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#BlackHistoryMonth -- Everyone knows Lewis & Clark, but did you know that there was a Black man who was also part of the expedition? His name was York. READ: open.substack.com/pub/sonsofli…
#BlackHistoryMonth: York
#BlackHistoryMonth -- Everyone knows Lewis & Clark, but did you know that there was a Black man who was also part of the expedition?Sons of Liberty
Seattle Times editorial board, as well, on Black History Month and the struggle against erasure.
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100 years of celebrating Black history despite persistent attempts at erasure | Editorial
Even 100 years after U.S. black history was honored, many still want to ignore or erase the contributions Black Americans made to the nation's development.The Seattle Times
Something from The Guardian on Black History Month and the mobilization of ordinary people for the purpose of political resistance.
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This Black History Month, the leaders of the past can teach real resistance | Eric Morrison-Smith
Movements are not born fully formed – they begin when ordinary people decide to actGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
My first piece for @motherjonesmag
I’d be honored if you read it and grateful if you shared it.
This started as a #Mastodon post last Monday.
Trump wants to dictate the past, just like he wants total obedience in the present.
The fight for history is forever intertwined with the fights for truth and democracy.
Black and Indigenous Americans know this perhaps better than anyone.
#history #BlackHistoryMonth #uspol #maga #trump
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Trump whitewashes Black History Month
A celebration is acceptable only when it becomes a sanitized MAGA vision of America.Marianne Szegedy-Maszak (Mother Jones)
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#SilentSunday #blackhistorymonth #Blackmastodon
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Celebrating Black History Month
February marks Black History Month, a month-long observance in the United States and Canada that recognizes the significant contributions of Black Americans to history, as well as the historical legacies of the African diaspora.
By The Editors
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Black history at PG:
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#books #literature #blackhistorymonth
Celebrating Black History Month - JSTOR Daily
JSTOR Daily editors pick their favorite stories for Black History Month.The Editors (JSTOR Daily)
Happy US Black History Month! In my humble opinion the best way to celebrate us is to pay us. It's time for a #ReparationsThread babee ☺️
Black folks (across the diaspora!!) reply with your cash app, venmo, ko-fi, fedi fund ask, GoFundMe, etc if you like.
Others boost and donate!
eta: quite a few responses in the thread today! pls take a minute to look through and donate within your means.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BLM #BlackLivesMatter
****Pls boost****
100 years Black History Month Celebration Bayreuth
#BlackHistoryMonth #UBT #uniBayreuth #Iwalewahaus #Ausstellung
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#BlackHistoryMonth #UBT #uniBayreuth #Iwalewahaus #Ausstellung
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100 years Black History Month Celebration Bayreuth
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, Iwalewahaus proudly announces “100 Years of Black History in Bayreuth” a landmark exhibition and cultural event that commemorates a century of storytelling, resilience, and artistic brilliance…www.uni-bayreuth.de
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#Blackhistorymonth. Breaking Barriers in the Sky, the first African American Flight Attendants.
On February 11, 1958, Ruth Carol Taylor, a registered nurse, became the first African American flight attendant. Her first fight for Mohawk Airlines was from Ithaca to New York City. nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/…. #Blackmastodon #Blackfediverse
Breaking Barriers in the Sky: The First African American Flight Attendants
Black flight attendants of the mid-20th century made invaluable contributions to the pursuit of civil rights through actively challenging and subverting the narrow standards of what it meant to represent their profession during this era.National Museum of African American History and Culture
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
I'm still not up to Black History! I'm still working through white US history. Bear with me! Almost there!
Q: Why does it seem like everything has to be woke now? Even our scientists?! It never used to be that way! Why does it seem like these days, even higher education has to think about race, when it didn't before?
A: Higher education, including STEM, did think about race before. That history has just been hidden from you. Because racism.
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[What a Teacher's Letters Reveal About Robert Smalls, Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Secure His Freedom From Slavery]
“When Harriet M. Buss, a white, educated Baptist woman from Massachusetts, moved to South Carolina to accept a position as a teacher in March 1863, she likely didn’t anticipate that one of her students, Robert Smalls, would go on to become a member of the United States House of Representatives.”
#history #histodons #blackhistorymonth #BlackMastodon
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What a Teacher's Letters Reveal About Robert Smalls, Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Secure His Freedom From Slavery
Harriet M. Buss' missives home detail the future congressman's candid views on race and the complicity of Confederate womenJonathan W. White (Smithsonian Magazine)
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
I'm still not ready to talk about Black history. I want to talk about white US history.
Q: "Why don't Black people build any generational wealth? Newer immigrant groups seem to be doing just fine? Must be a lazy and shiftless people!"
A: Because for most of US history, white folk have *intentionally* destroyed the wealthiest Black neighborhoods in the US and stolen all the wealth.
Greenwood. Allentown. Seneca Village. Rosewood. Freedmen's town.