On 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 & left permanently BLIND
The officers were acquitted by an all white jury #BlackHistoryMonth
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#BREAKING : In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth Miami Mayor Ponzi Postalita Francis Suarez just unveiled a Black History police cruiser with images of Africa all over it. #BecauseMiami
Did you know the author of 'The Three Musketeers', 'The Count of Monte Cristo' & 'The Iron Mask' was a black writer called Alexander Dumas. #BlackHistoryMonth
For the first day of #BlackHistoryMonth I’d like to share a glamorous mugshot of my grandmother, a freedom rider.
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We all know Elvis Presley stole songs and got his style from Black musicians but I didn’t know he stole his whole identity from a Black man named Roy Hamilton! #BlackHistoryMonth
George Stinney, 14, was the youngest person executed in the US in the 20th century. He was so small they had to stack books on the electric chair.
Due to no evidence, his conviction was posthumously vacated 70 years after his execution! #BlackHistoryMonth
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On 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 country. Instructions were simple: sit quietly and wait to be served. #BlackHistoryMonth
Escaping slaves used to throw balls of fried cornmeal out to distract the hound dogs from tracking them. The hound dogs would stop barking and start eating. This is where the word hush puppies came from.
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“Why must you always concentrate on color?”
As always, this answer from James Baldwin is what you were looking for. Must watch.
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