Brittany Newberry

Archivist for music and popular culture in the ATL! cat mom, book lover, opinions are my own

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

Meet the Freedmen's Bureau Web Portal. 💻🔍

Free, comprehensive, and accessible with just a few clicks, family historians, genealogists, and all of us can seamlessly connect with the stories of the newly freed during Reconstruction. More: https://t.co/Z9ljRjXABh

[SchomburgCenter @SchomburgCenter]

Join us for this panel discussion as part of our annual Open House on Saturday, November 12 starting at 12 Noon. https://t.co/oO7ZlffMZt #SchomburgCenter

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[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

On March 24, 2023, our museum will debut a major, thought-provoking exhibition, "Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures."

One of the highlights of this new exhibition will be the #BlackPanther hero costume worn by the late Chadwick Boseman, pictured here. #NMAAHCFutures

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

#OTD in 1938, Crystal Bird Fauset become the first African American woman to be elected to state legislature in the U.S.

As a state representative, Fauset introduced bills & amendments on issues concerning public health, housing, public relief, and working women. #ElectionDay

[GSU - Special Collections & Archives @gsu_archives]

Join us as we welcome former staff members of Atlanta’s underground newspaper The Great Speckled Bird for a lively panel conversation of the history and legacy of The Bird. This event will also serve as the grand opening of our new Great Speckled Bird exhibit! #aboutATL

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

African Americans attach familial love, communion, and personal pride to “foodways” or their many culinary practices and traditions. This food culture is represented in almost every aspect of Black gatherings.

[SchomburgCenter @SchomburgCenter]

November is #HipHopHistoryMonth. Celebrate the music and culture that’s changed the world! Discover some of the materials in our collections that amplify the legacy of hip hop and its legends. #SchomburgCenter https://t.co/gC5Ilm3LjI

[Jonquilyn Hill @jonquilynhill]

Black men deserve to grow old.

[U.S. National Archives @USNatArchives]

During #WW2, Eva Mirabal’s comic strip “G.I. Gertie” appeared in a Women’s Army Corps (WAC) publication and featured the hijinks of a young woman soldier.

https://t.co/q3F87Oebi0

#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NativeVeteran

[Jewel Wicker @jewelwickershow]

He was 28. Takeoff, the then-kid who convinced his uncle (Quavo) to start rapping then helped change the flow of rap. The undisputed best rapper in Migos (his uncle told me so himself just a few months ago). What a loss.

[Carla Hayden @LibnOfCongress]

Happy National Cat Day. 🐱

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[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

Homecoming games, where enthusiastic marching bands display their fierce musical talent and highly spirited styles, are focal points of school spirit, pride, and student camaraderie at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

#OTD in 1997, over a half million Black women gathered on the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia for the Million Woman March, which sought to inspire Black women across the nation to work for their community and personal improvement.

[Carla Hayden @LibnOfCongress]

Did you see @blackadammovie this weekend? With one of the largest comic book collections, @librarycongress has some classic Black Adam comics: Shazam! no. 8 from 1973 and a 1978 All New Collectors Edition. #BlackAdam #BlackAdamMovie

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

Dizzy Gillespie, one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time, was born #OnThisDay in 1917.

Born John Birks Gillespie, he revolutionized jazz in the 1940s & was a key figure in the creation of bebop, along with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk & Mary Lou Williams.

[SchomburgCenter @SchomburgCenter]

Tuesday, 10/25 at 6:30 PM: Join a conversation and photography presentation about women in the Black Panther Party, featuring early Black Panther Party leader Ericka Huggins and photographer Stephen Shames. #SchomburgCenter https://t.co/shpxLvmM9s

[Carla Hayden @LibnOfCongress]

Happy #WonderWoman Day! Today is a great day to empower and inspire young men and women with the virtues taught to us by Diana Prince.
From the @librarycongress collection: The first issue of Sensation Comics marked the first cover appearance of Wonder Woman.

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Introducing DEMOCRACY'S LIBRARY: a digital archive of government research, accessible to everyone, entirely for free. Learn more TONIGHT at 7pm PT: https://t.co/w3eiNC074T

[DPLA @dpla]

The @usmint will soon ship the first U.S. currency honoring an Asian American. The coins will feature actress Anna May Wong, who spoke out about racism in Hollywood + was an early advocate for more representation + equal pay in films. 📷 : @nypl via https://t.co/c8kVFaU5wm