Melanated Mermaids’ Mommy

The SWimLady. Quantum Faith Leaper/Diver; SMU DMin 2025; Creating / Curating Aquatic Practical Theology

[Black, Blessed & Unbothered @MelanatedTalk]

Here’s yet another lie they’ve told.
Her professional skating career ended around 2015, with her legacy cemented by her iconic, rebellious backflip at the 1998 Olympics. Now they’re saying this white boy did it first.
#BlackHistory #Olympics2026 #IceSkating #SuryaBonaly

[Melanated Mermaids’ Mommy @SWimlady12]

💃🏾

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

Facing racism in the sport head on, Surya Bonaly landed the banned backflip on one foot and made history anyway ⛸️ 💥

[Melanated Mermaids’ Mommy @SWimlady12]

@elmo Happy Birthday @Elmo!!! 🥳🎉🎊🫶🏾😊💫🤩

[Melanated Mermaids’ Mommy @SWimlady12]

@BerniceKing Amen 🙏🏾 @BerniceKing !!!

[Melanated Mermaids’ Mommy @SWimlady12]

@MrPitbull07 I don’t care if this was “real” or not! This was a great read and I could visualize the whole thing - voices and all! My 91-year-old Mama would be up for these types of hijinks if she could get her “girls” together one last time!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

This is 3-Star Navy Admiral Nancy Lacore. After 35 years of service, she was fired by Defense Secretary Pete Hegesth. Now, she's running for Congress in South Carolina for Nancy Mace's seat.

RETWEET if you support @NancyLacore as she runs to flip this seat and donate below!

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

Robert Smalls was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina in 1839...

When he became a teenager, his mother convinced her master to rent him out for work as a deckhand on a coastal cotton transport steamship named the Planter. He quickly became the ship's de facto pilot and learned the Charleston harbor like the back of his hand.⁣
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When the Civil War broke out in 1861, the Planter was commissioned by the Confederates for wartime activities such destroying Union owned lighthouses, mapping the Atlantic coast and transporting weapons. Smalls won the trust of Confederate soldiers and took charge of the ship while it was still in port.⁣
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In May of 1862, Smalls took the opportunity to sneak his family and several other slaves onto the ship. In order to leave the port, Smalls had to impersonate a white captain by wearing his wide-brimmed straw hat and giving secret code signals at multiple checkpoints.⁣ Smalls steered the ship into Union territory and after a tense stand-off, he was able to peacefully surrender the ship, along with the massive supply of ammunition. Smalls first words to the perplexed Union soldiers was "Good morning, sir! I've brought you some old United States guns sir!".⁣
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For his bold escape, Smalls got a $4,000 bounty on his head. The Union awarded him $1,500 for the confiscated ship and ammunition. Smalls was active throughout the war, lobbying the Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to begin enlisting Black soldiers. Once President Lincoln gave his approval, Smalls personally recruited 5,000 Black soldiers on his own.⁣
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After the war, he used his award money to buy the home where he was born from his former master. He entered politics and served in the South Carolina state senate from 1870 to 1874. He then went on to serve 5 non-consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1874 to 1886.⁣
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Smalls passed away in 1915 as a free man. He was born into slavery and went out as a war hero, civil rights activist, U.S. Representative, and home owner.⁣

© Reddit

#drthehistories

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Oh, they understand the question; they're just laughing at how dumb it is.

But since you asked, I actually know the answer.

Now, I don't want to misquote you, so here is the specific question you asked:

A thread.

[Melanated Mermaids’ Mommy @SWimlady12]

@Pastor__West Amen 🙏🏾!!!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET to wish Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson a Happy Birthday! 🎉

[Melanated Mermaids’ Mommy @SWimlady12]

@its_The_Dr 💃🏾

[Melanated Mermaids’ Mommy @SWimlady12]

@NoContextHumans I have been a Swim Instructor for 21 years. Year after year, I have to go through the process of de- and reprogramming kids who have been traumatized by programs like this to learn to love the water and learn to love to swim. 😔

[Melanated Mermaids’ Mommy @SWimlady12]

@TrekMovie I loved this series soooo much! As an African American woman who began watching Star Trek at 8 years old - five years after TOS ended - ST Discovery touched my heart, keeping me engaged through all five seasons. “Life, Itself” was such an awesome, consummate ending! 🖖🏾

[Melanated Mermaids’ Mommy @SWimlady12]

@joshuaneall “…paying it off in installments…” 😂

[Melanated Mermaids’ Mommy @SWimlady12]

@LakotaMan1

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Ben

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@its_The_Dr

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@MoniquePressley Amen 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[Melanated Mermaids’ Mommy @SWimlady12]

@ulovewendy Woah! Yeah! 😂

[Melanated Mermaids’ Mommy @SWimlady12]

@StephanieCozart So well deserved. Blessing to your family! 🙏🏾❤️🫶🏾