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"How Slavery continued after the 13th amendment abolished slavery A THREAD In [----] a year after the amendment was ratified Alabama Texas Louisiana Arkansas Georgia Mississippi Florida Tennessee and South Carolina began to lease out convicts for labor"
X Link 2022-11-24T15:30Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements

"Three men of 'The Windrush Generation' migrants from the Caribbean arrive on UK shores [----]. The 'Windrush' generation were those people who arrived in the UK from Caribbean countries between [----] and 1973"
X Link 2026-01-03T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 38.1K engagements

"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. Maya Angelou"
X Link 2026-02-06T01:30Z 1.1M followers, 97.5K engagements

"Sister Rosetta Tharpe is credited as the Godmother of Rock N Roll. Before Elvis Johnny Cash or Little Richard there was Sister Tharpe- A Black woman who forged her own sound in a male dominated industry. She does not get the credit she deserves"
X Link 2024-02-17T20:31Z 1.1M followers, 2.6M engagements

"Mother Daughter and Maid Johannesburg South Africa 1977"
X Link 2025-09-06T10:40Z 1.1M followers, 6.9M engagements

"A man rides a bus in Durban meant for white passengers only in resistance to South Africa's apartheid policies 1986"
X Link 2025-10-07T10:30Z 1.1M followers, 6.8M engagements

"In [----] Gurley and his wife sold their property in Noble County and moved [--] miles to the oil boom town of Tulsa. Gurley purchased [--] acres of land in North Tulsa and established his first business a rooming house on a dusty road that would become Greenwood Avenue"
X Link 2026-01-13T19:05Z 1.1M followers, [---] engagements

"Lonnie Johnson NASA engineer invented the Super Soaker. He made your childhood hot summers fun 1980s. #BlackHistoryMonth"
X Link 2026-02-08T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 46.6K engagements

"How William O'Neal FBI informant infiltrated the Black Panthers and set up Fred Hampton Read https://buymeacoffee.com/africanarchives/how-william-o-neal-fbi-informant-infiltrated-black-panthers-set-fred-hampton https://buymeacoffee.com/africanarchives/how-william-o-neal-fbi-informant-infiltrated-black-panthers-set-fred-hampton"
X Link 2026-02-15T01:00Z 1.1M followers, 21K engagements

"Michael Jackson in the studio with his cousin Stevie Wonder 1975"
X Link 2023-10-17T03:05Z 1.1M followers, 38.6M engagements

"On this day in [----] Obama was elected President of the United States"
X Link 2025-11-04T12:00Z 1.1M followers, 3.9M engagements

"The Land Rush of [----] also known as the Cherokee Outlet Opening or the Cherokee Strip Land Rush marked the opening to settlement of the Cherokee Outlet in the Oklahoma Territory's fourth and largest land run. It was part of what would later become the state of Oklahoma in 1907"
X Link 2026-01-13T19:05Z 1.1M followers, [---] engagements

"After the war Schramm returned to Bad Langensalza worked in mining and engineering and later founded a taxi company. He became an anti-racism activist sharing his story widely"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:00Z 1.1M followers, 10.8K engagements

"Queen Nzinga was one of the most formidable rulers in 17th-century Africa. Queen of the Ndongo and Matamba kingdoms (in present-day Angola) Nzinga Mbande became one of the strongest opponents of Portuguese expansion into Central Africa. In [----] she first appeared on the political stage when her brother the Ngola (king) of Ndongo sent her to negotiate with the Portuguese governor in Luanda. Determined to establish equality in diplomacy Nzinga famously refused to sit on the floor before the Portuguese representative. Instead she had one of her attendants kneel so she could sit at eye level with"
X Link 2026-02-12T10:30Z 1.1M followers, 14.8K engagements

"Kwame Nkrumah about to lay a wreath at a special memorial service in honour of late Patrice Lumumba in Accra on February [--] [----]. Just weeks earlier Lumumba had been killed during a period of intense political crisis following Congos independence from Belgium in [----]. His death sent shockwaves across Africa and the wider world. For many newly independent African nations Lumumba symbolized sovereignty unity and the right of African countries to determine their own political and economic futures. Kwame Nkrumah Ghanas first President and a leading advocate of Pan-African unity viewed Lumumbas"
X Link 2026-02-14T10:45Z 1.1M followers, 40.9K engagements

"I keep my work backed up off X here with reader support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AfricanArchives https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AfricanArchives"
X Link 2026-02-15T21:00Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements

"Hazel Massery; the lady screaming at Eckford"
X Link 2022-12-14T19:47Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements

"On this day in [----] Ota Benga an African native who suffered inhumane treatment by being kept in a zoo committed suicide. He had been kidnapped in [----] from Congo and taken to America and exhibited at the Bronx Zoo with monkeys. A THREAD"
X Link 2023-03-20T15:09Z 1.1M followers, 19.7M engagements

"During the 1940s it was rare for a black person to have control over large amounts of land. In [----] a group of white men brutally lynched Rev. Isaac Simmons a Black minister & farmer so they could steal his land in Amite County Mississippi which was over [---] acres A THREAD"
X Link 2023-06-30T19:08Z 1.1M followers, 2.2M engagements

"The Battle of Bamber Bridge [----]. Racist US military police attacked black US troops on British soil. US military authorities demanded the towns pubs impose a colour bar the local landlords responded with signs that read Black Troops Only which pissed them off. A THREAD"
X Link 2023-07-21T15:30Z 1.1M followers, 2.3M engagements

"A statue of La Mlatresse Solitude who in [----] helpled lead a slave revolt while EIGHT Months pregnant in Guadeloupe. She became a martyr and symbol for all women and mothers who against all odds defended the ideals of freedom and equality. A THREAD"
X Link 2023-12-09T16:57Z 1.1M followers, 883.7K engagements

"Whoopi Goldberg and her mother 1986"
X Link 2024-05-11T16:39Z 1.1M followers, 7.8M engagements

"On this day in [----] Reporters exposed the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment a secret study to examine the effects of untreated syphilis in Black men. American medicine has been built upon the abuse of black people with no oversight. A THREAD"
X Link 2024-07-24T15:16Z 1.1M followers, 694.7K engagements

"On this day in [----] Shirley Chisholm became first black woman elected to the United States Congress"
X Link 2024-11-05T14:36Z 1.1M followers, 1.8M engagements

"Member of the Black Panther party explains why theyre opening a clinic in Chicago 1969"
X Link 2024-12-19T16:15Z 1.1M followers, 6.8M engagements

"Former Sharecroppers Talk About Life On The Field And Picking Cotton 1968"
X Link 2025-01-07T15:30Z 1.1M followers, 1.9M engagements

"In the 1940s Pepsi saw Black Americans as an untapped niche market while Coca Cola marketed mainly to white people. Pepsi adverts portrayed black people in a positive light in a time with racial segregation in spite of facing threats from KKK. Cokes recipe was heavily influenced by white supremacy and it was marketed mainly to the white middle class while ignoring the Black American market. During the 1940s Pepsi launched a negro markets department and had black sales representatives promoting the brand in urban areas. They also hired black models to appear in ads featured in black"
X Link 2025-01-23T16:45Z 1.1M followers, 1.2M engagements

"Slavery was Legal. Colonialism was Legal. Jim Crow was Legal. Apartheid was Legal. Legality is a matter of Power NOT Justice"
X Link 2025-02-19T18:14Z 1.1M followers, 2.1M engagements

"34 years ago today Latasha Harlins15 was fatally shot by a Korean shop owner Soon Ja Du over a bottle of orange juice it became a major spark for the [----] Los Angeles Riots. thread"
X Link 2025-03-17T03:18Z 1.1M followers, 12.8M engagements

"On this day in [----] Singer songwriter and dancer Michael Jackson died at age 50"
X Link 2025-06-25T14:30Z 1.1M followers, 227.1K engagements

"In [----] Isaac Woodard WWII veteran hours after being honorably discharged was attacked by South Carolina police while still in uniform when taking the bus home & left permanently BLIND The officers were acquitted by an all white jury. Isaac enlisted in the U.S. Army in [----] at Fort Jackson in Columbia S.C and served in the Pacific Theater as a longshoreman in a labor battalion. In February [----] the decorated soldier received an honorable discharge at Camp Gordon which is located near Augusta Georgia. Along with other discharged soldiers Woodard boarded a Greyhound bus on February [--] to travel"
X Link 2025-10-17T18:15Z 1.1M followers, 312.7K engagements

"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"
X Link 2025-10-23T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 61.7K engagements

"246 years of slavery 1619-1865 [--] years of Jim Crow Laws 1865-1964 [--] years of lynching 1882-1986 [--] years of Civil Rights fight 1954-1968 Police Brutality -To Date"
X Link 2025-12-22T18:30Z 1.1M followers, 176.9K engagements

"Amilcar Cabral led the war against Portuguese colonial rule and led his country Guinea-Bissau to independence. He was later assassinated by Portuguese secret police today in [----]. Anti-colonial socialist revolutionary and freedom fighter Amilcar Cabral led the fight to overthrow Portuguese colonialism in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde contributing to the end of Portugals fascist dictatorship. Cabral went on to become one of Africas most influential communist pan-African revolutionaries. The colonies of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde were governed by a fascist dictatorship in Lisbon long after"
X Link 2026-01-12T11:00Z 1.1M followers, 35.8K engagements

"Black is Beautiful Martin Luther King Jr"
X Link 2026-01-18T14:30Z 1.1M followers, 135.1K engagements

"On this day in [----] four black college students staged a sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro NC. They sparked a national movement across the country. Instructions were simple: sit quietly and wait to be served. #BlackHistoryMonth"
X Link 2026-02-01T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 70.7K engagements

"Well behaved women seldom make history. #BlackHistoryMonth"
X Link 2026-02-03T01:00Z 1.1M followers, 48.1K engagements

"The Great Walls of Benin spanning roughly [-----] km were the worlds largest man-made earthwork surpassed only by Chinas Great Wall in length. They required [---] times more material than the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Tragically the British destroyed much of Benin City in 1897"
X Link 2026-02-03T11:00Z 1.1M followers, 34.8K engagements

"Sister Souljah response to then Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton who compared her to KKK Grand Wizard David Duke 1992"
X Link 2026-02-03T15:00Z 1.1M followers, 199.9K engagements

"Three Women in Marshall Texas 1899"
X Link 2026-02-03T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 91.4K engagements

"The gas mask and the modern traffic light were both invented by the same person: Garrett Morgan. Born in [----] to parents who had been enslaved Garrett Morgan grew up with limited formal education but an extraordinary mechanical mind. He became an inventor at a time when Black Americans were largely shut out of patents funding and recognition. In [----] Morgan invented a breathing device designed to protect people from smoke and toxic fumes. His invention gained national attention in [----] after an explosion trapped workers in a water tunnel beneath Lake Erie in Cleveland. Morgan and his brother"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 123.5K engagements

"Emperor Menelik II. The man who defeated the Italians making Ethiopia the only African country successful to resist European colonization. It served notice that Africa was not just there for the taking. In the late 19th century as European powers carved up Africa during the so-called Scramble for Africa Ethiopia became a prime target. Italy sought to turn the country into a colony using treaties written in European languages to claim authority over Ethiopian sovereignty. Menelik II recognized the threat earlyand prepared accordingly. Rather than isolating Ethiopia Menelik modernized it. He"
X Link 2026-02-05T11:00Z 1.1M followers, 42.9K engagements

"I don't think people realize how young Medgar Malcolm and Martin were. Not one of them saw 40"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 336.9K engagements

"Clara B. Williams college professors did not allow her inside the classroom because she was Black. But that didnt stop her. She took notes from the hallwaystanding up She eventually graduated at the age of [--] and lived to [---] years old and saw her [--] sons become doctors. Clara Belle Drisdale Williams 1885-1993 was the valedictorian of the graduating class of Prairie New Normal and Independent College now (Prairie View A & M University) in [----]. She enrolled at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the fall of [----] after taking some courses at the University of Chicago."
X Link 2026-02-06T18:00Z 1.1M followers, 43.8K engagements

"Martin Luther King Jr. explaining why black Americans face more obstacles than white European immigrants"
X Link 2026-02-07T15:00Z 1.1M followers, 50.2K engagements

"Gert Schramm aged [--] was arrested and imprisoned in Nazi Germany for the 'crime' of being Mixed Race. He was the only Black prisoner at Buchenwald. A THREAD"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:00Z 1.1M followers, 98.8K engagements

"Mother smiles as she poses with her eight children circa 1950s"
X Link 2026-02-07T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 46.7K engagements

"Thomas Edison did not single-handedly invent the light bulb. What he helped commercialize was a system. What Lewis Latimer helped make possible was light itself lasting long enough to be useful. In the late 19th century early electric light bulbs existedbut they burned out quickly were expensive and were impractical for everyday use. Lewis Latimer a brilliant draftsman engineer and inventor developed an improved carbon filament that made light bulbs last longer burn more evenly and become affordable for widespread use. Without a durable filament a bulb could not function reliably. In simple"
X Link 2026-02-08T12:05Z 1.1M followers, 31K engagements

"On this day in [----] Bernard Harris became the first Black American astronaut to walk in space"
X Link 2026-02-09T15:00Z 1.1M followers, 40.6K engagements

"Young Black American boys on a chain gang in [----]. This is around [--] years after the "end" of slavery. These boys are all in a forced labor camp working for free arrested for "loitering" & "vagrancy" "speaking loudly to a white woman or such petty crimes"
X Link 2026-02-11T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 76.1K engagements

"John Berry Meachum was born into slavery in Virginia in [----] but by the age of [--] he had earned enough money doing carpentry work to purchase his own freedom and then his fathers"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:00Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements

"Meachum was a married man but before he could save up enough to buy his wifes freedom she was moved to St. Louis. He followed her here and eventually managed to purchase her freedom as well"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:00Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements

"While he was here in St. Louis Meachum met a white Baptist minister named John Mason Peck who asked for his help in creating a worship space for black people. Together they organized a Sunday school and religious services for slaves and free black people in the area and in"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:00Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements

"Through the Church Meachum and Peck also offered secular education to black St. Louisans. Up to [---] people received schooling through First African Baptist Church which charged a monthly tuition fee of one dollar but never turned anyone away for being unable to pay"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:00Z 1.1M followers, [---] engagements

"Eartha Kitt talks about love and compromise 1982"
X Link 2026-01-13T15:49Z 1.1M followers, 224.1K engagements

"Benjamin Banneker a Black mathematician and astronomer helped plan Washington D.C. Benjamin Banneker (17311806) was a self-taught mathematician astronomer and surveyor who played a role in the early planning of the United States capital. In [----] he assisted Major Andrew Ellicott the lead surveyor appointed by President George Washington in surveying the land that would become Washington D.C. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016934716365025603 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016934716365025603"
X Link 2026-01-29T18:01Z 1.1M followers, 13.7K engagements

"A young girl in a school for black civil rights activists being trained to not react to hair being pulled and smoke blown in her face [----]. In [----] young civil rights activists were trained to endure abuse without reacting. many of them teenagers and childrenwere taught how to remain calm while facing physical and verbal harassment. The goal was preparation for sit-ins marches and protests where hostility was expected. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019878835353727056 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019878835353727056"
X Link 2026-02-06T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 91.2K engagements

"When people hear the Black Panther Party most think only of armed patrols and confrontations with police. That image is incomplete. Whats often left out is the work they did at the community level. The Panthers created survival programs to address basic needs that government institutions ignored in Black neighborhoods. They operated free medical clinics that provided testing and treatment when hospitals were inaccessible or discriminatory. They ran the Free Breakfast Program feeding tens of thousands of children before school so hunger wouldnt interfere with learning. They organized free"
X Link 2026-02-09T13:01Z 1.1M followers, 22.1K engagements

"On this day in [----] Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela a revolutionary leader was released from prison after [--] years"
X Link 2026-02-11T10:30Z 1.1M followers, 29.9K engagements

"Abolitionist Frederick Douglass chose to commemorate his birthday on this day 14th February"
X Link 2026-02-15T01:31Z 1.1M followers, 18.1K engagements

"Join my book club through my Subscription List to read and discuss Black History and African history books 📚 Its a space for anyone who enjoys thoughtful reading and meaningful conversation"
X Link 2026-02-16T23:00Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements

"Sally Hemings the woman Thomas Jefferson enslaved. She was called his "mistress" but how can you be a mistress when you were enslaved a child and could not consent Had absolutely no choice A THREAD"
X Link 2023-03-03T22:35Z 1.1M followers, 3.7M engagements

"32 years ago today Latasha Harlins15 was fatally shot by a Korean shop owner Soon Ja Du over a bottle of orange juice it became a major spark for the [----] Los Angeles Riots. thread"
X Link 2023-03-16T14:40Z 1.1M followers, 17.2M engagements

"On this day in [----] four little girls: Denise McNair(11) Carole Robertson(14)Addie Mae Collins(14) and Cynthia Dianne Wesley(14) were killed when white supremacists bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. The bomber was found not guilty of murder"
X Link 2025-09-15T14:30Z 1.1M followers, 1.1M engagements

"No other race is told to forget their history"
X Link 2025-10-03T14:30Z 1.1M followers, 6.8M engagements

"In [----] over [---] enslaved Africans were thrown overboard and drowned so that the slavers could cash in on the insurance of those enslaved. The Zong Massacre THREAD"
X Link 2025-12-18T18:15Z 1.1M followers, 1.8M engagements

"Did you know Martin Luther King Jr's Mother and his Brother were also murdered Martin Luther Kings mother Alberta King was assassinated while in church. [--] years after her son was gunned down in Memphis. Alfred Daniel King brother to MLK mysteriously died in a swimming pool [--] months after his brothers assassination. #BlackHistoryMonth"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:00Z 1.1M followers, 146.9K engagements

"You can kill a revolutionary but you cant kill the revolution. Fred Hampton"
X Link 2026-02-08T01:30Z 1.1M followers, 100.3K engagements

"On this day in [----] Leroy "Satchel" Paige became the first Negro League veteran to be nominated to the Baseball Hall of Fame"
X Link 2026-02-09T18:00Z 1.1M followers, 32.2K engagements

"Charles Orren Bailiff invented the shampoo headrest. He received the patent for it in [----]. Remember his name the next time youre getting a wash at the salon"
X Link 2026-02-12T01:30Z 1.1M followers, 34K engagements

""If you stick a knife in my back [--] inches and pull it out [--] inches that's not progress. If you pull it all the way out that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. They haven't pulled the knife out; they won't even admit that it's there." Malcolm X"
X Link 2026-02-12T15:00Z 1.1M followers, 622.3K engagements

"It is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks. Malcolm X"
X Link 2026-02-13T00:30Z 1.1M followers, 62.7K engagements

"Join my book club on my Subscription List to discuss Black History and African history Books📚 Its for anyone who enjoys thoughtful reading and conversation"
X Link 2026-02-14T04:37Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements

"On this day in [----] singer jazz pianist and actor Nathaniel Adams Coles aka Nat King Cole died from Lung Cancer. He was [--]. He played the piano had a Jazz trio hosted one of the first Black variety shows acted was on Broadway and sold over [--] million records. A LEGEND"
X Link 2026-02-15T14:57Z 1.1M followers, 48.1K engagements

"John Mercer Langston was the first black lawyer in Ohio the first Dean of Howard Universitys law school and assisted in drafting the Civil Rights Act of 1875"
X Link 2026-02-16T15:00Z 1.1M followers, 18.2K engagements

""The Queen of Gospel" Mahalia Jackson died on this day in [----]. Rest In Power"
X Link 2026-01-27T15:00Z 1.1M followers, 232.7K engagements

"some iconic precolonial african women hairstyles. Before colonization tried to flatten African identity African women wore history on their heads. These precolonial hairstyles were not created for fashion alone. They were systems of knowledge visual languages that communicated lineage community spirituality age marital status and social responsibility. Hair functioned as a map a message and a mirror of the society that shaped it. Across the continent African women developed intricate techniques that required time patience and mastery. Some styles took hours others days sometimes weeks to"
X Link 2026-02-09T11:00Z 1.1M followers, 38.2K engagements

""In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist. We must be anti-racist." Angela Davis"
X Link 2026-02-10T01:45Z 1.1M followers, 129.7K engagements

"When Franklin Joined Charlie Brown In [----] It Turned A Simple Comic Strip Into A Civil Rights Milestone. When Franklin joined Charlie Brown in [----] it quietly turned a beloved comic strip into a civil rights milestone. Franklin was introduced to Peanuts at the height of the Civil Rights Movement just weeks after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He was one of the first Black characters to regularly appear in a mainstream American comic without being reduced to stereotypes. Created by Charles M. Schulz Franklin wasnt written as a lesson or a punchline. He was simply a kid polite"
X Link 2026-02-12T18:00Z 1.1M followers, 40.6K engagements

"On this day in [----] Andrew "Rube" Foster organized the first Black-American baseball league the Negro National League in Kansas City"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:00Z 1.1M followers, 33.6K engagements

"Louis Armstrong playing for his wife Lucille in front of the Sphinx Egypt 1961"
X Link 2026-02-13T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 1.2M engagements

"Muhammad Ali On Why Everything is White"
X Link 2026-02-14T15:00Z 1.1M followers, 51K engagements

"5 types of mind after slavery in reference to Boondocks"
X Link 2026-02-15T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 215.3K engagements

"Couple during war time taking a photo circa 1940s"
X Link 2026-02-16T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 18.7K engagements

"Carlota Lucumi: The Yoruba woman who led one of Cuba's Revolts in [----]. Carlota Lucum also known as La Negra Carlota was an African-born enslaved woman in Cuba of Yoruba (Lucum) origin who became one of the most important female figures in the history of resistance to slavery in the Americas. She lived and labored on the Triunvirato sugar plantation in Matanzas a region that by the mid-19th century had become one of the most brutal centers of plantation slavery in Cuba. Enslaved Africans there endured extreme violence forced labor family separation and constant surveillance. Yet Matanzas was"
X Link 2026-02-17T11:00Z 1.1M followers, 11.9K engagements

"Cathay was born and enslaved in [----] in Jackson County Missouri. In September [----] Union troops impressed Cathay and she joined the Army to work as a cook and washerwoman for Union Army officers"
X Link 2026-02-17T18:00Z 1.1M followers, [---] engagements

"We need to speak up about what is happening in SUDAN its a GENOCIDE that has led to the World's largest displacement crisis. So Whats Happening in Sudan and How is UAE (Emirates) supporting the genocide #FreeSudan THREAD"
X Link 2025-10-31T12:02Z 1.1M followers, 1.1M engagements

"This timeline is worth revisitingoften. American slavery lasted nearly [---] years. When it ended in [----] freedom did not immediately translate into equal rights. What followed was almost [--] years of segregation enforced through laws and social systems that shaped daily life across generations. Segregation was not fully dismantled until the mid-1950s. This matters because history doesnt exist in isolation. The effects of long-standing systems dont disappear overnight. There are people alive today whose parents and grandparents lived through segregation making this history far closer than it"
X Link 2026-02-10T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 57.1K engagements

"Civil rights activist reacts to food after finally being served at White Only" restaurant"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:01Z 1.1M followers, 338.6K engagements

"On this day in [----] Isaac Woodard WWII veteran hours after being honorably discharged was attacked by South Carolina police while still in uniform when taking the bus home & left permanently BLIND The officers were acquitted by an all white jury. Isaac enlisted in the U.S. Army in [----] at Fort Jackson in Columbia S.C and served in the Pacific Theater as a longshoreman in a labor battalion. In February [----] the decorated soldier received an honorable discharge at Camp Gordon which is located near Augusta Georgia. Along with other discharged soldiers Woodard boarded a Greyhound bus on February"
X Link 2026-02-12T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 238.9K engagements

"On November 15th [----] Williams disguised herself as a man and enlisted as William Cathey serving in Company A of the 38th Infantry a newly-formed all-black U.S. Army Regiment one of its earliest recruits"
X Link 2026-02-17T18:00Z 1.1M followers, [---] engagements

"On this day in [----] [--] black boys were padlocked in their dormitory at school and it was then set on fire. [--] burnt to death while [--] managed to escape. A THREAD"
X Link 2023-03-05T17:04Z 1.1M followers, 23.8M engagements

"Redd Foxx with his older brother Fred G. Sanford Jr. Redd Foxx made sure that the executives for the show Sanford and Son allowed him to name his character so that he could honor the memory of his brother Fred who'd died before the show premiered"
X Link 2025-03-21T03:18Z 1.1M followers, 86.9K engagements

"Black Students Asked Why They Chose To Attend a HBCU 1978"
X Link 2025-08-02T14:33Z 1.1M followers, 102.1K engagements

"Over [---] Years of Institutional Racism. Slavery (1619-1865) Black Codes (1865-1866) KKK (1865-) Jim Crow (1877-1954) Redlining (1934-1968) War On Drugs (1971-) Mass Incarceration (1973-) Three Strikes Law(1993-)"
X Link 2025-11-21T18:00Z 1.1M followers, 355.3K engagements

"James Baldwin Response to Why must you always concentrate on color"
X Link 2026-01-03T14:30Z 1.1M followers, 349.6K engagements

"Sammy Davis Jr. Vs. Wilt Chamberlain boxing match 😂"
X Link 2026-01-06T14:30Z 1.1M followers, 3.4M engagements

"Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day"
X Link 2026-01-19T14:30Z 1.1M followers, 402.1K engagements

"Did you know that an entire Manhattan village owned by black people was destroyed to build Central Park. The community was called Seneca Village. It spanned from 82nd Street to 89th Street. Long before these trees paths and open lawns existed this land was home to Seneca Villagea thriving community founded in [----] by free Black Americans. Located between what we now know as West 82nd Street and West 89th Street Seneca Village was a place of stability ownership and independence during a time when those things were deliberately denied to many. Families here owned their homes. They built"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:00Z 1.1M followers, 52K engagements

"A Black American family pose for Photo 1904"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 160.5K engagements

"Malik Ambar the Ethiopian who ruled in India as prime minister in the late 1500s. Born in the late 16th century in what is now Ethiopia Malik Ambar was captured as a child and sold through the Indian Ocean slave trade. He was taken to India where Africansoften referred to as Habshis or Sidiswere commonly recruited into military service. After gaining his freedom Malik Ambar distinguished himself through intelligence discipline and leadership. By around [----] he had risen to become the prime minister and regent of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate effectively ruling the state on behalf of its young"
X Link 2026-02-07T11:06Z 1.1M followers, 99K engagements

"This image highlights two historical realities that are essential to understanding how the United States was formed. Before European colonization Indigenous peoples lived on governed and maintained these lands for generations. As the nation expanded Native communities were pushed off their territories through war forced removal and treaties that were frequently violated. The loss of land culture and autonomy had lasting consequences that continue to affect Native nations today. At the same time millions of Africans were forcibly taken from their homelands through the transatlantic slave"
X Link 2026-02-07T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 22K engagements

"George Taliaferro was the first black player drafted in the NFL. In the [----] NFL Draft Taliaferro was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 13th round (129th overall) breaking a barrier in a league that had long been slow to include Black athletes in its formal selection process. Although he chose to honor a contract with the Los Angeles Dons of the rival All-America Football Conference that year his selection marked a historic first in NFL history a moment that helped open doors for the generations of Black athletes who followed. Before the pros Taliaferro was already a force at Indiana"
X Link 2026-02-08T15:00Z 1.1M followers, 37K engagements

"100 years ago thirteen black men put together their savings and founded Safe Bus Company making it the largest black owned bus company at that time. It was formed in Winston-Salem to serve the black neighborhoods due to segregation and operated till [----]. Thirteen Black men pooled their life savings to purchase $100000 in stock forming Safe Bus Co. Inc. on May [--] [----]. The company quickly grew into the largest African Americanowned bus company in the nation. Safe Bus expanded rapidly and was once described as the largest Black-owned transportation company in the world. By [----] the company"
X Link 2026-02-08T18:00Z 1.1M followers, 41.6K engagements

"If youre not careful the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed. Malcolm X"
X Link 2026-02-09T04:01Z 1.1M followers, 77.9K engagements

"Civil Rights activist Gloria Richardson with the greatest Boy Bye as she removes the rifle of a National Guardsman from her way during a [----] Civil Rights Protest"
X Link 2026-02-09T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 36K engagements

"Cetshwayo King of the Zulu who defeated the British at the Battle of Isandlwana [----]. Cetshwayo is best known for leading the Zulu Kingdom during one of the most significant African victories against a European imperial power. In [----] under his reign Zulu forces decisively defeated the British Army at the Battle of Isandlwana inflicting one of the worst defeats ever suffered by Britain against an Indigenous army armed primarily with spears and shields. This was not an accident or a fluke. The Zulu military system was highly organized disciplined and strategically sophisticatedbuilt on"
X Link 2026-02-10T10:30Z 1.1M followers, 36.6K engagements

"This image brings together six women who played major roles in Black liberation community organizing and political education during the 1960s and 1970s. Angela Davis Kathleen Cleaver Denise Velez Afeni Shakur Assata Shakur and Elaine Brown were central figures in movements focused on racial justice political self-determination and community survival. Their work included organizing grassroots programs developing political education addressing police violence advocating for prisoners rights and building mutual aid initiatives. Many of these efforts were foundational to broader civil rights and"
X Link 2026-02-10T18:00Z 1.1M followers, 75.8K engagements

""I feel safe in the midst of my enemies for the truth is all powerful and will prevail." Sojourner Truth"
X Link 2026-02-11T01:30Z 1.1M followers, 23.7K engagements

"Would you sit with the strategist the revolutionary the scholar the freedom fighter the orator or the visionary Each of these men shaped movements that reshaped nations. Some challenged empires. Some built institutions. Some changed how we think about identity justice power and liberation"
X Link 2026-02-11T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 22K engagements

""a child cannot be taught by anyone that despises him." James Baldwin"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:05Z 1.1M followers, 98.7K engagements

"Jesse Owens in London after winning four gold medals at the [----] Olympics"
X Link 2026-02-12T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 191.9K engagements

"Some Men's hairstyles during pre-colonial Africa. Long before colonial borders were drawn and long before European influence reshaped much of the continent African societies had highly developed cultural systems including distinct traditions of grooming hair design and identity. Across various regions of Africa hairstyles were not simply aesthetic choices. They often communicated age marital status spiritual beliefs clan affiliation rank or warrior status. In many societies hair was considered sacred a connection between the individual and the spiritual world. From intricate braiding patterns"
X Link 2026-02-13T10:30Z 1.1M followers, 26.3K engagements

"For all those who love baking but want the task to be made easy as possible. Anna M. Mangin foresaw your needs. She invented the pastry fork in [----]. In [----] Anna M. Mangin invented the pastry fork a simple but practical kitchen tool designed to mix pie crusts cookies butter and flour without having to knead everything by hand. She was granted U.S. Patent No. [------] on March [--] [----]. At a time when few women and even fewer Black women were recognized for their inventions Mangin created a tool that reduced the physical strain of mixing and mashing. The pastry fork could also be used to beat"
X Link 2026-02-13T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 61.5K engagements

""The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less." Eldridge Cleaver"
X Link 2026-02-14T01:30Z 1.1M followers, 23.8K engagements

"In [----] Missouri banned education for black people. John Berry Meachum went ahead and equipped a steamboat with a library desks chairs and opened a 'Floating Freedom School'. A THREAD"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:00Z 1.1M followers, 47.7K engagements

"Unfortunately this was right around the time that St. Louis enacted an ordinance banning the education of free black people"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:00Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements

"Meachum was forced to disband the Candle Tallow School but later he outfitted a steamboat with a library desks and chairs and opened the Floating Freedom School in the middle of the Mississippi outside the reach of Missouri officials"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:00Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements

"Untitled 1895"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 55.1K engagements

"Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso was one of the few African Presidents to support women empowerment. Comrades there is no true social revolution without the liberation of women.May my eyes never see & my feet never take me to a society where half the people are held in silence"
X Link 2026-02-15T11:04Z 1.1M followers, 143.8K engagements

"Dangerfield Newby is the actual man on which the movie DJango Unchained is loosely based. He was a member of the John Brown raiders. He joined the gang to save his wife Harriet and children from slavery. Dangerfield Newby (1815 October [--] 1859) was the oldest of John Brown's raiders one of five black raiders and the first of his men to die at Harpers Ferry Virginia. Born into slavery in Fauquier County Virginia Newby married a woman also enslaved. Newby's father was Henry Newby a landowner in Fauquier County. His mother was Elsey Newby who was a slave owned not by Henry but by a neighbor John"
X Link 2026-02-15T18:00Z 1.1M followers, 63.3K engagements

""They buried Lumumba In an unmarked grave. But he needs no marker For air is his grave. Sun is his grave Moon is stars are Space is his grave. My heart's his grave And it's marked there. Tomorrow will mark it everywhere." Langston Hughes"
X Link 2026-02-16T10:45Z 1.1M followers, 41.3K engagements

"Barack Obama became the first Black president of the United States a moment that carried meaning far beyond politics. For many it symbolized generations of struggle persistence and possibility finally breaking through one of the highest barriers in global power. Whether people supported his policies or not his presidency marked a turning point in how leadership in America could look and who young people everywhere could imagine themselves becoming. History isnt just about the past. Its about what doors were opened and what futures became easier to imagine."
X Link 2026-02-16T17:30Z 1.1M followers, 36.9K engagements

""Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations." Dr. Mae Jemison first Black American female astronaut"
X Link 2026-02-17T03:00Z 1.1M followers, 40.6K engagements

"In [----] a 19-year-old Black jockey named Oliver Lewis made history in the Kentucky Derbythen quietly disappeared. Lewis became the first jockey to ever win the Kentucky Derby Americas longest-running sporting event. At the time the race was watched by [-----] spectators and held at the Louisville Jockey Club now known as Churchill Downs. What makes his victory even more striking is that he wasnt supposed to win. Lewis rode Aristide one of two horses entered by the same owner. The favored horse Chesapeake was expected to take the prize. Lewis was reportedly instructed to set the pace and tire"
X Link 2026-02-10T03:15Z 1.1M followers, 61.4K engagements

"3 messengers [--] murders [--] wives widowed. "you can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.""
X Link 2026-02-14T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 36.7K engagements

"Mary Beatrice Kenner apart from changing the world of feminine care with the invention of the sanitary belt the forerunner of sanitary pads she also invented the Tissue Holder in 1982"
X Link 2026-02-16T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 38.6K engagements

"On this day in [----] Huey P. Newton co-founder & leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense was born. He would've been [--] today"
X Link 2026-02-17T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 47.2K engagements

"Cathay initially served at Jefferson Barracks outside St. Louis and was later posted at Fort Cummings and Fort Bayard in New Mexico Territory. Like other black soldiers stationed she endured inadequate supplies and inferior weapons"
X Link 2026-02-17T18:00Z 1.1M followers, [---] engagements

"Did you know Cornrows were used to help slaves escape slavery Slaves used cornrows to transfer and create maps to leave plantations. It is most documented in Colombia where Benkos Bioho came up with the idea to have women create maps & deliver messages through their cornrows"
X Link 2020-09-23T18:42Z 1.1M followers, 84.6K engagements

"To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege. James Baldwin"
X Link 2021-06-17T13:32Z 1.1M followers, 64.9K engagements

"Over [--] Years Ago One of the Best Dance Routines Ever Was Filmed Unrehearsed on the First Take No Cuts"
X Link 2021-06-27T17:46Z 1.1M followers, 63.8K engagements

"Lonnie Johnson NASA engineer invented the Super Soaker. He made your childhood hot summers fun. He turns [--] today. Happy Birthday"
X Link 2021-10-06T14:35Z 1.1M followers, 59.4K engagements

"Louis Armstrong playing for his wife Lucille in front of the Sphinx Egypt 1961"
X Link 2022-01-14T20:16Z 1.1M followers, 88.2K engagements

"Harriet Tubman's Last Portrait 1911"
X Link 2022-02-09T03:06Z 1.1M followers, 100.1K engagements

"First Black girl to attend an all white high school in the USDorothy Countsbeing jeered and taunted by her white peers"
X Link 2022-02-20T16:14Z 1.1M followers, 24.4K engagements

"On this day in [----] [--] black boys were padlocked in their dormitory at school and it was then set on fire. [--] burnt to death while [--] managed to escape. A THREAD"
X Link 2022-03-05T14:35Z 1.1M followers, 91.9K engagements

"There are atleast over a million africans at the bottom of the atlantic oceans. These were not Americans or Brazilians etc they were yoruba fulani Igbos Mandika men and women who were thrown overboard by european slave traders"
X Link 2022-05-02T03:40Z 1.1M followers, 120.3K engagements

"Wilt Chamberlain at the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr in 1968"
X Link 2022-05-07T03:33Z 1.1M followers, 60.4K engagements

"In Louisiana black women were put in cells with male prisoners and some became pregnant. All children born in the penitentiary to blacks were property of the state. At [--] years they would be auctioned off. The proceeds were used to fund schools for white children. -THREAD-"
X Link 2022-06-05T14:52Z 1.1M followers, 63.3K engagements

"The original arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham the woman who accused 14-year old Emmett Till was recently found in the basement of a Mississippi courthouse. Emmetts relatives want authorities to finally arrest her"
X Link 2022-07-01T17:03Z 1.1M followers, 92.8K engagements

"Did you know Sesame Street was originally created for black and brown inner city kids A THREAD"
X Link 2022-07-19T15:31Z 1.1M followers, 132.6K engagements

"Happy birthday to activist and chairman of the Black Panther Party Fred Hampton. He was assassinated by Chicago police and the FBI at just [--] years old. William O'Neal an FBI informant infiltrated the Black Panthers and set up Fred Hampton for $300. A THREAD"
X Link 2022-08-30T15:45Z 1.1M followers, 64.2K engagements

"Happy 83rd birthday to Claudette Colvin She refused to move to the back of a bus [--] months before Rosa Parks the NAACP did not want to use her to represent them because she was [--] & pregnant. Other women who refused to give up their seats before Rosa Parks A THREAD"
X Link 2022-09-09T04:28Z 1.1M followers, 96.6K engagements

"Do you hate all white people Malcolm X:"
X Link 2022-10-14T16:02Z 1.1M followers, 67.5K engagements

"In [----] [--] black boys were padlocked in their dormitory at school and it was then set on fire. [--] burnt to death while [--] managed to escape. A THREAD"
X Link 2022-10-18T19:28Z 1.1M followers, 158.1K engagements

"something to think about"
X Link 2022-10-23T15:46Z 1.1M followers, 148.3K engagements

"In memory of those who chose the sea. The "Igbo Landing" story In an act of mass resistance against slavery a group of slaves revolted took control of the slave ship grounded it on an island & rather than submit to slavery proceeded to march into water & drown. THREAD"
X Link 2022-10-23T20:02Z 1.1M followers, 76.5K engagements

"If you'd like to support my page/project through tips to keep up you can do that on: http://ko-fi.com/africanarchives http://ko-fi.com/africanarchives"
X Link 2022-10-26T03:38Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements

"James Hemings brother to Sally Hemings was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at [--]. The Chef de cuisine is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America. A THREAD"
X Link 2022-11-05T16:52Z 1.1M followers, 57.5K engagements

"To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege. James Baldwin"
X Link 2022-11-07T18:47Z 1.1M followers, 112.8K engagements

"Isaac Woodard WWII veteran hours after being honorably discharged was attacked by South Carolina police while still in uniform when taking the bus home & left permanently BLIND The officers were acquitted by an all white jury #VeteransDay2022 A THREAD"
X Link 2022-11-11T19:30Z 1.1M followers, 70.7K engagements

"On this day in [----] Ruby Bridges became the first African-American to attend a white elementary school in the South. A visual reminder of what she faced every day"
X Link 2022-11-14T15:11Z 1.1M followers, 159.5K engagements

"when someone tells you that segregation was a long time ago remember Ruby is still alive"
X Link 2022-11-14T15:13Z 1.1M followers, 54.7K engagements

"In [----] police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave after being told the library was not for Black people. The boy Ronald McNair went on to became an astronaut. The library is also now named after him"
X Link 2022-11-24T00:50Z 1.1M followers, 92.2K engagements

"Inventions that would not exist without Black Women. A THREAD Valerie Thomas NASA physicist invented 3D Movies In [----] she began to develop the illusion transmitter the 1st mechanism that allowed images to be viewed in 3D using concave mirrors & rays of light"
X Link 2022-12-01T19:40Z 1.1M followers, 133.3K engagements

"On this day in [----] activist and chairman of the Black Panther Party Fred Hampton was assassinated by Chicago police and the FBI at just [--] years old. William O'Neal an FBI informant infiltrated the Black Panthers and set up Fred Hampton for $300. A THREAD"
X Link 2022-12-04T17:50Z 1.1M followers, 125.4K engagements

"Africa is portrayed as a continent without history before slavery and colonialism. African History isn't known by many people compared to the history of Europe Americas and Asia. Some of the world's great civilisations such as Mali flourished in Africa. A THREAD"
X Link 2022-12-13T17:27Z 1.1M followers, 81.1K engagements

"Self-taught child prodigy piano player Sugar Chile Robinson"
X Link 2022-12-26T01:35Z 1.1M followers, 5.5M engagements

"Yasuke was the worlds first Black samurai. When a 6-foot-tall African slave landed in Japan he stuck out like a sore thumb. People lost all modesty and nearly caused a stampede trying to get a closer look. Such a sight was so foreign in Kyoto. A THREAD"
X Link 2022-12-27T20:58Z 1.1M followers, 8.8M engagements

"Louis Armstrong playing for his wife Lucille in front of the Sphinx Egypt 1961"
X Link 2023-01-03T20:23Z 1.1M followers, 3.8M engagements

"black women unbothered by the police: a photo series"
X Link 2023-01-13T17:36Z 1.1M followers, 5.9M engagements

"Bobby Hutton was one of the original member of the Black Panther Party. After being bombed with tear gas and trapped in a burning basement he came out shirtless to prove he was unarmed and the police immediately shot him [--] times and he died He was only [--] years. A THREAD"
X Link 2023-01-31T02:45Z 1.1M followers, 4.5M engagements

"On February 12th [----] Isaac Woodard WW2 veteran hours after being honorably discharged was attacked by South Carolina police while still in uniform when taking the bus home & left permanently BLIND The officers were acquitted by an all white jury #BlackHistoryMonth THREAD"
X Link 2023-02-14T15:07Z 1.1M followers, 6.2M engagements

"Happy 81st Birthday to the late Huey P. Newton. He was the co-founder & leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. It was originally founded to fight police racism they were dedicated to liberating people from white supremacism & much more. #BlackHistoryMonth A THREAD"
X Link 2023-02-17T17:07Z 1.1M followers, 1.6M engagements

"On this day in [----] Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X was assasinated. Gone but not forgotten. Rest In Power"
X Link 2023-02-21T16:00Z 1.1M followers, 7.4M engagements

"On this day in [----] Claudette Colvin15 was arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white woman on a public bus in Montgomery Alabama. She was arrested 9months before Rosa Parks but NAACP didn't want her to represent their organization because she was [--] and pregnant"
X Link 2023-03-02T14:30Z 1.1M followers, 9M engagements

"On this day in [----] Harriet Tubman died. The woman who escaped slavery then fought and freed thousands of slaves. "I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves." Harriet Tubman Rest in Power"
X Link 2023-03-11T17:24Z 1.1M followers, 2.6M engagements

"Did you know Sesame Street was originally created for black and brown inner city kids A THREAD"
X Link 2023-03-12T15:15Z 1.1M followers, 19.1M engagements

"A sundown or sunset town was a town city or neighborhood in the US that excluded non-whites after dark. The term sundown came from the signs that were posted stating that people of color had to leave the town by sundown. A THREAD"
X Link 2023-03-18T15:28Z 1.1M followers, 14.5M engagements

"So who taught a young Jack Daniel how to distill what would become the worlds best-selling whiskey Nathan "Nearest" Green an enslaved Black master distiller taught distilling techniques to Jack Daniel founder of the Jack Daniel Tennessee whiskey"
X Link 2023-03-21T19:22Z 1.1M followers, 3.5M engagements

"At [--] Yvette Stevens joined the Black Panther Party. She was responsible selling the Black Panther newspaper & helping start the free breakfast program for children. You might know her by another name: CHAKA KHAN Happy 70th Birthday to Grammy Award winning singer Chaka Khan"
X Link 2023-03-23T14:35Z 1.1M followers, 4M engagements

"One in every four cowboys was believed to be a Black man released from slavery despite the stories told in popular books and movies although the most famous cowboys of the old west were white. THREAD"
X Link 2023-03-25T04:25Z 1.1M followers, 8.4M engagements

"Venus Williams's father schools white journalist on how to interview a 14-year-old Black girl (1995)"
X Link 2023-03-27T18:26Z 1.1M followers, 4.7M engagements

""I do not want to miss a good chance of getting us a slice of this magnificent African cake." Leopold II of Belgium Before Hitler killed [--] million Jews.. Leopold Il of Belgium killed over [--] million Africans in Congo and amputated the arms of countless others. A THREAD"
X Link 2023-03-30T17:02Z 1.1M followers, 7.4M engagements

"Wilt Chamberlain at the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr in 1968"
X Link 2023-04-30T03:05Z 1.1M followers, 9.9M engagements

"To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege. James Baldwin"
X Link 2023-05-01T19:23Z 1.1M followers, 3M engagements

"On this day in [----] Robert Smalls stole a Confederate Ship and sailed it to Freedom disguised as a captain freeing his crew and their families. A THREAD"
X Link 2023-05-12T20:25Z 1.1M followers, 2M engagements

"The lady circled in the photo was Lucy Higgs Nichols. She was born into slavery in Tennessee but during the Civil War she managed to escape and found her way to 23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment which was encamped nearby. She stayed with the regiment and worked as a nurse throughout the war. After the war she moved north with the regiment and settled in Indiana where she found work with some of the veterans of the 23rd. She applied for a pension after Congress passed the Army Nurses Pension Act of [----] which allowed Civil War nurses to draw pensions for their service. The War Department had no"
X Link 2023-05-30T04:08Z 1.1M followers, 5.7M engagements

"Soooo you mean to tell me that someone down your ancestry line survived being chained to other human bodies for several months in the bottom of a disease-infested ship during the Middle Passage lost their language customs and traditions picked up the English language as best they could while working free of charge from sunup to sundown as they watched babies sold from out of their arms and women raped by ruthless slave owners. Took names with no last names no birth certificates no heritage of any kind braved the Underground Railroad survived the Civil War to enter into sharecropping. Learned"
X Link 2023-06-15T20:35Z 1.1M followers, 11M engagements

"87 years ago today Jesse Owens humiliated Hitler at the Berlin Olympics by winning [--] Olympic Gold Medals. Hitler had hosted the Olympics intending to be a showcase of Aryan supremacy"
X Link 2023-08-09T15:30Z 1.1M followers, 840.7K engagements

"Unknown Bahamian-American family Key West Florida 1900"
X Link 2023-08-17T03:04Z 1.1M followers, 461.7K engagements

"If the child on the left was old enough to pick cotton and the child on the right was old enough to attend Klan rallies then today's children are old enough to learn about both of these and how they've led us to where we are today"
X Link 2023-08-18T16:37Z 1.1M followers, 3.4M engagements

"In [----] The Black Panther Party for Self Defence was founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Originally founded to fight police racism they were dedicated to liberating people from white supremacism and also fed the hungry and mentored youth. A THREAD"
X Link 2023-08-19T17:02Z 1.1M followers, 753.6K engagements

"Whoopi Goldberg and her mother 1986"
X Link 2023-08-22T11:30Z 1.1M followers, 7.4M engagements

"To support the page please consider donating anything via Thanks http://AfricanArchives.Support http://AfricanArchives.Support"
X Link 2023-08-22T18:23Z 1.1M followers, 2.1M engagements

"A little girl named Nina Simone"
X Link 2023-09-01T21:38Z 1.1M followers, 3.6M engagements

"Singer songwriter producer actress and Icon Beyonc Giselle Knowles-Carter turns [--] today. Happy Birthday Beyonc"
X Link 2023-09-04T14:58Z 1.1M followers, 2.2M engagements

"At [--] Yvette Stevens joined the Black Panther Party. She was responsible selling the Black Panther newspaper & helping start the free breakfast program for children. You might know her by another name: CHAKA KHAN"
X Link 2023-09-09T03:11Z 1.1M followers, 3.4M engagements

"Happy 66th birthday to Doctor and Engineer Mae Jemison She was the first black woman in space. She flew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in [----] working on experiments including bone cell research. Dr. Mae Carol Jemison is a physician and retired astronaut. After her medical education and a brief general practice Dr. Jemison served in the Peace Corps from 1985-1987 when she was selected by NASA to join the astronaut corps. She resigned from NASA in [----] to form a company researching the application of technology to daily life. She has appeared on television several times including as an"
X Link 2023-09-12T12:31Z 1.1M followers, 4.2M engagements

"Happy birthday to one of the greatest comedians to ever do it. He wouldve been [--] today. Rest in Power Bernie Mac"
X Link 2023-10-05T14:30Z 1.1M followers, 1.8M engagements

"Congo is silently going through a silent genocide. Millions of people are being killed so that the western world can benefit from its natural resources. More than 60% of the worlds cobalt reserves are found in Congo used in the production of smartphones. Western countries are providing financial military aid to invade regions filled with reserves and in the process millions are getting killed and millions homeless. Multinationals mining companies are enslaving people especially children to mine"
X Link 2023-11-09T09:39Z 1.1M followers, 3.2M engagements

"On this day in [----] Charlie Sifford won the Long Beach Open becoming the first Black American to win a major professional golf tournament. Charlie Sifford was born on June 22nd [----] in Charlotte North Carolina. He started working as a golf caddie when he was [--]. He moved to Philadelphia and began playing golf against local black golfers. He made his professional debut in [----]. He earned six United Golf Association National Negro Open championships including five straight from 1952-56. He was the first African American to join the PGA Tour in [----] after the end of the Caucasian-only membership"
X Link 2023-11-10T13:21Z 1.1M followers, 237.7K engagements

"Bill R. Bojangles wasn't allowed to hold Shirley Temple's hand while filming the stair scene in "The Little Colonel". She insisted and grabbed his hand during the act becoming the first time an integrated couple was filmed dancing together. Breaking Color Barriers. A THREAD"
X Link 2023-11-28T17:17Z 1.1M followers, 1.1M engagements

"Remembering Chadwick Bozeman on what would have been his 47th birthday today"
X Link 2023-11-29T20:30Z 1.1M followers, 1.9M engagements

"if you love reading historical books on black figures or topics and discussing about them 📚 join my Subscription list 🌟"
X Link 2023-12-14T00:06Z 1.1M followers, 745.9K engagements

"Dr. William Conan Davis was the first black man to recieve a PhD from the University of Idaho in [----]. He also co-created the formula for Dasani brand water for Coca-Cola"
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