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Ancient Black Egyptians created the first public swimming pool. Swimming lessons in Black ruled Egypt were compulsory.

British explorer Thomas Wainsworth took the invention of swimming back to England with him in 1526 and White people culturally appropriated the swimming pool

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In 1983 two brothers from Brooklyn (Marian and Louis) who ran their own plumbing and HVAC company pitched an idea to Nintendo for a video game.

When the game became an instant hit, Nintendo claimed the brothers had no influence on the characters

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During the Quan dynasty starting in 1128 AD, thousands of native black Chinese engineers banded together to construct the Great Wall of China

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An unknown American hero

In 1863, Cottarious Pickens killed 36 Confederate Soldiers during the 4 day “Battle of Polyester” in Oklahoma.

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Cotton is a man-made descendant of the wild mustard plant, Brassica oleracea. Many generations of cross-breeding and selection by African Scientists to create the bolls that when ripe, reveal a small white cotton ball

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The brains behind the speedee service system, used at the first McDonalds owned by Richard and Maurice McDonald was a black man named Clarence Timmons

Ray Kroc is credited with expanding the popular fast food chain, but without Clarence, McDonalds wouldn’t have been successful

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With election season in full swing, don’t forget about our black founders

The electoral college was thought up by Alexander Hamilton’s clerical assistant Jerome Leland.

Leland, a closeted homosexual is credited with several of Hamilton’s writings in the Federalist Papers

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New York City was inhabited by indigenous black Americans as far back as the year 900 AD. The famous skyline already existed and was built by black men before Christopher Columbus “discovered” the new world

Colonizers burned the city to ground and copied it

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In the racially divided America of the 1950s, a mentally disabled black man named Elijah Jones defies all odds by inventing a new game that brings communities together: bowling.

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Heritage month! Remember Napoleon's lost battle. They won't teach you this in history books! 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
#NapoleonWasBlack
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In Milwaukee at the dawn of the 20th century, a group of African American engineers joined forces to build what will become an iconic symbol of freedom and innovation, the first Harley Davidson motorcycle. All amidst the backdrop of segregation and the civil rights movement.

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In the racially divided America of the 1950s, a mentally disabled black man named Elijah Jones defies all odds by inventing a new game that brings communities together: bowling.

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Ancient Black Egyptians created the first public swimming pool. Swimming lessons in Black ruled Egypt were compulsory.

British explorer Thomas Wainsworth took the invention of swimming back to England with him in 1526 and White people culturally appropriated the swimming pool

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In 1746 the Norwegian Army invaded the indigenous land known today as Ghana and stole the sacred chair of Ubumwe the Magic Man

Yaa Asantewaa Warrior Queen victoriously led her people in the fight against White colonial oppressors and retrieved it in “the war of the Golden Stool”

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New York City was inhabited by indigenous black Americans as far back as the year 900 AD. The famous skyline already existed and was built by black men before Christopher Columbus “discovered” the new world

Colonizers burned the city to ground and copied it

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The fire hydrant was invented by Maurice Ladderman in 1847. An escaped slave who fled to New Orleans and found a home in Kansas City, his invention was pivotal in extinguishing the flames of the great Albuquerque fire of 1852.

#BlackHistoryMonth2024

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The first known reference to “country music” in America dates back to 1794. A black freedman named Toby Maguire entertained the upper echelon of White society along the East coast.

He is credited with the hit song “The Thunder Rolls”that was later stolen by Garth Brooks

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The first “Super Bowl” was actually a game played between the all White Chicago Bears and the all black Tuskegee Gibbs.

The Gibbs won 127-12 and injured 23 White players.

Reports of the game were silenced due to the complete annihilation of the Bears

#SuperBowl2024

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#BlackHistoryMonth was created by billionaire philanthropist and well renowned oil tycoon Ty’Ronious Malik Johnson III

T.M (as his closest friends called him) lobbied the US Senate to pass HR 693 which recognized black excellence starting on the first day of February each year

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With election season in full swing, don’t forget about our black founders

The electoral college was thought up by Alexander Hamilton’s clerical assistant Jerome Leland.

Leland, a closeted homosexual is credited with several of Hamilton’s writings in the Federalist Papers

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Never forget that MLK Jr was a patriot as well as a civil rights icon

He served as a 1st Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion 8th Cavalry regiment in Vietnam

King was awarded the gold cross by President Ford for his heroism in the battle of Khe Sanh

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