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1Oct 17, '23Michael Jackson in the studio with his cousin Stevie Wonder, 1975.111×38.5M86k7k2.7k
2Mar 5, '23On this day in 1959, 69 black boys were padlocked in their dormitory at school and it was then set on fire. 21 burnt to death while 48 managed to escape. A THREAD.68.3×23.6M156k36k11k
3Jul 25, '24Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 83 years old today. At just 14, two white men kidnapped and brutally murdered him through mutilation for 'whistling' at a white woma65×22.5M179k28k9.9k
4Mar 20, '23On this day in 1916, Ota Benga, an African native who suffered inhumane treatment by being kept in a zoo, committed suicide. He had been kidnapped in 1904 from Congo, and taken to 56.6×19.6M103k25k9.8k
5Jul 23, '24Sammy Davis Jr. Vs. Wilt Chamberlain boxing match 😂55.7×19.3M123k19k18k
6Mar 12, '23Did you know Sesame Street was originally created for black and brown inner city kids? A THREAD54.7×18.9M188k22k12k
7Mar 16, '2332 years ago today, Latasha Harlins,15, was fatally shot by a Korean shop owner, Soon Ja Du, over a bottle of orange juice, it became a major spark for the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. 49.3×17M103k20k6.3k
8May 24, '24In May of 1946, The Fultz Sisters or Fultz Quads, became the first identical Black-American quadruplets on record. The Doctor named them and also put them on display for curious on46.3×16M67k8.7k18k
9Mar 18, '23A sundown or sunset town was a town, city, or neighborhood in the US that excluded non-whites after dark. The term sundown came from the signs that were posted stating that people 41.7×14.4M63k15k7.8k
10Mar 17, '2534 years ago today, Latasha Harlins,15, was fatally shot by a Korean shop owner, Soon Ja Du, over a bottle of orange juice, it became a major spark for the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. 36.6×12.7M91k9k10k
11Jun 15, '23“Soooo you mean to tell me that someone down your ancestry line survived being chained to other human bodies for several months in the bottom of a disease-infested ship during the 31.5×10.9M92k25k15k
12Apr 30, '23Wilt Chamberlain at the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr in 1968.28.4×9.8M45k4.7k912
13Mar 2, '23On this day in 1955, Claudette Colvin,15, was arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white woman on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was arrested 9months before Rosa P25.5×8.8M155k22k3.4k
14Dec 27, '22Yasuke was the world’s first Black samurai. When a 6-foot-tall African slave landed in Japan, he stuck out like a sore thumb. People lost all modesty and nearly caused a stampede t25.2×8.7M71k10k6.1k
15Mar 25, '23One in every four cowboys was believed to be a Black man released from slavery despite the stories told in popular books and movies although the most famous cowboys of the old west23.9×8.3M64k12k4.4k
16May 11, '24Whoopi Goldberg and her mother, 1986.22.3×7.7M61k3.6k1.9k
17Mar 30, '23"I do not want to miss a good chance of getting us a slice of this magnificent African cake." —Leopold II of Belgium Before Hitler killed 6 million Jews.…. Leopold Il of Belgium ki21.2×7.3M47k15k5.1k
18Feb 21, '23On this day in 1965, Muslim minister and human rights activist, Malcolm X was assasinated. Gone, but not forgotten. Rest In Power!21.1×7.3M89k16k1.3k
19Aug 22, '23Whoopi Goldberg and her mother, 1986.21×7.3M91k5.9k1.7k
20Dec 19, '24Member of the Black Panther party explains why they’re opening a clinic in Chicago, 1969.19.6×6.8M47k9.3k7.7k
21Feb 14, '23On February 12th 1946, Isaac Woodard, WW2 veteran, hours after being honorably discharged, was attacked by South Carolina police while still in uniform when taking the bus home &am17.6×6.1M57k18k2.2k
22Jan 13, '23black women unbothered by the police: a photo series16.8×5.8M91k14k2.8k
23May 30, '23The lady circled in the photo was Lucy Higgs Nichols. She was born into slavery in Tennessee, but during the Civil War she managed to escape and found her way to 23rd Indiana Infan16.3×5.6M55k8.3k1.8k
24Dec 26, '22Self-taught, child prodigy piano player, Sugar Chile Robinson.15.7×5.4M63k7.8k3.6k
25Jul 20, '2465 years ago today, jazz musician and singer-songwriter, Billie Holiday died. Rest in Power! Events leading up to her death. A THREAD14.4×5M55k7.4k5.8k
26Sep 10, '24where are they now?14.3×5M47k3.6k17k
27Mar 27, '23Venus Williams's father schools white journalist on how to interview a 14-year-old Black girl (1995)13.3×4.6M49k6.9k3.4k
28Jan 31, '23Bobby Hutton was one of the original member of the Black Panther Party. After being bombed with tear gas and trapped in a burning basement, he came out shirtless to prove he was un12.9×4.5M53k14k3k
29Mar 6, '24If the child on the left was old enough to pick cotton and the child on the right was old enough to attend Klan rallies, then today's children are old enough to learn about both of12.3×4.3M171k36k5.4k
30Sep 12, '23Happy 66th birthday to Doctor and Engineer Mae Jemison! She was the first black woman in space. She flew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992, working on experiments includin12×4.1M66k12k1.1k
31Nov 2, '24On this day In 1979, the Revolutionary Assata Shakur escaped from U.S prison and later received asylum in Cuba. A THREAD11.3×3.9M49k6.8k6.9k
32Mar 23, '23At 16, Yvette Stevens joined the Black Panther Party. She was responsible selling the Black Panther newspaper & helping start the free breakfast program for children. You might11.2×3.9M100k17k1.6k
33Nov 4, '25On this day in 2008, Obama was elected President of the United States.10.8×3.7M139k15k2.3k
34Jan 3, '23Louis Armstrong playing for his wife Lucille, in front of the Sphinx, Egypt, 1961.10.7×3.7M81k9.6k1.2k
35Sep 1, '23A little girl named Nina Simone.10.3×3.5M46k4.1k529
36Oct 17, '25Photo taken over 60 years ago and we’re still dealing with the same struggles.10×3.5M247k35k5.1k
37Mar 21, '23So who taught a young Jack Daniel how to distill what would become the world’s best-selling whiskey? —Nathan "Nearest" Green, an enslaved Black master distiller, taught distilling 9.8×3.4M44k9.8k1.8k
38Aug 18, '23If the child on the left was old enough to pick cotton and the child on the right was old enough to attend Klan rallies, then today's children are old enough to learn about both of9.6×3.3M75k22k1.8k
39Jan 17, '24Happy 93rd birthday to the legend James Earl Jones.9.6×3.3M77k8.9k1k
40Mar 22, '2565 years ago, jazz musician and singer-songwriter, Billie Holiday died. Rest in Power! The tragic story of Billie Holiday and events leading up to her death. A THREAD9.5×3.3M49k5.8k6.5k
41Sep 9, '23At 16, Yvette Stevens joined the Black Panther Party. She was responsible selling the Black Panther newspaper & helping start the free breakfast program for children. You might9.5×3.3M62k8.7k1.4k
42May 8, '24Today would have been Ahmaud Arbery's 30th birthday.9.4×3.3M121k23k1k
43Feb 10, '24Slavery was Legal. Colonialism was Legal. Jim Crow was Legal. Apartheid was Legal. Legality is a matter of Power, NOT Justice.9.1×3.2M109k30k3.4k
44Nov 9, '23Congo is silently going through a silent genocide. Millions of people are being killed so that the western world can benefit from its natural resources. More than 60% of the world’9.0×3.1M63k37k2.3k
45May 1, '23“To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege.” —James Baldwin8.5×2.9M66k14k2.1k
46Mar 26, '25In 1969, when Black Americans were prevented from swimming alongside whites, Mr. Rogers decided to invite officer Clemmons to join him and cool his feet in a pool, breaking a well 8.1×2.8M85k8.2k4.4k
47Sep 21, '24James Baldwin Response to “Why must you always concentrate on color?”7.9×2.7M56k14k17k
48Mar 11, '23On this day in 1913, Harriet Tubman died. The woman who escaped slavery then fought and freed thousands of slaves. "I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if 7.4×2.6M60k8.6k845
49Feb 17, '24Sister Rosetta Tharpe is credited as the Godmother of Rock ‘N’ Roll. Before Elvis, Johnny Cash or Little Richard, there was Sister Tharpe- A Black woman who forged her own sound in7.4×2.5M60k18k4.9k
50Nov 21, '24If the child on the left was old enough to pick cotton and the child on the right was old enough to attend Klan rallies, then today's children are old enough to learn about both of7.4×2.5M125k24k4.8k
51Feb 13, '24Congo is silently going through a silent genocide. Millions of people are being killed so that the western world can benefit from its natural resources. More than 60% of the world’6.9×2.4M69k35k2.2k
52Apr 29, '24Michael Jackson in the studio with his cousin Stevie Wonder, 1975.6.8×2.4M49k2.9k2.5k
53Feb 1, '23On this day in 1960, four black college students staged a sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, NC. They sparked a national movement across the countr6.7×2.3M50k11k506
54Oct 6, '24Lonnie Johnson, NASA engineer, invented the Super Soaker. He made your childhood hot summers fun. He turns 75 today. Happy Birthday!6.7×2.3M116k16k3.5k
55Oct 6, '25Lonnie Johnson, NASA engineer, invented the Super Soaker. He made your childhood hot summers fun. He turns 76 today. Happy Birthday!6.4×2.2M138k14k5.3k
56Sep 4, '23Singer, songwriter, producer, actress and Icon Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter turns 42 today. Happy Birthday, Beyoncé!6.2×2.2M50k5.6k359
57Jul 31, '25"We do not have a history of killing white people, white people have a history of killing us." —Louis Farrakhan5.8×2M59k10k11k
58Feb 19, '25Slavery was Legal. Colonialism was Legal. Jim Crow was Legal. Apartheid was Legal. Legality is a matter of Power, NOT Justice.5.8×2M58k15k2.6k
59Feb 21, '24On this day in 1965, Muslim minister and human rights activist, Malcolm X, was assassinated.5.4×1.9M45k8.5k1.5k
60May 13, '25Imagine being so racist you can't even enjoy an iconic bop5.3×1.8M54k4.8k6.8k
61Nov 29, '23Remembering Chadwick Bozeman on what would have been his 47th birthday, today.5.2×1.8M57k8.7k407
62Nov 5, '24On this day in 1968, Shirley Chisholm became first black woman elected to the United States Congress.5.0×1.7M63k13k3.9k
63Nov 7, '24Dr. Alexa Canady was the first black woman to become a neurosurgeon in 1981. She also co-invented a device to treat fluid buildup in the brain. She turns 74 today, Happy Birthday!3.9×1.4M86k14k2k
64Oct 5, '24Happy birthday to one of the greatest comedians to ever do it. He would’ve been 67 today. Rest in Power Bernie Mac!3.7×1.3M56k9.2k1k
65Oct 18, '22In 1959, 69 black boys were padlocked in their dormitory at school and it was then set on fire. 21 burnt to death while 48 managed to escape. A THREAD.3.1×0111k30k8.8k
66Nov 14, '22On this day in 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American to attend a white elementary school in the South. A visual reminder of what she faced every day.3.0×0120k28k3k
67Nov 29, '24Remembering Chadwick Boseman on what would’ve been his 48th birthday, today.2.9×988k64k7.8k817
68Oct 8, '24"If you stick a knife in my back 9 inches and pull it out 6 inches, that's not progress. If you pull it all the way out, that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the2.8×968k51k14k5.7k
69Oct 23, '22something to think about...2.7×0118k22k2.3k
70Dec 1, '22Inventions that would not exist without Black Women. —A THREAD— Valerie Thomas, NASA physicist, invented 3D Movies In 1977, she began to develop the illusion transmitter, the 1st m2.5×099k22k6.4k
71Jul 19, '22Did you know Sesame Street was originally created for black and brown inner city kids? A THREAD2.5×0101k19k5.7k
72Dec 4, '22On this day in 1969, activist and chairman of the Black Panther Party Fred Hampton, was assassinated by Chicago police and the FBI at just 21 years old. William O'Neal, an FBI info2.4×092k22k6.2k
73Oct 5, '25Slavery was Legal. Colonialism was Legal. Jim Crow was Legal. Apartheid was Legal. Legality is a matter of Power, NOT Justice.2.4×815k65k15k2.8k
74May 2, '22There are atleast over a million africans at the bottom of the atlantic oceans. These were not Americans or Brazilians, etc they were yoruba, fulani, Igbos, Mandika men and women w2.3×089k22k3.5k
75Dec 20, '17Clara B. Williams college professors did not allow her inside the classroom because she was Black. But that didn’t stop her. She took notes from the hallway–standing up! She eventu2.3×079k30k13
76Nov 7, '22“To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege.” —James Baldwin2.1×087k19k3k
77Mar 5, '22On this day in 1959, 69 black boys were padlocked in their dormitory at school and it was then set on fire. 21 burnt to death while 48 managed to escape. A THREAD.1.9×057k26k4.5k
78Sep 9, '22Happy 83rd birthday to Claudette Colvin! She refused to move to the back of a bus 9 months before Rosa Parks, the NAACP did not want to use her to represent them because she was 151.8×073k17k3.2k
79Jul 1, '22The original arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman who accused 14-year old Emmett Till, was recently found in the basement of a Mississippi courthouse. Emmett’s relat1.8×066k18k1.9k
80Feb 9, '22Harriet Tubman's Last Portrait, 19111.8×082k12k1.2k
81Sep 23, '20Did you know Cornrows were used to help slaves escape slavery? Slaves used cornrows to transfer and create maps to leave plantations. It is most documented in Colombia where Benkos1.7×056k20k3.7k
82Nov 24, '22In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave, after being told the library was not for Black people. T1.6×075k12k1.2k
83Jan 14, '22Louis Armstrong playing for his wife Lucille, in front of the Sphinx, Egypt, 1961.1.6×072k11k1.2k
84Dec 13, '22Africa is portrayed as a continent without history before slavery and colonialism. African History isn't known by many people compared to the history of Europe, Americas, and Asia.1.6×058k12k7.2k
85Oct 23, '22In memory of those who chose the sea.. —The "Igbo Landing" story — In an act of mass resistance against slavery, a group of slaves revolted, took control of the slave ship grounded1.5×056k12k4.6k
86Nov 11, '22Isaac Woodard, WWII veteran, hours after being honorably discharged, was attacked by South Carolina police while still in uniform when taking the bus home & left permanently BL1.4×048k17k2k
87Oct 14, '22Do you hate all white people? Malcolm X:1.3×049k11k5k
88Jun 17, '21“To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege.” —James Baldwin1.3×047k14k1.3k
89Jun 27, '21Over 75 Years Ago, One of the Best Dance Routines Ever Was Filmed, Unrehearsed on the First Take, No Cuts.1.2×046k10k3.9k
90Aug 30, '22Happy birthday to activist and chairman of the Black Panther Party Fred Hampton. He was assassinated by Chicago police and the FBI at just 21 years old. William O'Neal, an FBI info1.2×047k12k2.3k
91Oct 6, '21Lonnie Johnson, NASA engineer, invented the Super Soaker. He made your childhood hot summers fun. He turns 72 today. Happy Birthday!1.1×046k11k504
92Nov 5, '22James Hemings, brother to Sally Hemings was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8. The Chef de cuisine is the reason macaroni an1.1×043k8.9k3.1k
93May 7, '22Wilt Chamberlain at the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr in 1968.1.0×053k5k909
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