BeyondKin

We are an international group of scholars & genealogy researchers documenting our enslaved & slaveholder ancestors.

[BeyondKin @KinBeyond]

Families enslaved by the #Baugh slaveholders named here. With thanks to @Jtrainorjustj

[Amherstburg Freedom @Aburgfreedom]

The Interdisciplinary and Critical Studies Department @UWindsor is hosting an Afro-Feminisms Teach-In Series on Feb. 26th. Speakers include Irene Moore Davis, Dr. Juliet Bushi, Marium Tolson-Murtty and Tina Brown. See QR code to register.

[FluvannaHistory @FluvannaHistSoc]

On Day 16 of BHM: We are so fortunate to be able to collaborate with dedicated community historians as we work to document Fluvanna’s deep and often hidden Black history. Here, Nadine Armstrong and Melissa Hill of West Bottom work to identify people in a vintage group photo. 1/4

[United Black Library @UnitedBlackOrg]

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@firstknowthyself: Unbelievable story.
#blackhistorymatters #blackliteracymatters #blackhistorybookshelf #blackeducators #blackhistoryiseveryday #blackgirlsreadbookstoo #blackeducatedwoman #blackreadersofinstagram

[NHC Education Programs @NHCEducation]

Spend a week learning from leading scholars of African American studies. Speakers include @BrigField @profgabrielle @Eclectic_GRITS @alexispauline @TeraWHunter @DrGuySheftall @triciamatthew @Ebonyteach @drjendwilliams. The application deadline is 3/15/23. https://t.co/dd4P10Ypak

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

Poet Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) personified imagination as a feminine force capable of freeing the enslaved from earthly boundaries. Her work imagines new futures and provides a template for #Afrofuturism: https://t.co/8sBwSpKxlT

#NMAAHCFutures #SmithsonianWHM

[Black History Month 2026 @bhmuk]

Latest jobs : Amnesty International UK @AmnestyUK have a number of Board and subcommittee roles that they will be appointing this year and are currently looking for individuals to join their Grants and Campaigns & Impact Subcommittees #recruiting #jobsearch

[Beinecke Library @BeineckeLibrary]

Manuscript fragment, between 1250 and 1350, of book two of Avicenna's Canon medicinae as translated from Arabic into Latin by Gerard of Cremona; the section contained in the fragment details a variety of herbs and their medicinal qualities. https://t.co/czImiBUEdH

[BLACK ARCHIVES @blackarchivesco]

Newark, New Jersey. Photographs by Les Guzman (1970s)

[Amherstburg Freedom @Aburgfreedom]

More than a summer law program: A community of support for Black youth
https://t.co/y5KOEcAP3f

[Beinecke Library @BeineckeLibrary]

Paul Robeson, Anna May Wong, Eslanda Goode Robeson, Hsiung Shih-I, Mei Lanfang, Wang Shiao-lou, 1935, photo by Fania Marinoff https://t.co/11D22wnA1U

[Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD @araujohistorian]

Douglass on reparations 1891: “the nation has sinned against the Negro. It robbed him of the rewards of his labor during more than two hundred years, and its repentance will not be genuine and complete till according to the measure of its ability, it shall have made restitution”

[Amherstburg Freedom @Aburgfreedom]

This month we're featuring another amazing family in #windsoressex the Gant Family! #DYK John Gant owned the Twilight Barbershop in Amherstburg but also worked as a Sanitary Officer & Dog Tax Collector, County Constable & maintenance worker.Learn more here https://t.co/uwGPHVhTzw

[River Road African American Museum @RiverRdAAMuseum]

As parents, it's our job to teach our kids about the world - and that includes learning about African American History! From stories of brave activists who fought for equal rights to inspiring inventions, there's so much knowledge out there to explore.

[Amherstburg Freedom @Aburgfreedom]

Happy #InternationalWomensDay where we celebrate the amazing accomplishments and contributions of women! We are proud to say that a majority of our AFM Board Directors are women. We are so grateful to Barb, Brenda, Cari-Lynn, Sheneese, Barbara, and Yolanda for all that they do!

[Tweets_From_Runaway_Enslaved_People @FromSlaves]

I ran from the Wilmington, NC farm of Henry Newkirk in October,1854; I may have had friends or family near the upper Black River who harbored me. I was good at hiding and as of April 20, 1855 I was still free. Newkirk was in Texas by 1860, but I wasn’t. My name was TILL.

[FluvannaHistory @FluvannaHistSoc]

Fantastic documentary on Rosenwald schools featuring our own Mozell Booker and Dunbar school here in Fluvanna. Our appreciation to Carmen Smith who preserved this important historic site. Thanks also to ⁦@SonjaIngram10⁩ and ⁦@preservationva⁩ https://t.co/Cl6nWKEWPd

[University of South Carolina @UofSC]

📰@UofSClibraries teamed up with @UofSCCRC to digitize two South Carolina African American newspapers, making them more accessible and helping to shed more light on South Carolina's role in the struggle for #CivilRights. ⬇️ #BHM https://t.co/6xwtIruc64

[Dr. Andrea Burns @HistoryAndrea]

Hi #publichistory folks! Please join us for our second Public History Educator's Zoom Meet Up at 2PM EST/11AM PST on February 22. This month's topic: #undergraduate public history. Registration link is here: https://t.co/MKBiVxwllM

[Black History Month 2026 @bhmuk]

The Windrush experience expressed in music - from 1948 to 2022 #blackhistorymonth #windrush75 #windrushgeneration https://t.co/smVX0hCuui

[SchomburgCenter @SchomburgCenter]

Join us on Thursday, March 2 at 6:30 PM to celebrate 10 years of our @SchomburgCBFS series, in which leading scholars bring the classroom to the community. #SchomburgCenter @JeanneTheoharis, @racewomanist @brainyandbrawny #KomoziWoodard https://t.co/KSLsafv3df