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U.S. Air Force Veteran| Father | Son|Historian | Husband | Grandfather |🐢🏹✊🏽| Wighcocomoco| Tundotank| Kickotank| Indigenous| FBA🇺🇸

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[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

In 1938, Jack Johnson was speeding when he was stopped by a policeman.

He issued him a $50 ticket. Jack handed him a $100 bill, to which the policeman proclaimed "I can't make change for that much!" Jack replied, "keep it, as I will be making the return trip at the same speed."

[The Nation of Islam @OfficialNOI]

“I want to thank all of you who came so that you could pay your respect to this wonderful wife of mine and mother of all.”—The Honorable Minister @LouisFarrakhan

Watch the full replay of the Janazah Services for First Lady of The Nation of Islam Mother Khadijah Farrakhan https://t.co/53iuzUvT8x

#MotherKhadijah #Farrakhan

[SoulFood66 @BlackAndNative1]

Most people have heard military cadences.
The chants.
The rhythm.
The calls that soldiers repeat while marching.
But here's the part people miss.
A Foundational Black American soldier named Pvt. Willie Lee Duckworth is credited with creating the original "Sound Off" cadence that helped inspire the marching chants still used today.

In 1944, during World War II, Duckworth was marching with tired soldiers at Fort Slocum, New York.

But he started calling out a rhythm.
And the soldiers answered back.
The energy changed.
The march changed.
The spirit of the group changed.
That simple call became known as the Duckworth Chant.
And it spread throughout the Army.
More than 80 years later,
soldiers are still marching to cadences built from the same tradition.
Think about that for a second.
A Foundational Black American soldier created something designed to keep people moving together.
And that tradition still echoes across military bases today.
That story deserves to be remembered.

#eachoneteachone

[Dwann B 🇺🇸 @dwannb]

Doing the Robot and popping to a marching band is pure L.A.

Locke High School has produced some of the greatest musicians of all time, and you can hear why right here.

Peep Carol Burnett and Betty White getting it in. 😂😂😂

[PoloMan @polo_man404]

Rakim spent 40 years in hip hop without a single Grammy nomination.

Not one. Zero. The man Eminem called "probably the greatest rapper of all time" was never even considered.

On May 8, 2026, that finally changed. Paid In Full was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Thirty eight years after the album that permanently changed how every rapper writes, delivers and thinks about lyricism.

Before Rakim, rappers rhymed at the end of lines. He changed that. Internal rhyme schemes, multi-syllable patterns, a cold and untouchable delivery nobody had heard before.

The Grammy Hall of Fame is not a Grammy. But after 40 years, it is recognition.

The God MC finally got his flowers.
Shot Out to William Michael Griffin AKA Rakim Allah 😎😎😁😁

[Amunet @freakoutsideofx]

Rosey Grier still fearsome at age 91!

[☆ @fwskiiii]

A young Howard University student started a GoFundMe asking for exactly $6,000 — the exact amount she needed to stay enrolled.
She had almost nothing left and was at risk of being dropped due to unpaid tuition.
Then Kyrie Irving saw her story. Instead of just covering the $6,000, he paid $22,000 upfront, securing her education for all four years.
A real one. 🙌🏾

[Chi @__Poisonivyyy]

Jill Scott and Lalia Hathaway 😍

[SoulFood66 @BlackAndNative1]

When they ask what it's like being a Black American?‼️🤔

[Don Salmon @dijoni]

Yes, she is gifted and talented and she’s a black doctor and a scientist.

[Dwann B 🇺🇸 @dwannb]

Rest in peace to the master educator Tony Brown. I’ve learned a lot watching his old videos. Thank you for teaching us about our history.

[WE HAVE NO FRIENDS/BY ANY MEME NECESSARY @CLG98264897]

Robert Fleming Jr. Didn't invent the guitar patten some important improvement of the guitar 🎸 picture on the left is Afro Latino " Luthier Antonia Jurado is believe to have invented the modern day acoustic guitar 1850. 🎸

[COPPER N AMERICAN INDIAN (AKA) NIIJI🐢 @CopperAmerican]

AMERICANS - THE SOUL PEOPLE - FIRE FIGHTERS