christian
It’s No Wonder examines the groundbreaking career of Motown’s first certified female in-house songwriter & producer. It's time to un-erase Sylvia Moy.
#founditinabook 📚
#blackbooksky
#blacksky
by Margena A. Christian
It’s No Wonder examines the groundbreaking career of Motown’s first certified female in-house songwriter & producer. It's time to un-erase Sylvia Moy.
#founditinabook 📚
#blackbooksky
#blacksky
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It also points out how the cultural ignorance of much of our pundit & MSM class fails. 135 million Americans watched an important & controversial cultural event & many journalists are 1)ill-equipped to explain its significance or 2) too arrogant to know that would need assistance in unpacking it.
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
It also points out how the cultural ignorance of much of our pundit & MSM class fails. 135 million Americans watched an important & controversial cultural event & many journalists are 1)ill-equipped to explain its significance or 2) too arrogant to know that would need assistance in unpacking it.
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