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#Onthisday November 10, 1891, Granville T Woods patented the electric railway.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#Onthisday November 10, 1891, Granville T Woods patented the electric railway.
“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” ― James Baldwin, No Name in the Street
October 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” ― James Baldwin, No Name in the Street
Lorraine Hansberry, author of the acclaimed play, "A Raisin in the Sun," was the first black woman to write a play performed on Broadway in 1959.
October 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Lorraine Hansberry, author of the acclaimed play, "A Raisin in the Sun," was the first black woman to write a play performed on Broadway in 1959.
Remembering Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, an American civil rights activist, best known for her refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, who joined the elders #onthisday October 24, 2005.
October 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Remembering Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, an American civil rights activist, best known for her refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, who joined the elders #onthisday October 24, 2005.
Remembering that #onthisday October 7, 1993, Author Toni Morrison made history when she became the first African American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
October 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Remembering that #onthisday October 7, 1993, Author Toni Morrison made history when she became the first African American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Remembering Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, a passionate voice against racial oppression, born #onthisday October 6, 1917, in Mississippi.
“There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people.” – Fannie Lou Hamer
“There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people.” – Fannie Lou Hamer
October 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Remembering Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, a passionate voice against racial oppression, born #onthisday October 6, 1917, in Mississippi.
“There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people.” – Fannie Lou Hamer
“There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people.” – Fannie Lou Hamer
Remembering Bobby Cain, one of the Clinton 12 (TN) joined the elders on Sept. 22, 2025. Unlike the Little Rock Nine, the Clinton 12 students were not hand-picked and trained for the job of desegregation. Bobby Cain was the first African American student to graduate from a southern high school.
September 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Remembering Bobby Cain, one of the Clinton 12 (TN) joined the elders on Sept. 22, 2025. Unlike the Little Rock Nine, the Clinton 12 students were not hand-picked and trained for the job of desegregation. Bobby Cain was the first African American student to graduate from a southern high school.
Remembering the Little Rock Nine, who made history #onthisday September 24, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to take the students, who were desegregating Central High School,
September 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Remembering the Little Rock Nine, who made history #onthisday September 24, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to take the students, who were desegregating Central High School,
#Onthisday September 18, 1992, Dr. Mae Jemison made history by becoming the first African American woman to travel to space.
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
#Onthisday September 18, 1992, Dr. Mae Jemison made history by becoming the first African American woman to travel to space.
#Onthidday September 18, 1895, Booker T. Washington delivered his influential "Atlanta Compromise" speech at the Cotton States and International Exposition, advocating for Black economic self-sufficiency within a segregated South.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
#Onthidday September 18, 1895, Booker T. Washington delivered his influential "Atlanta Compromise" speech at the Cotton States and International Exposition, advocating for Black economic self-sufficiency within a segregated South.
#Onthisday September 17, 1968, Diahann Carroll became the star of the NBC television series Julia, the first modern TV show to feature an African American woman in the lead role since the 1950s.
September 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
#Onthisday September 17, 1968, Diahann Carroll became the star of the NBC television series Julia, the first modern TV show to feature an African American woman in the lead role since the 1950s.
Remembering Riley B. King, born #onthisday September 16, 1925. Known as B. B. King, he was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. B.B. King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and earned the nickname "The King of the Blues."
September 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Remembering Riley B. King, born #onthisday September 16, 1925. Known as B. B. King, he was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. B.B. King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and earned the nickname "The King of the Blues."
Remembering Denise McNair (11), Addie Mae Collins (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Cynthia Wesley (14) killed #onthisday September 15, 1963, when the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, the largest African American church in Birmingham, Alabama. More than 20 others were injured.
September 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Remembering Denise McNair (11), Addie Mae Collins (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Cynthia Wesley (14) killed #onthisday September 15, 1963, when the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, the largest African American church in Birmingham, Alabama. More than 20 others were injured.
She was a law clerk to Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Motley aided Marshall and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in the Brown v. Board of Education case.
September 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
She was a law clerk to Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Motley aided Marshall and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in the Brown v. Board of Education case.
Remembering Constance Baker Motley born #onthisday September 14, 1921. A key strategist of the civil rights movement, She was the first Black woman to argue at the Supreme Court and argued 10 landmark civil rights cases, winning nine.
September 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Remembering Constance Baker Motley born #onthisday September 14, 1921. A key strategist of the civil rights movement, She was the first Black woman to argue at the Supreme Court and argued 10 landmark civil rights cases, winning nine.
“If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence.” Bayard Rustin
September 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence.” Bayard Rustin
#Onthisday September 9, 1934, acclaimed poet, playwright, and activist Sonia Sanchez was born. She became a significant figure in the Black Arts Movement and later joining the English faculty at Temple University.
September 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
#Onthisday September 9, 1934, acclaimed poet, playwright, and activist Sonia Sanchez was born. She became a significant figure in the Black Arts Movement and later joining the English faculty at Temple University.
#Onthisday September 9, 1957, during the Eisenhower administration, the U.S. Congress passed the first civil rights bill since reconstruction, which he signed #onthisday.
September 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
#Onthisday September 9, 1957, during the Eisenhower administration, the U.S. Congress passed the first civil rights bill since reconstruction, which he signed #onthisday.
Jacob Lawrence, one of the best-known painters of the 20th Century, along with such notables as Romare Bearden, was born on Sept. 7, 1917, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Throughout his lengthy artistic career, Lawrence concentrated on depicting the history and struggles of African Americans.
September 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Jacob Lawrence, one of the best-known painters of the 20th Century, along with such notables as Romare Bearden, was born on Sept. 7, 1917, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Throughout his lengthy artistic career, Lawrence concentrated on depicting the history and struggles of African Americans.
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was 60 years ago. August 28, 1963. The same day in 1955 is the day that Emmett Till was abducted and murdered in Mississippi.
August 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was 60 years ago. August 28, 1963. The same day in 1955 is the day that Emmett Till was abducted and murdered in Mississippi.
#Onthisday Aug. 22, 1781, Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman, secured her freedom in a precedent setting court case. She was one of the first enslaved people in Massachusetts to file a “freedom suit” and win in court under the 1780 constitution, with a ruling that slavery was illegal.
August 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
#Onthisday Aug. 22, 1781, Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman, secured her freedom in a precedent setting court case. She was one of the first enslaved people in Massachusetts to file a “freedom suit” and win in court under the 1780 constitution, with a ruling that slavery was illegal.
Her question griped the nation with her televised testimony of being forced from her home and brutally beaten for attempting to exercise her constitutional right to vote.2/2
August 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Her question griped the nation with her televised testimony of being forced from her home and brutally beaten for attempting to exercise her constitutional right to vote.2/2
Jason Stanley, in his work Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future demonstrates how attacks on education and historical memory support authoritarianism, undermining public understanding of past struggles for justice.
August 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Jason Stanley, in his work Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future demonstrates how attacks on education and historical memory support authoritarianism, undermining public understanding of past struggles for justice.
In 1773 Phillis Wheatley's book of poems, "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral," was published in Boston and then in England, making her the first published African American writer, and the second book by a woman to be published in the land which was about to become the United States
August 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In 1773 Phillis Wheatley's book of poems, "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral," was published in Boston and then in England, making her the first published African American writer, and the second book by a woman to be published in the land which was about to become the United States
#Onthisday 8/19/ 1791, African American mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker penned a letter to then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Banneker criticized Jefferson’s hypocritical stance on enslavement. Using Jefferson’s own words to make his case for the abolition of slavery.
August 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#Onthisday 8/19/ 1791, African American mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker penned a letter to then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Banneker criticized Jefferson’s hypocritical stance on enslavement. Using Jefferson’s own words to make his case for the abolition of slavery.