Happy 149th Birthday to NCNW Founder, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune! Dr. Bethune was a visionary and a trailblazer with innumerable accomplishments. Learn about her for yourself by visiting the exhibit on her life and legacy @nmaahc, opening July 19th!
Let me say this then I’ll shut up.
As a military veteran I find it incredibly infuriating that Trump’s Project 2025 intends to rescind the Veterans Administration benefits that I EARNED by serving my country.
Trump’s a 5 time draft dodger and a COWARD to boot.
J. Edgar Hoover was an enemy to Black people. The FBI headquarters are currently named after J. Edgar Hoover. In other words, the FBI honors a man who terrorized, sabotaged, and destroyed some of our strongest Black leaders, Never Forget!
@AfricanArchives A lot of people don't know that Le Enfant didn't complete the project he started because media and historians don't go into that part of the story.
In 1753, Benjamin Banneker created the first functioning clock in the U.S entirely out of wood, it was so advanced it kept accurate time for over 50 years.
He also helped survey and design Washington D.C.
During his funeral, all his belongings including the clock were destroyed in a mysterious house fire.
—Benjamin Banneker. A Mathematician and astronomer who planned all the construction of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington D.C., Benjamin Banneker is known for The first African American To create a scientific book, an almanac published in 1791. Banneker’s book contained information on many subject including weather forecasting, ellipses, medicine and essays calling for the free education and the abolition of physical punishment of school children. President Jefferson sent copies of Banneker's almanac to the French commons and The British House of commons as a proud example of America's scientific and cultural accomplishments. Banneker is also credited with building the first Clock in assembled in the U.S.
Born in Maryland in 1731, Banneker was the son of an African American who freed himself. Banneker worked as a farmer while studying science in his spare time. After inventing his clock, he predicted the eclipse of the sun in 1789. In 1791 he was appointed by President Washington to assist surveyor Andrew Elliott and architect Pierre L'Enfant in planning the capitol building. After L'Enfant resigned and took his maps with him to France Banneker become responsible for completing the the white house. He’s credited with designing Washington DC in its ENTIRETY. —
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