👋 Pass it on! We've also got info on these World War II pilots you may have heard about. They were fighting for the "Double V." Check on the page on the Tuskegee Airmen.
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The DoD may try to delete you, but we won't. Let's celebrate #JackieRobinsonDay early!
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Born in Barbados, Mabel Keaton Staupers (1890-1989) a was a registered nurse & public health advocate. During WWII, she initiated a campaign that ended the exclusion of black nurses from the U.S. Army. #WomensHistoryMonth
Click the link to read more: bit.ly/4hk6K6p.

March 10: Happy #HarrietTubmanDay! The holiday is celebrated in NY & MD and honors the abolitionist, Union Army scout & spy, and suffragist, who freed herself and returned to free others from slavery. Click the link to read more about Tubman (1813-1921). #WomensHistoryMonth
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March 2: #OTD in 1955, Claudette Colvin (b. 1939) was arrested in Montgomery, AL for refusing to give up her seat to white passenger on a city bus. #WomensHistoryMonth
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The Memphis (TN) Sanitation Strike took place Feb 12-April 16, 1968. After the deaths of 2 men, the majority black workforce demanded higher wages & safety measures. They received support from national civil rights figures, including MLK & Bayard Rustin. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Feb 25: Born enslaved at Mount Vernon (VA), Ona Judge "absconded from the household of the POTUS" in 1796. George Washington never recaptured her. She lived the rest of her life in New Hampshire & died #OTD in 1848. See the runaway ad below.👇🏾#BlackHistoryMonth bit.ly/2phmTS3

In an address to members in 1906, DuBois discussed the goals of the Niagara Movement: "We claim for ourselves every single right that belongs to a freeborn American, political, civil and social." Click the link to read the speech: bit.ly/2L5aLRh.

The Niagara Movement (1905-09) was a civil rights group founded by W.E.B. DuBois & William Monroe Trotter. Although short-lived, the movement stood apart from other organizations at the time b/c of its unequivocal demand for equal rights. Read more: bit.ly/2ubsBZ1. #BHM

At the National Negro Convention held in Buffalo, NY, Henry Highland Garnet (1815-82) a newspaper editor and pastor captured the attendees' attention w/ his address. "An Address to the Slaves of the United States" called for open rebellion. #BHM
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Dr. Williams was also a co-founder of the National Medical Association (NMA) in 1895. The NMA is the largest & oldest national organization for Black physicians in the U.S., founded as an alternative to the AMA, which was for whites-only then.
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Daniel Hale Williams, M.D. (1856-1931) was a medical pioneer. The surgeon performed one of the 1st successful open-heart surgeries in 1893. He repaired the pericardium of a patient who had been stabbed. Click the link to read more: bit.ly/2DHiX3U. #BlackHistoryMonth

Anybody else been humming the #BlackNationalAnthem since the Super Bowl? We've got lyrics to all three verses here: bit.ly/2GY0u97.

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," now known as the #BlackNationalAnthem, was written by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) w/ music by his brother J. Rosamond. Johnson was a composer, diplomat, an educator and activist. #BHM
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Feb 6: Autherine Lucy (1929-2022), a graduate of
MilesCollege, was the 1st Af-Am to enroll at
@uofalabama.bsky.social. #OTD in 1956, her 3rd day in class, a violent mob descended on the campus. Riots broke out, after which the univ suspended Lucy. Read more:
bit.ly/2OHCRDQ. #BHM 📚👩🏿‍🏫 #BlackSky

Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. (1943-1993) was a legendary tennis player & human rights activist. He was the 1st (& still only) Af-Am man to win the US & Australian Open & Wimbledon singles titles. He was the 1st Af-Am man to be ranked World #1.
Click to read more: bit.ly/3eeskJf. #BHM 🏆🎾

Ever wonder how #BlackHistoryMonth got started? 🤔 We got you! In the following article Prof. Daryl Michael Scott, discusses the history of the celebration. Read it here: bit.ly/2DTq6xg.