On this day in 1892, a white mob destroyed Ida B. Wells's newspaper office while she was away and threatened bodily harm if she returned because she challenged the myth of Black criminality.
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April is Celebrate Diversity Month — a time to honor the cultures, identities, and stories that shape our world.
Dr. Maya Angelou believed in embracing our differences and finding connection within them.
“We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”
#CelebrateDiversityMonth
#OnThisDay in 1942, the Tuskegee Airmen became the first African American flying unit in the U.S. military. Learn more on our Searchable Museum: https://t.co/JvZ6uS4GdH #BlackHistoryMonth#APeoplesJourney
🍂 It's the first full day of #autumn after the #AutumnEquinox, and @NOAA’s #GOESEast 🛰️ has been tracking the sun’s changing angle over the course of the past year due to Earth's 23.5° tilt. 🌎
As we welcome #AstronomicalFall in the Northern Hemisphere, learn more about the #equinox in today’s #SatelliteSnapshot:
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#Fall #FallEquinox #TimelapseTuesday
#OnThisDay in 1915, Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. @ASALH continues to chart the past triumphs and current achievements of African Americans.
This month, we’re celebrating some of the world's most gifted artists and educators like Johnetta Cole, Elizabeth Catlett, and Peggy Cooper Cafritz. Their ingenuity, measured through innovative style and truth-telling, proved invaluable to students and the art world.
On this day in 1943, white U.S. military police fired on Black U.S. soldiers stationed during World War II in the village of Bamber Bridge, England, killing a Black soldier named Private William Crossland.
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Happening NOW: Baba Peter Bailey opening today’s Centennial Birthday Commemoration of #MalcolmX at Howard University. Livestream thanks to @SankofaDC here: https://t.co/Yek7jnQx7p
100 years ago today, an African seeker was born in Nebraska, Hells of North America.
Grenada Georgia Roots
Garvey’s Ghost
Farmboy
Good Son
Hoodlum
Convert
Believer
Prophet
Teacher
Husband
Father
Voice of Our
Lost/Found Nation
Omowale
Martyr
Saint
We
By Any Means Necessary.
Happy Centennial Birthday, #MalcolmX
Enslaved Black people are mostly depicted as very docile and didn't fight back. However, this was not the case and there were numerous slaves rebellion.
A THREAD!
On this day in 1898, Louisiana adopted a new constitution that excluded Black voters and jurors using restrictions like a poll tax and discriminatory literacy and property requirements.
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