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Shut up, and write something to be proud of. SUCH AS...

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

@GavinAdcock Y'ALL COME LOOK!

A HIT DOG HOLLERIN'!

🫠

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

SO HARD to watch two WOC—including a mentee to Leah Chase—cooking in honor of the VIOLENTLY RACIST Babe Didrikson Zaharias on NATIONAL TV. Yikes, @BravoTopChef. 😬

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

A couple of dollars & a whole lot of tenacity is all it took for Mabel Fairbanks to change the face of figure skating forever.

Break the ice with the Grand Dame to countless skaters of color through #Beijing2022 and beyond here:
https://t.co/q41mvZ0gi1

#BlackHistoryMonth

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

This is the true story of thousands of enslaved people hoodwinked out of their freedom, and how four women showed the Danish what happens when underpaid labor stops being polite and starts getting real.
https://t.co/FI4RkfO3Gp
#BlackHistoryMonth #TheAmericanBlackstory

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

Discover how the stars aligned to position Jessica Watkins as soon-to-be first Black woman to live aboard the @iss, the first set for the moon, and quite possibly beyond in today's Blackstory:
https://t.co/5RSDrlN7pp

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackFutureMonth #TheAmericanBlackstory

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

The Harlem Hellfighters were African-American infantry who didn't let the hyphen (or the racism) get in the way of being patriots.

Read about the tremendous victories and losses the 369th Regiment faced in search of freedom here:

https://t.co/WLvY7Mlgwg

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

Even before he knew it, there was a long history behind @thebluemitchell's rise in professional bull riding.

Saddle up for a story of exceptional Black cowboys past and present, on the site now. https://t.co/GgpgkGpwtr

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

Kendall's preparation validated entire generations in the search for equality in the @boyscouts

Venture into her Blackstory here:
https://t.co/K6JG3pp5wz

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackFutureMonth #TheAmericanBlackstory #NationalBoyScoutDay

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

Take a few minutes to strike a pose with one mother who created a home for Harlem's LGBTQ community, only to grow into the godfather of vogue.

https://t.co/pdfBntK4Wn

#BlackHistoryMonth #TheAmericanBlackstory #WorldAIDSDay

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass and @KadirNelson all have the experience to confirm that when it comes to Blackness, image is everything.

See Kadir's vision of Black faces past and present here: https://t.co/AzfGX1a8Ng

#BlackHistoryMonth #TheAmericanBlackstory

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/EeQFpomQ2f

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

@AkilahObviously The creator of the technology Ring cameras use was a Black mother. One of the articles I list as "further reading" discusses the social implications of her home security tech being used today as residential spyware.

https://t.co/Tpw8bi1nDr

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

While she might look like just a pretty face, this lady was a hurricane, unleashing gale force winds on the white boys clubs of meteorology & broadcast television.
Follow Hurricane June's path here: https://t.co/cQeYSH1o4V
#BlackHistoryMonth #NationalWeatherpersonsDay

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

@MyronRolle keeps finding ways to become a household name, and even though he's had to call a few audibles, he never stopped being a star. 🌟

See how #SigningDay can turn out a whole lot differently at the American Blackstory.

https://t.co/WsaCS8Sle1 #BlackHistoryMonth

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

The choices you make today could change your whole life tomorrow. They could also get you frostbite.

Warm your heart with one magnetic lady's Blackstory at the link below.

https://t.co/dr540iYuar

#BlackHistoryMonth #TheAmericanBlackstory #BlackTravelMovement

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

WELP the one time of year I use Twitter regularly is here, and baby's got a brand new blog! It's a work in progress, since my only staff is two ungrateful Torties, but Day 1 of The American Blackstory is live 🖤

https://t.co/UgatdWZCwL

#BlackHistoryMonth #FreedomDay

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

Oh, bless a KN-95 bc Nia DaCosta and @JordanPeele had me out here risking it all for @CandymanMovie

[Jess Gray @HeyJessGray]

this pandemic is the worst group project i’ve ever been a part of in my life.

[Joy @wherejoywrites]

Vibes.

[Author E. B. Slayer @ebslayer]

We need to have a frank talk about #diversity in #writing.

Dear world, #BIPOC, #disabled, and #LGBTQIA+ people EXIST.

We here and we ain’t goin’ no where.

Welcome to my threaded rant.

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