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#RIP Anna M. Robertson, 6888th. She joined the military at age 18 and felt a profound, patriotic sense of duty. Col. (Ret.) Cummings,@CCLLC2008 wrote about the Six Triple Eight in her book: “They prevailed where others failed.”
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Today we celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth in the way we know best: looking to the records. The @usnatarchives holds thousands of records on the African American experience, from pension records to iconic Civil Rights photos. Explore these and many more today: https://t.co/iZsVVx9sBJ
Read "Black Education as the General Strike: The Radical Origins of African American Teaching and Learning" from The Journal of African American History and learn more about the history of Black educational politics. Find it here: https://t.co/gUFpLajyow @ASALH
America did not have to tell us who we were to this country; we told them. America did not have to tell us that we built this country, our fingerprints are etched into the stone. America does not have to proclaim #BlackHistoryMonth we proclaim it https://t.co/eE40aUD1v5
Sony’s buddy comedy “One of Them Days” is coming in on the higher end of initial projections, earning $4.3 million from 2,675 locations across Friday and preview screenings. https://t.co/xrZ6RwSR2y
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Thank you (ret) Col. Edna Cummings for your years of tireless work on Capitol Hill to honor #TheSixTripleEight w the Congressional Gold Medal in 2022.
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