Nat Love, aka Deadwood Dick (1854-1921), cowboy and saddler
Nate earned the nickname "Deadwood Dick" after winning a rodeo in South Dakota. As he tells it, he could hit anything within range of his Colt .45 revolvers or Winchester Model rifle, but killed only out of self-defense
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.
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@ka182736 @Proseccoriqo Wayne isn't good at coming up with hooks but can freestyle his verses easily. If you look at a lot of his songs with just him on there you will see the name J. Preyan on most which is Mack Maine. That's why everybody love mixtape Weezy cus he dnt have to come up with hooks.
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.
.@BrettFavre had his lawyers send me a letter threatening legal action for talking about him stealing over $6M from a MS welfare fund with help from Gov Phil Bryant, nephew of Emmett Till‘s murderer.
I wonder if he’s paying his lawyers out of the welfare money he stole.
On February 12th 1946, 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
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A black man…in Colorado…who owns 1,000 acres of land…is being harassed…his livestock are being killed…his dogs are being poisoned…his family is being threatened…simply for existing. Not because he hurt anyone, assaulted anyone, harassed anyone…
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 12 times and he died
He was only 17 years. A THREAD!