I FINALLY ordered a copy of @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social book Black Women Taught Us. I ordered through Bookshop.org and chose to support a Black woman-owned bookstore as part of my purchase. This purchase was long overdue and I am very excited to dive in! ❤️

Worth a watch, even if you’ve read them already 20 Lessons on Tyranny snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

I'm always excited to find out about "adorable" things in the world. Today, I came across a photo of a nudibranch, followed by many photos, and there are so many colorful and interesting ones, then I saw the sea bunnies. My heart, they're so precious. 🥰🥹. It's the little things. ❤️

I recently purchased 2 lovely orchids. Over the last few days, I have found that they bring me so much joy, and they probably have no idea.

#ResistanceRoots #Voices4Victory Today in history, 1945: Phyllis Mae Daley is sworn in to the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, the first African American nurse to serve in WWII. There had been an implicit ban on African Americans serving as nurses due to biased recruiting and admittance procedures. /1

Today is International Women's Day. I admit I did not know the history of how this day came to be, but found this website to be a good starting place for my self guided education. www.internationalwomensday.com/Activity/155...

Happy Women's History Month ❤️

As we close out #BlackHistoryMonth I want to take a moment to share a small thing about myself. This month is probably the most I have ever posted in the entire time I've been on Bluesky. I usually repost the words of others who I think are smarter or more well spoken than I perceive myself to be./1

On this day in #BlackHistoryMonth- February 28, 1964 Jazz pianist and composer Thelonius Monk was on the cover of Time Magazine and featured in the article "The Loneliest Monk."

Day 27 of #BlackHistoryMonth- On February 27, 1988, Debi Thomas is the first African-American to win the bronze in figure skating at the Winter Olympics. www.blackfacts.com/fact/debi-th...

Day 26 of #BlackHistoryMonth- on February 26, 1869 the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitutionwas passed, giving Black men the right to vote. It was ratified a year later.

Colorado's Rep Brittany Pettersen (D) flew cross-country with her one-month-old to vote against the GOP budget tonight. Dems ended up one vote short. Pettersen was part of an unsuccessful bipartisan push to allow new mothers to vote remotely. #copolitics

Day 25 of #BlackHistoryMonth- Hiram Rhodes Revels was sworn in as the first African-American U.S. senator for the state of Mississippi on February 25, 1870. www.bet.com/article/7ki3...

Day 24 of #BlackHistoryMonth- Katherine Johnson passes on February 24, 2020. The story of her work computing the orbital trajectory for John Glenn was told in the book and film Hidden Figures. Our early space missions relied on women like Mrs. Johnson, "computers" who calculated trajectories /1

Black history is Colorado history. Black history is American history. As we continue to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, I’m reflecting on the contributions of Black Americans to our state & country. Here’s just a small slice of Black history across Colorado:

Day 23 of ##BlackHistoryMonth- On February 23, 1868, W.E.B. Du Bois was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He was an activist, historian, sociologist, author, and one of the founding members of the NAACP.

We should always remember that African music laid the foundation for jazz, blues, rock, hip-hop, and beyond, with Black pioneers whose creativity and resilience have shaped the sound of our lives. During Black History Month, we should celebrate these innovators.

Day 22 of #BlackHistoryMonth- Happy 75th birthday to basketball legend Julius "Dr. J" Erving, born February 22, 1950.

Day 21 of #BlackHistoryMonth- February 21, 1965 Malcolm X was assassinated inside Harlem's Audobon Ballrom in New York. He was 39 years old.

Day 20 of #BlackHistoryMonth- On February 20, 1956 arrest warrants for civil rights activists/leaders Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jo Ann Robinson, and Rosa Parks were issued; they were suspected of organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Day 19 of #BlackHistoryMonth- Happy 85th birthday to Smokey Robinson, born February 19, 1940.

“In the late sixties and early seventies, before she was known as an author, Morrison was a Random House trade editor who almost singlehandedly introduced black radical activists to mainstream American readers.“ Joy James on the other Toni Morrison:

Day 18 of ##BlackHistoryMonth- on February 18, 1874 Sgt. James H. Harris was awarded the Medal of Honor for exemplary actions at the Battle of Chaffin Farm in 1864. www.cmohs.org/recipients/j... (This video by @sunnmcheaux.bsky.social is great www.threads.net/@sunnmcheaux...).

Day 17 of #BlackHistoryMonth- On February 17, 1942, Huey P. Newton, one of the founding members of The Black Panther party, was born.

Day 16 of #BlackHistoryMonth- February 16, 1970 Joe Frazier knocked out Jimmy Ellis to become world heavyweight champion.

Day 15 of #BlackHistoryMonth- February 15, 1968 Henry Lewis is the first African-American to lead a symphony orchestra in the United States.

Day 14 of #BlackHistoryMonth- Happy birthday to Frederick Douglass, born into slavery on February 14, 1818.

Day 13 of #BlackHistoryMonth - February 13, 1960...

Day 12 of #BlackHistoryMonth- February 12, 1909, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was founded in New York, by 60 members, including W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells, and Mary Church Terrell.

Day 11 of #BlackHistoryMonth- February 11, 1976 Clifford Alexander Jr. was confirmed as the first African-American Secretary of the United States Army.

Day 10 of #BlackHistoryMonth- February 10, 1974 the Civil Rights Act is passed.

Day 9 of #BlackHistoryMonth - February 9, 1952 Ralph Ellison's novel, Invisible Man, wins the National Book Award.

Day 8 of #BlackHistoryMonth - Feb. 8, 1968 3 Black students are killed, and 28 are wounded as state troopers opened fire on demonstrators at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, in the wake of protests of a whites-only bowling alley. This is known as the Orangeburg Massacre.

Day 7 of #BlackHistoryMonth Carter G. Woodson launched Negro History Week to promote the study of African-American history. It later evolved into Black History Month.

Day 6 of #BlackHistoryMonth In 1993, tennis legend Arthur Ashe passed away. He was the first Black man to win the U.S. Open and Australian Open and the only Black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon.

Day 6 of #BlackHistoryMonth In 1869, Robert Tanner Freeman became the first African-American to earn a dental degree from Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Day 5 of #BlackHistoryMonth Happy birthday to Hank Aaron (Henry Louis Aaron), born February 5, 1934, in Mobile, Alabama.

Day 4 of #BlackHistoryMonth Happy birthday to Rosa Parks, born February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Day 3 of #BlackHistoryMonth - Geraldine McCullough wins the George D. Widener gold medal un sculpture on February 3, 1965. www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/ge...

On February 1, 2025, on Threads, I shared a post from President Barak Obama celebrating and honoring Black History Month. In the video, there are images from history to present day. I also shared that I was glad my parents, grandparents, and a great grandmother lived to see what they thought they /1

Day 2 of #BlackHistoryMonth because Black history is American history.

For #BlackHistoryMonth, I will share posts about our history, because Black History is American History. Day 1.

Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.

This is the Ben & Jerry’s video that has folks talking and MAGA losing their shit! We need to support @benandjerrys y’all, because we don’t ever want them to “stick to just the ice cream”. 👀

Flood the zone as Trump and Republicans try to erase history. www.popularmechanics.com/military/avi...

This was so easy to do. Two different letters were sent, 1 was for my 2 Democrat Senators, and it was encouraging with a mandate to fight for the people. The other was for my Republican State Rep, and it was a condemnation. Perfect.

Before the election, I warned that Trump would pardon all of the Jan. 6 defendants and some of them would form the core of a new rightwing paramilitary organization loyal to Trump. At the time, people dismissed me as alarmist. I stand by that prediction.

Dr Martin Luther King once said “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable…Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” We must now all stand together in the fight for justice