On the Night I Was Born, Rain Was Pourin, GOD Was Cryin, Lightning Struck. Power Outage. SPARKS Was Flyin. A REAL ONE HERE! A Young Boy, That Walks With Lions.
#HappyBdayToMe
We do not care what they think of us. We have always strive and we have always survive.. welcome to Black History Month. our ancestors survive 500 years of slavery.
Happy Heavenly Birthday to my Son/Sunshine you would have been 30 today butโฆโฆโฆ.
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#TrayvonLivesOn#OurChildrenMatter
I will ALWAYS love you, ๐ป #February5th
John Morton Finney was a Buffalo soldier who fought in World War 1, earned 11 degrees and practiced law until he was 106 years old.
He was believed to be the longest practicing attorney in the United States. #BlackHistoryMonth
โJohn Morton-Finney (June 25, 1889 - January 28, 1998) was an American civil rights activist, lawyer, and educator who earned 11 academic degrees, including 5 law degrees.
โHe spent most of his career as an educator and lawyer after serving from 1911 to 1914 in the U.S. Army as a member of the 24th Infantry Regiment, better known as the Buffalo soldiers, and with the American Expeditionary Forces in
France during World War I.
โMorton-Finney taught languages at Fisk University in Tennessee and at Lincoln University in Missouri, before moving to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he taught in the Indianapolis Public Schools for forty-seven years.
โMorton-Finney was a member of the original faculty at Indianapolis's Crisps Attucks High School when it opened in 1927 and later became head of its foreign language department. He also taught at Shortridge High School and at other IPS schools.
โMorton-Finney was admitted as a member of the Bar of the Indiana Supreme Court in 1935, as a member of the Bar of the U.S. District Court in 1941, and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1972.
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Did you know that that black meat was considered delicious the white people a true story. they used to kill us and cook us and eat us. welcome to Black History Month.#BlackTwitter .#BlackHistoryMonth .#PanAfrican.
"People say that Caitlin Clark 'moves the needle.' That is wrong. She is the needle." ๐ค
@chiney and @stephenasmith on Caitlin Clark declining to participate in the 2025 NBA All-Star Game's 3-Pt contest.