BREAKING: About 40 people have been killed so far in the Russian attack on Ukraine, according to an adviser to the nation's president. https://t.co/1nnCZkmQkW
Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 (HeLa cells) became one of the most important tools in medicine.Her cells became vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization and more.
Charles Baker was a self-taught mechanical engineer who spent the majority of his childhood in slavery. He developed the first friction heater, which was patented in January 1903.
South African mine workers were x-rayed by radiologists at the end of each shift before leaving the De Beers diamond mines in Kimberley, South Africa, 1954.
We argue a lot about Hip Hop but I think we all agree that 50 Cent has the hardest line in Rap history
and I don't even have to say which line cuz you already know
American medicine has been built upon the abuse of black people with no oversight.
I'll revisit a few cases of how Black people were abused in the field of medicine. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Happy 80th Birthday to the late Huey P. Newton. He was the co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.
Did you know he had a PHD in Social Science? His dissertation was War Against The Panthers: A Study Of Repression In America. #BlackHistoryMonth