Players 49ers lost (and they lost all their coaches not named Tomsula) after the 2014 season and people pointing to Kaepernick as the reason they sucked in 15/16 lol. Comical. I’ve never seen an off season like this. Never will again.
On this day, Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight Champion.
He was also an Inventor. While in Jail in Kansas, he invented an improved wrench and in 1922 he received a patent for his invention. #BlackHistoryMonth
“Slavery wasn’t that bad” “they just had to work with no pay and get beat a bit” yeah aight. The more atrocities I learn about, the angrier I get. This is why they wanna ban CRT. They don’t want us to find out the TRUTH about what they did to black people for years.
Rest in Power Sidney Poitier.
In 1964, he made history, becoming the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Actor and paving the way.
He was an actor, filmmaker & civil rights activist.
Successful black communities and towns. A THREAD!
Did you know that an entire Manhattan village owned by black people was destroyed to build Central Park.
The community was called Seneca Village. It spanned from 82nd Street to 89th Street.
Read this please. Then share. oklahoma is a day away from executing a man. The evidence that this man is innocent is overwhelming. So much so that the state parole board recommended to the governor that he not be executed. with 1 day left of his life, the governor hasn’t acted
In 1942, US Navy Messman Charles Jackson French successfully swam through the night for 6-8 hours pulling a raft of 15 wounded soldiers w a rope round his waist in shark infested waters. He was the first black swimmer to receive the Navy medal of heroism in 1943. #VeteransDay
The 369th Infantry Regiment, The Harlem Hellfighters.
Though they spent more time in battle than any other regiment and were one of the most decorated, they never got the recognition they deserved. #VeteransDay2021
Ottawa W. Gurley created the Black Wall Street, an affluent black community in Greenwood in Tulsa.
In 1906 Gurley purchased over 40 acres of land sold exclusively to "coloreds only” in Tulsa.He created an economically independent black township.
White supremacists burnt it down