Gloria Jean Royster

'World's Best Grandma', Writer, Value Creator

[Gloria Jean Royster @JeanG647]

Humble and grateful. Thank you.

[Tweets_From_Runaway_Enslaved_People @FromSlaves]

I ran from the Beaufort County, NC farm of Pulaski Cowper in January 1864. Cowper was a lawyer in Raleigh and spent only part of his time at the farm. I may have headed 10 miles to Washington, NC to the southeast, where my family was. He called me ESSEX, but I called myself JIM.

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

On this day in 1900, the Virginia Senate unanimously passed a bill that required separate cars for white and Black passengers aboard trains. This was Virginia’s first statewide segregation law. https://t.co/6WD4XwLcBD

[Tweets_From_Runaway_Enslaved_People @FromSlaves]

I ran from Simmons’ swamps in Elizabeth City (likely the Great Dismal Swamp) with 22 other enslaved men. The swamp was a maroon for freedom seekers. In the 1880 census I was married w/ many children and living in Lees Mills, not far from where I ran. My name was SAMPSON ARNOLD.

[Fortune Taylor Ranson @FortuneTaylor]

#shebridgedthegap

[Tweets_From_Runaway_Enslaved_People @FromSlaves]

I ran away from Tudor Hall, which was owned by my enslaver H.G.S. Key (relative of Francis Scott Key) in Leonardtown MD on April 27, 1856. I had been recently purchased and was formerly enslaved by John H. Tucker. My name was GEORGE THOMAS.

[Tampa Bay History Center @TampaBayHistory]

Today we remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In this Jan. 16, 1968 file photo, King, accompanied by Rev. Bernard LaFayette, Jr. discuss a planned march on Washington, during a news conference in Atlanta.

📸 AP Photo/Charles Kelly

[Tiny Buddha @tinybuddha]

Today I learned about a term called a 'glimmer.’ The opposite of a trigger. Glimmers are those moments in your day that make you feel joy, happiness, peace, or gratitude. Once you train your brain to be on the lookout for glimmers, these tiny moments will appear more and more.

[Edward T. O'Donnell inthepastlane.bsky.social @InThePastLane]

It’s “Let’s Misrepresent MLK Weekend” https://t.co/xMqWwQiT4i Beware the Hallmark-like tributes that obscure the fact that #MLK was a revolutionary who sought to radically remake America into a nation that lived up to claims of liberty & justice for all #ushistory #blackhistory

[Tweets_From_Runaway_Enslaved_People @FromSlaves]

I ran from the enslavement of Mary Lowe in 1856, from her plantation on Tilghman’s Island, MD. According to census records, I may have been living in Worcester Co MD in 1860 with my wife and infant child and working as a farmer. My name was LEVIN TAYLOR.

[Soka Gakkai Official @sgi_info]

#SundayMotivation : Inspirational quotes from Daisaku Ikeda’s official Twitter handle @daisakuikeda_of

[#becauseofthemwecan @Becauseofthem]

Happy Birthday to the literary icon and trailblazer Zora Neale Hurston. To honor her remarkable journey and achievements, we've crafted a timeline showcasing some of her greatest milestones and influential work.

https://t.co/4zc1TcU1Mz

[Tweets_From_Runaway_Enslaved_People @FromSlaves]

They called me QUACKO, but my real name might have been KWEKU, from the Akan of Ghana. I ran from John Baker in September 1809, from his plantation in Smithville NC; he had seized me in January 1809 as a runaway, then kept me in slavery. He was still looking in January 1810.

[Edward T. O'Donnell inthepastlane.bsky.social @InThePastLane]

this Northern Cardinal stopped by for a mid-snow storm breakfast

[Gloria Jean Royster @JeanG647]

#FloridaHistory #ZoraNealeHurston

[MoorInfo @MoorInformation]

January 7, 1891 — Author, filmmaker and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston was born.

[Fortune Taylor Ranson @FortuneTaylor]

Black English Bookstore located in the historic Tampa Heights neighborhood of Tampa, Florida
receives national news coverage
#FreeToRead
Congratulations!

https://t.co/5c3slHXidy

[Gloria Jean Royster @JeanG647]

Congratulations 👏🖤✨
#FreetoRead

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

A new bookstore in Florida is attracting attention for highlighting Black history and culture in a state that has limited or banned some books in schools over racial content.