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George M. Johnson captured the nation’s attention with their debut memoir, All Boys Aren’t Blue. #28DaysOfBlack
The state of Alabama appealed the ruling, taking the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
On November 13, 1956, the Supreme Court upheld the lower court's ruling and affirmed bus segregation laws were unconstitutional. #28DaysOfBlack
While Rosa Parks' name may be synonymous with the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Claudette Colvin came first.
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Last year, Karine Jean Pierre became the first Black and openly gay woman to become the public face for the Biden administration as Press Secretary, succeeding Jenn Psaki. #28DaysOfBlack
This intricately coordinated escape astonished the world. Smalls was hailed as a hero in the North, and helped lobby President Lincoln to allow Black men to enlist in the Union Army. After the war, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives. #28DaysOfBlack
Robert Smalls was only in his early 20s when he risked his life as a Black, enslaved man in the U.S. South to sail his family to freedom.
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Christian Smalls star rose in 2022 after taking on one of the most powerful corporations in the world: Amazon. #28DaysOfBlack
Before I lay me down to read...
My official thread for @Jalee5a_Nicole's #28DaysofBlack Romance will reside here.
Every February, I’ve used my platform to emphasize the importance of Black history with #28DaysOfBlack.
The goal is to highlight the contribution of Black trailblazers of the past, present, and future.
Please feel free to use the #28DaysOfBlack and share Black history.
In 1952, Coachman achieved another historic first: becoming the first Black woman to endorse an international product when Coca-Cola hired her to become a spokesperson for the brand.
On July 14, 2014, at the age of 90, Coachman died in Albany, New York. #28DaysOfBlack
Every February, I’ve used my platform to emphasize the importance of Black history with #28DaysOfBlack.
The goal is to highlight the contribution of Black trailblazers of the past, present, and future.
Please feel free to use the #28DaysOfBlack and share Black history.
On this last day of #28DaysOfBlack, I want to challenge everyone to research a Black history moment that you didn't know before. Feel free to share in the thread.
I started to series to educate and encourage people to learn about the impact of Black people all over this country.
Born in Lansing, Michigan in 1950, Dr. Alexa Irene Canady broke both gender and color barriers when she became the first African American woman neurosurgeon in the United States in 1981. #28DaysOfBlack
The 369th Black infantry regiment was an all-Black U.S. regiment nicknamed the “Harlem Hellfighters” which formed during World War I. #28DaysOfBlack
"The most urgent filmmaking anybody's doing in this country right now is by Black people with camera phones." So begins the brilliant and astute essay, "The Videos That Rocked America. The Song That Knows Our Rage," by New York Times critic-at-large Wesley Morris. #28DaysOfBlack
Ronald McNair was 9 when a South Carolina librarian told him he could not check out books from a segregated library in 1959. Refusing to leave, a determined McNair sat on the counter while the librarian called the police, as well McNair's mother. #28DaysOfBlack
Davonne Reaves didn't let the fact that Black entrepreneurs, especially women, made up a miniscule share of hotel owners in the United States stop her from achieving her goals. #28DaysOfBlack
Long before Venus and Serena Williams, another tall, young Black woman shook up the staid world of tennis with her powerful serve and brilliant play. #28DaysOfBlack
Christopher Bradshaw went from helping his Uncle grow and give away vegetables as a child in his hometown, to founding Dreaming Out Loud. The D.C.-based nonprofit creates economic opportunities and equitable community-based food systems for low-income communities. #28DaysOfBlack
Tressie McMillan Cottom is someone who knows a lot about a lot of different things. One moment she's studying the problematic nature of for-profit colleges.
Next, she's sharing her thoughts about beauty standards, or why Sean Combs is the original influencer. #28DaysOfBlack
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