Quintard Taylor

University of Washington History Professor Emeritus & Founder of the largest free online resource on African American and Global African History

[Quintard Taylor @QuintardTaylor]

On July 28, 1866, the U.S. Congress created six black regiments in the U.S. Army. One of those regiments, the 10th Cavalry was formed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (see attached memorial image). See the Buffalo Soldiers on https://t.co/IwmJ10Z6V4 here: https://t.co/qctm82jbuW.

[Leonard Pitts, Jr. @LeonardPittsJr1]

A governor who apparently once appeared in drag signs a bill banning people from appearing in drag. 🙄

I propose that we adopt “Republican” as a new synonym for hypocrite. All in favor?

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[rolandsmartin @rolandsmartin]

I’ve done a lot of important topics in my career, but what I am going to deconstruct on Wednesday will be one of the most important EVER. I am going to show you HOW corporate America and the white-dominated advertising agencies SYSTEMATICALLY limit, dominate and destroy 1/4

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

On this day in 1869, Congress refused to seat John Willis Menard, the first Black man elected to the House of Representatives. James Garfield argued it was “too early” to elect a Black person. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/LxpTtBNO0g

[Leonard Pitts, Jr. @LeonardPittsJr1]

Hattie McDaniel of “Gone With The Wind.” Couldn’t attend the premiere at a segregated theater. Sat at a segregated table at the Oscars (she was the first black winner). When she died, a segregated cemetery refused her body.

#blackhistorymonth2023. @RonDeSantis. @GovRonDeSantis

[James Hall @hallaboutafrica]

Adaptable agriculture. When Russia's war on Ukraine cut off Ukrainian wheat exports, Ethiopia boosted wheat production 70% and is now Africa's 3rd biggest wheat producer, after Morocco and Algeria. 2023 harvest of 160million kilos will see Ethiopia exporting wheat for first time.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

To all classified documents in my home, I hereby declassify you.

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

Omg this is soooo good! Enjoy!

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

Actual humans voted for THIS over Liz Cheney?

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

This is what a volcano eruption looks like from space 🌋 https://t.co/OCC1mymgOT

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

This is one hell of an ad from the Democrat running US Senate in South Dakota. The question is whether people will watch it and share it.

[Black Americans @BLKAmericans_]

Harriet Tubman, far left, with family and neighbors at her home in Auburn, NY, 1887.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Bill Russell was voted the greatest player in NBA history in a 1980 poll of basketball writers, and his Celtics coach Red Auerbach called him "the single most devastating force in the history of the game" when he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. https://t.co/GHeGOxkB3t

[Dave Zirin @EdgeofSports]

The most precious photo I own that’s not of my kids: making Bill Russell laugh. Great person. Political pioneer. Took no mess. Rest in Power to a legend’s legend.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

“President Truman Wipes Out Segregation in Armed Forces”—and look at the second headline about lynching posse, this week 1948:

[Africa Facts Zone @AfricaFactsZone]

Zambia's President Hichilema after 11 months

Reduced the inflation rate from 25.6% in August 2021 to 9.7%.

Made Zambian Kwacha the world's 2nd best performing currency. It was the world's worst performing currency.

Building Africa's largest nickel mine.

Opened a fruit factory

[FOX 13 Seattle @fox13seattle]

WATCH: A witness captured video of a tanker exploding on I-5 in Downtown Seattle. You can see a flaming tank of liquid oxygen flying down the interstate.
🎥: Joshua Parsons

[Africa Facts Zone @AfricaFactsZone]

Botswana will connect 500 villages to the internet at a cost of $12.7 million.

The project is tagged SmartBots.

[Quintard Taylor @QuintardTaylor]

While I did not take the accompanying photo, I do recall the moment in 1990 when I first stood in the Door of No Return at the Maison des Esclaves on Goree Island. See our history of Goree Island here: https://t.co/YiZ0GgY6Oy.