TheOddFather

National Grand Historian
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[Black Americans @BLKAmericans_]

On this day in 1950, Ronald McNair was born in Lake City, South Carolina.

Defying segregation through brilliance and determination, he became a physicist, NASA astronaut, and one of the first Black Americans in space. McNair flew aboard the Challenger in 1984 and tragically lost his life in its 1986 disaster.

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Dick Gregory at the Million Man March in 1995. 📷 by Jamel Shabazz, 1995

[IEEE @IEEEorg]

Today, we celebrate the contributions of Mae C. Jemison, who made history as the first African American woman to travel into space. She continues to serve as an inspiration for young technologists.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Happy 68th birthday to Doctor and Engineer Mae Jemison! She was the first black woman in space.

She flew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992, working on experiments including bone cell research.

Dr. Mae Carol Jemison is a physician and retired astronaut. After her medical education and a brief general practice, Dr. Jemison served in the Peace Corps from 1985-1987, when she was selected by NASA to join the astronaut corps. She resigned from NASA in 1993 to form a company researching the application of technology to daily life.

She has appeared on television several times, including as an actress in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Dr. Jemison is a dancer, and holds 9 honorary doctorates in science, engineering, letters, and the humanities.

HONORS & AWARDS:
🏆1988 Essence Science and Technology Award
🏆1991 McCall's 10 Outstanding Women for the 90s
🏆1991 Pumpkin Magazine's (a Japanese Monthly) One of the Women for the Coming New Century
🏆1992 Johnson Publications Black Achievement Trailblazers Award
🏆1993 National Women's Hall of Fame
🏆1993 Ebony magazine 50 Most Influential women
🏆1993 Kilby Science Award
🏆1993 Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth
🏆1993 People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful and sexy People in the World"
🏆1993 Turner Trumpet Award
🏆1997 Chicago History Museum "Making History Award" for Distinction in Science Medicine and Technology.
🏆2002 listed among the 100 Greatest African Americans according to Molefi Kete Asante.
🏆2003 Intrepid Award by the National Organization for girls
🏆2004 International Space Hall of Fame NASA Space Flight Medal
🏆2005 The National Audubon Society, Rachel Carson Award

Institutions:
🚀1992 Mae C. Jemison Science and Space Museum, Wilbur Wright College
🚀1992 Mae C. Jemison Academy, an alternative public school in Detroit, Michigan
🚀2001 Mae Jemison School, an elementary public school in Hazel Crest, Illinois
🚀2007 Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy, a public charter school in Baltimore, Maryland

Doctors honoris causa:
🚀1991 Doctor of Science, Lincoln College, Pennsylvania
🚀2000 Doctor of Humanities, Princeton University
🚀2005 Doctor of Science, Wilson College
🚀2006 Doctor of Science, Dartmouth College
🚀2007 Doctor of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College
🚀2007 Doctor of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
🚀2008 Doctor of Humanities, DePaul University
🚀2009 Doctor of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of NYU.

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Today we mourn the loss of our brother Jimmy Humphrey, a member of Wayman Lodge 1339 GUOOF, and served as Past Sovereign Grand Master of the IOOF for many years. He bridged the gap between both Orders....Hail him thrice...

[Black Americans @BLKAmericans_]

Black Suffragettes attending the Banner State Woman’s National Baptist Convention in 1915. Among them, at the far left, is Nannie Helen Burroughs, an advocate for Black women’s education, economic independence, and civil rights, and founder of the National Training School for Women and Girls.

[Black Americans @BLKAmericans_]

William Sanders Scarborough, President of Wilberforce University, known for his First Lessons in Greek (1881), recognized as the first Black American classical scholar.

[Gullah/Geechee Folks @GullahGeechee]

Charleston Historic Sites Removing Books About Slavery https://t.co/SkA6jwxqEV

[ASALH @ASALH]

Beyond Dog Whistles: How Anti-Blackness Is Destroying Our
Democracy And What We Must Do To Resist 🗣️

IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED

UNION CHAPEL

Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard
Sunday, Aug 10th, 2025 at 5PM EST

Register: https://t.co/dDhLIQmL9i

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#OnThisDay in 1865, General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX to read Order No. 3, which affirmed the end of slavery in the states of the former Confederacy. This momentous occasion has been celebrated as #Juneteenth — a combination of “June” & “19th” — for over 150 years.

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

70+ years after the Civil War, the WPA Federal Writers' Project began interviewing elderly Americans who remembered being enslaved. This collection is at the Library & contains moving narratives & photos. #Juneteenth
Narratives: https://t.co/bQXMUWFFck
Photos: https://t.co/Ih3HoT9RLj

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@SkeltonMea81467 @librarycongress They were people

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Save Your Family Photos in 7 Steps: Safe Preservation Tips - https://t.co/mF6GjDgYQ4

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Before you here are members of the Committee of Management of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows in America and Jurisdiction

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Archaeologists unearth foundation of 1760s schoolhouse for Black children
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Digital and actual artwork I did fa #juneteenth2025

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

On this day in 1921, Idaho broadened its ban on interracial marriage to bar a white person from marrying any Black person. The state's population at the time was less than .02% Black.
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