S.L. Bishop, Ed.D.

Democrat & proud! Navy Vet! No Lists! I don't respond to trolls #904via305 #MTCCNF

[S.L. Bishop, Ed.D. @itsubish]

(1) Racism has deep roots that started with a seed. The seed was birth from slavery & evolved by the wording from Sec 1 of the 13th Amendment. #PBSNEWS

[S.L. Bishop, Ed.D. @itsubish]

@FINALLEVEL Brother, yell that louder so they all can here.

[TV One @tvonetv]

Netflix announced its sequel series to the iconic A Different World launches on September 24, 2026, which is exactly 39 years since the original show aired. Don't forget to catch A Different World weekdays at 4p/3c on TV One! Watch the teaser trailer here: https://t.co/KdNiy69Cy2

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

After spending his entire senior year apart from his sister while she served overseas in the military, Kalen Barksdale received the surprise of a lifetime at his graduation. Moments like these remind us that family love can make even the biggest milestones MORE meaningful! ❤️

[S.L. Bishop, Ed.D. @itsubish]

@catsareblessing @TonyBakercomedy

[rolandsmartin @rolandsmartin]

I bet @elonmusk won’t RT this

[S.L. Bishop, Ed.D. @itsubish]

@mmpadellan Congratulations!! 👩🏾‍🎓

[Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. ® @apa1906NETwork]

An informed voice is a powerful voice. Join us for an Emergency Voting Rights Town Hall as we address the urgency of protecting our democracy and mobilizing our communities.

May 3, 2026 | 6 PM EST / 5 PM CST / 3 PM PST
Register via Alpha University.

https://t.co/dX4dTU8Yy9

[Malcolm Nance @MalcolmNance]

Wow. Iranian Lego diss track team is FAST.

[S.L. Bishop, Ed.D. @itsubish]

@tamilynyg @TMZ @TMZ is under fire for looking like @FoxNews

[Chuck D @MrChuckD]

Bob Law … NightTalk connected the Black World with the technology of Radio. A giant in so many ways to us all R🙏🏿P

[Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. ® @apa1906NETwork]

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. celebrates the birthday of Jewel Founder Nathaniel Allison Murray.

Jewel Murray pursued graduate work after completing his undergraduate studies at Howard. He later returned home to Washington, D.C., where he taught in public schools.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Tonight 1968: "I've been to the mountaintop, and I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land!"

[S.L. Bishop, Ed.D. @itsubish]

@BerniceKing Happy Birthday!

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Today we remember Breonna Taylor and the injustice of her death.

Her life was taken in a tragic and unjust act that continues to call our nation to confront the systems and policies that allow such harm to occur. Honoring her memory requires more than remembrance. It requires a continued commitment to justice, accountability, and the work of creating the Beloved Community.

#BreonnaTaylor #TheKingCenter #MLK #BelovedCommunity

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Did you know the desire to escape slavery, was once classified as a mental illness called Drapetomania in 1851.

Black people were considered mentally ill for refusing to live in bondage.

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

“They gave every white athlete a bus ticket. They told him Black runners didn’t qualify. So he walked 1,765 miles to prove them wrong.”

In 1928, after winning the Rocky Mountain Olympic qualifier in the 5,000 meters, Kelley Dolphus Stroud was denied a bus ticket to the U.S. Olympic trials in Boston—a ticket every white qualifier received. Officials invented a rule on the spot: he hadn't "approached the previous record." Stroud, a 20-year-old Black college student from Colorado, recognized the racism dressed as paperwork. He had a choice: accept the theft of his opportunity, or chase it down on foot.

With ten dollars, a golf club for protection, and a cardboard sign reading “Denver to Olympia,” he set out on Highway 40. For 12 grueling days, he walked, ran, and hitchhiked across 1,765 miles of America—sleeping in fields, surviving storms, and facing hunger and hostility. When his story reached the press, small acts of kindness helped carry him the final miles. He arrived at Harvard Stadium with just six hours before his race—exhausted, underfed, his feet bloodied.

He lined up anyway. For five laps, he held on. On the sixth, his body gave out. He collapsed on the track to the sound of some spectators laughing. They didn’t see the journey. They didn’t see the courage. They only saw a fall.

Stroud didn’t make the Olympic team. But he never broke. He returned to Colorado College as one of its few Black students, graduated with honors, became the first Black student elected to Phi Beta Kappa there, and later outran a 1928 Olympian in a fair rematch. He built a life of dignity, scholarship, and quiet influence.

Decades later, his legacy is finally receiving its due: an arena named in his honor, a scholars program, a documentary, even an opera in the works. His story is no longer a buried footnote—it’s a testament to what happens when someone refuses to let injustice define their limits.

“The true measure of a champion isn’t just how fast they run, but how far they’re willing to walk when the road is made impossibly long.”

© Tales of Past

#drthehistories

[Jackson Harlem @JacksonHarlem]

🚨Tuskegee: The 40-Year Experiment On Black Americans🧫🔬

[S.L. Bishop, Ed.D. @itsubish]

@FINALLEVEL 😂😂😂

[Black Media Hub ✊🏿 @BlackMediaHub]

This Is The Root of Racism, Not Hate — Not Fear.

[S.L. Bishop, Ed.D. @itsubish]

@FINALLEVEL Happy Birthday OG!