Olamide

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Black labor exploitation via share cropping in the 1950s — Debt Slavery.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

"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 6 million Jews.…. Leopold Il of Belgium killed over 10 million Africans in Congo and amputated the arms of countless others.

A THREAD

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

How Slavery continued after the 13th amendment ‘abolished slavery’

A THREAD!

In 1866, 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.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

19 year old Frank Embree was tortured, castrated, skinned and then lynched in front of a cheering crowd, for a crime he didn’t commit in 1899. Though published photographs clearly depicted the faces of his assailants, no one was ever arrested. BlackHistorymonth

A THREAD!

[The Ellen Show @TheEllenShow]

If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars

[Keri Hilson @KeriHilson]

making fufu is a reaaal workout! gotta put your back into it! 💪💪 http://t.co/LPgpbD0ijL

[Olamide @Don_mikee]

Scientists develop mobile phone battery that can be charged in just 10 seconds http://t.co/G8w4CbSB via @MailOnline