Luke Alexander

Keeper of the Culture: Native Roots, Black Excellence, Global Citizen

[Luke Alexander @LukeAlexanderIQ]

I was honored to share the stage today with my brothers in research Tyrone Goodwyn and Kevin Graham in a presentation with the Pender County Library highlighting our Indigenous and African American ancestors who fought in the American Revolution. https://t.co/m0vrGDZStK

[Luke Alexander @LukeAlexanderIQ]

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[Luke Alexander @LukeAlexanderIQ]

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[Luke Alexander @LukeAlexanderIQ]

@nhannahjones @IdasBooks is in COLLINGSWOOD, NJ. No such town named Collingsworth, get your graphics team on that ASAP. Then please get your booking team on them NC signing dates!❤️🖤💚

[Genealogy Adventures @genealogadvent]

Joining U.S. Heritage Societies While Black

Kevin Graham & Luke Alexander will join us this Sun, 18 June, at 4 PM EST to talk about being the 1st Black men to join their respective Sons of the American Revolution Chapters. Join the convo on @e360tv @YouTube & Facebook Live.

[NC DNCR @ncculture]

North Carolina native Dr. Christine Darden made history as one of NASA's hidden figures as an aerospace engineer and mathematician! Her work focused on the science of sonic booms, marking advances on sonic boom minimization and writing over 50 articles on the subject.

📷 @NASA

[Luke Alexander @LukeAlexanderIQ]

@WECTnews' month-long celebration of Black history finishes with a look at the culture of the Gullah Geechee Nation in Southeastern North Carolina.
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[North Carolina Highway Historical Markers @NC_Markers]

#OnThisDay in 1827, Thomas Day ran an ad in the the Milton Gazette & Roanoke Advertiser thanking his patrons and advertising his handmade furniture & quality service. Day, a cabinetmaker by trade, was one of NC’s most celebrated antebellum craftsmen. https://t.co/lmONBuQLMw

[Luke Alexander @LukeAlexanderIQ]

Roberts Settlement founded by mixed race free Black people remains a fixture in Hamilton County https://t.co/3eO49HCjIQ

[City of Wilmington, NC @CityofWilm]

As we wrap up #BHM, today we focus on William Benjamin Gould who, in 1862, led a group of 22 Wilmington slaves to freedom after commandeering three small boats at the foot of Orange Street & rowing 28 nautical miles up the Cape Fear River until they were picked up by Union ships.

[Luke Alexander @LukeAlexanderIQ]

Tulsa Race Massacre survivors granted citizenship of Ghana 🇬🇭 https://t.co/tAZrcfVdyc

[International African American Museum @iaamuseum]

We’re honored to welcome you to Charleston to celebrate the richness of our ancestors' stories.

On Tuesday, June 27, the International African American Museum will officially open its doors. 👇🏾

[Luke Alexander @LukeAlexanderIQ]

#Family #Legacy

[NC DNCR @ncculture]

The NC Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1st Black-owned insurance company in NC, largest in the nation, was incorporated Feb 28, 1899 as NC Mutual & Provident Association.

📷 NC Mutual Life Ins 1906, L to R: Susan Norfleet, C.C. Spaulding Sr, John Merrick, UNC Chapel Hill Library

[Luke Alexander @LukeAlexanderIQ]

Thank you @RhiannonGiddens & @UNCPerformArts for the stunning visual artistic masterpiece that is "Omar" in the land of the ancestors tonight in Chapel Hill, I'm in awe!!!

[Afro-Latina Teacher @JennifferWhyte1]

Bomba is an emblematic Puerto Rican musical genre that emerged 400 years ago from the colonial plantations where West African enslaved people and their descendants worked. It remains one of the most popular forms of folk music on the island is a rich evidence of Afro- Puerto Rico

[Rhiannon Giddens @RhiannonGiddens]

Ona “Oney” Judge Staines was a woman owned by the Father of the country himself, George Washington, one of 12 US presidents to own people. Brought to the marriage as part of Martha’s dowry, one night she slipped away & never looked back.

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#BlackHistoryMonth

[North Carolina Highway Historical Markers @NC_Markers]

#OnThisDay in 1885, freedmen in Edgecombe County incorporated Princeville, the state’s first town founded by African Americans. The community known as Freedom Hill was named Princeville upon its incorporation. https://t.co/NTTEzqqcK9

[Luke Alexander @LukeAlexanderIQ]

#Family #Legacy #Freedom

[North Carolina Highway Historical Markers @NC_Markers]

#OnThisDay in 1872, the Lowrie Gang committed its last robbery. The daring raid netted $28,000. Days later, Henry Berry Lowrie, the leader of the band, disappeared and launched himself into North Carolina legend. marker page + map: https://t.co/crYS7BYKgm

[Luke Alexander @LukeAlexanderIQ]

@Adam_Wright23 @NC_Markers In the 1800s many surnames were simply written how they sounded, leading to multiple spellings in records of the era. Generally the name was earliest listed as "Lowrie" but morphed among descendants today into both "Lowry" and "Lowery."

[Luke Alexander @LukeAlexanderIQ]

@dr_locklear @Chiefs @Eagles E.A.G.L.E.S!

[North Carolina Highway Historical Markers @NC_Markers]

#OnThisDay in 1813, freedom seeker, writer and abolitionist Harriet Jacobs was born in Edenton. marker page: https://t.co/GODbOy8NHm