On this day in 1862, U.S. forces hanged 38 Dakota men in Minnesota who had been involved in a war between Dakota people and white settlers that began after broken promises to deliver food to local tribes.

Contrary to popular belief on this 59th anniversary of Kwanzaa, is that it is a distinctly Black American holiday, and it is not an "alternative" to Xmas. Its goal is to spend the last 7 days of the year incorporating the 7 principles of Kwanzaa in preparation of the New Year coming up

Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.

nothing like getting a tornado warning on xmas eve in los angeles

that ‘past is prologue’ part

This is essentially what happened to Ahmaud Arbery. When white folks don’t want to mind their business, they are incredibly dangerous to Black folks. He’s recording because he knows that man would kill him if not.

On this day in 1865, following the emancipation of Black people, South Carolina passed a law requiring labor contracts to refer to white people as "masters" and Black people as "servants."

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On this day in 1945, the home of the Shorts, the first Black family to live in Fontana, California, erupted in flames, killing Mrs. Short and her two children. Mr. Short later died from his injuries.

well done

On this day in 1915, the Supreme Court upheld a law providing that an American woman could be stripped of citizenship upon marriage to a foreign husband. U.S. men marrying foreign women were permitted to keep their citizenship.

Remembering poet Gwendolyn Brooks who died #OTD in 2000. One of the most highly regarded, influential & widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. First Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #poetry, for her book 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 (1950). #booksky www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendo...

The United States government had nothing to say to commemorate World AIDS Day, the first time the nation has withheld official recognition since the World Health Organization established the day in 1988. https://bit.ly/4ouze0S

On this day in 1864, American troops murdered over 200 Cheyenne and Arapaho people living peacefully along Sand Creek in Colorado despite assuring the community days earlier that they would be safe.

late and still on time

Ms. Fletcher, Tulsa, and America always deserved so much more

"Abraham Lincoln and 600,000 white men died to end slavery!" False.... We freed ourselves

On this day in 2014, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Black boy, died from injuries inflicted when he was shot by a white police officer the day before. Tamir was playing in a park near his Cleveland home when a police car approached him.

On this day in 1865, Mississippi authorized local officials to identify minor Black children who were orphans and “apprentice” them to white “masters or mistresses."

*people they define as Americans See: most of American history/Native folks, Black folks, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, &etc

On this day in 1935, a white mob lynched 15-year-old Ernest Collins and 16-year-old Benny Mitchell in Colorado County, Texas. Officials later called the lynching “justice,” and no one was punished.

This #VeteransDay, EJI acknowledges the plight of many Black veterans who, instead of being treated as honored members of society upon their return from service, were often attacked, lynched, mistreated and abused.

A mission to mark unnamed graves in Mecklenburg County has led to the placement of over 180 flags at burial sites www.wsoctv.com/news/local/o... The effort aims to preserve the legacy of what is identified as an African American burial site, where the Siloam Presbyterian Church stood until 1958.

If I was unclear as to what the movie is, it's called Daughters of the Dust (1991). You can rent and/or buy it on Amazon Prime, DVD, or Apple TV And you really should Happy birthday to Julie Dash 🙏🏾 (the book is a sequel)

Black jesus wept

i had :no: idea

74 years ago today, this lady died. Her illegally obtained cells have potentially saved 10s of millions of lives ever since. Vaccine developments, cancer research, toxicology and genetic testing.... she is literally the basis for modern medicine. That no one can afford today

FYI youtube.com/shorts/IzbQT...

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On this day in 1963, a white man detonated a bomb under the steps of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, with 400 congregants inside. Four Black children were killed in the blast.

In the minds of most Americans, we’ve tended to mythologize the Warren Court as most representative of the Supreme Court, when in truth, for most of our history the Court has ruled against minority rights, upheld the power of wealthy white men, and rarely protected the most vulnerable.

On the night of 22 to 23 August 1791, in Saint Domingue, today the Republic of Haiti, saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. www.unesco.org/en/days/slav...

The thing is, it’s a more important piece of white American history.

Georgia Louise Harris Brown earned a degree in architecture in 1944 after studying with Mies van der Rohe. After working in Chicago, advancing her study of civil engineering & learning Portuguese, she moved to Brazil where she opened her own firm & designed buildings for Pfizer, Kodak, & Krupp.

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One of the artists featured in the NEW Womensart book 'Reframing 'Women Printmakers" is Dr. Samella S. Lewis (1928-2023) a crucial contributor/supportor of US Black arts. Her 1968 linocut 'Field' expresses both enslavement and defiance. #ReframingWomenPrintmakers.

Medgar Evers' 100th birthday today. And this is a show tune, but the show (still) hasn't been written for it, yet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBiA...