I still can’t believe that she’s gone….her music has been apart of the soundtrack of my life since I was in my 20’s!! Gone much too soon! Thankful for all the music you left us! Rest easy with the creator!!

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#RIPAngieStone

Escaping slaves used to throw balls of fried cornmeal out to distract the hounds from tracking them. The hounds would stop barking and tracking thanks to the cornmeal which later adopted the name “hush puppies”. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

#BlackHistory #HushPuppies #BlackHistoryMonth

Thomas L. Jennings made history in 1821 as the first Black person to receive a U.S. patent for his novel dry-cleaning method. A successful businessman, he used his wealth to free enslaved family members and fund abolitionist efforts, leaving a lasting legacy. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Donnie Cochran 🛫
Navy naval aviator and was the first Black American aviator to be selected to the Flight Demonstration Squadron Blue Angels in 1986. Cochran later assumed command of the Blue Angels in 1994. He is a 2022 inductee to the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

#BlackHistoryMonth

Celebrating Sarah Boone (1832-1904)
Sarah Boone, born into slavery in 1832, invented an improved ironing board, streamlining the ironing process for women's clothing.
Her patented design, awarded in 1892, made her one of the first African American women to receive a patent.

#BlackHistoryMonth✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Matthew Cherry, an African American inventor, patented a device that was called a velocipede. Cherry''s patent was a forerunner of what we know as the tricycle. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BlackHistory365 #BlackExcellence ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Do you know Bessie Coleman? She was the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license in 1921 when U.S. flight schools refused her entry. She learned to fly in France and became a famous stunt pilot! ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿🛬

#BlackHistoryMonth #KnowYourHistory #CelebrateExcellence

In 1849, to escape 33 years of his life as a slave, Henry "Box" Brown shipped himself in a cargo box from Richmond, Virginia, to the abolitionist zone in Philadelphia.
Henry Brown completed the 350-mile journey, barely breathing through the air holes he pierced in his 60-centimeter-wide cargo box!

Betty Boop Was Inspired By A Black Jazz Singer Named Esther Jones, Who Was Known As "Baby Esther":

Jones Performed Regularly At The Cotton Club In Harlem In The 1920s.
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#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BettyBoop #EstherJonesBettyBoop

Mary Wallace: First female bus driver for Chicago Transit Authority, 1974. She remained a bus driver for 33 years before retiring. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #MaryWallace #BlackFemaleBusDriver

Ferry rides are always good for the soul! 🫶🏽🧜🏾‍♀️🎶🐾⛴️

#LifeLoveAndTruths 🫶🏽🧜🏾‍♀️🫶🏽

Precisely, if Jesus was walking the earth today you best believe He’d be flipping over some more tables right now! I’m so over Trump trying to attach himself in anyway shape or form to the likeness of Christs teachings!!