Every April 3rd i listen to this speech. It was his last night on this side of the Earth. 58 years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr gave one of his most impactful speeches. And his very last. How fitting it's Good Friday

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#ResistanceRoots #WomensHistoryMonth Pearl Bailey was born on this day in 1918 in Newport News, Va. Known for her throaty voice and comedic timing, she was one of the most beloved entertainers of the mid-20th century. She was also social justice advocate who used her fame to fight for equality. /1

Just 11 days after being released from prison, Billie Holiday plays in front of a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall

As long as y’all follow up the protests with action (voting drives).

Alice Augusta Ball found the cure for leprosy at 23. She died in a mysterious lab accident at 24. Arthur Dean stole her research, stole it and renamed it from "The Ball Method" to "The Dean Method." It took 90 years before her original research papers were found and she got the credit due to her.

March 26 is Equal Pay Day, the point in 2026 when women finally catch up to what men earned in 2025. For the second straight year, the pay gap has widened. Women working full-time earn just 81 cents for every dollar men earn and even less for many women of color.

Happy Birthday to Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul! She would have turned 84 today.

On this day in 1931, nine Black teenagers were arrested and falsely accused of raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. They spent 6-17 years in prison despite evidence that exonerated them.

On this day in 1916, Marcus Garvey, the father of the black nationalist and pan african movements, arrived in America from Jamaica.

Zulu Master Weaver Beauty Ngxongo,1993 known for her watertight isichumo baskets #womensart

past is prologue #1865

past is prologue #9066

Bridget Mason, known as Biddy Mason, is a Black woman who, at one point in time, was one of the wealthiest people in Los Angeles, California. Her life is one of the greatest examples of perseverance and the power of community.

The question that broke America fundamentally was ‘do all people deserve basic rights?’ This question was too hard for us. Too hard for our leadership. It still is. So now all of our rights are in jeopardy.

It’s time for the UN to formally recognise the transatlantic slavery trade as a crime against humanity | John Dramani Mahama

On this day in 1924, Virginia passed the Eugenical Sterilization Act authorizing forced sterilization and enacted a prohibition on interracial marriage in an effort to "purify the white race."

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Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr., 85, died following a heart attack on March 5 at his home in Tuskegee, Alabama. He championed nonviolence around the world and laid the groundwork for the Selma voting rights campaign that led to the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

Things you take for granted now: The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990, a mere 36 years ago. Every "nay" vote against its passage was a Republican. www.pbs.org/wgbh/america....

It took them 6 hours to get Cesar Chavez off shit and holidays, but them confederate monuments took 678654 years to come down. I'm like damn, ain't never seen y'all hate evil folks like y'all hate evil minorities 😂

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On this day in 1939, just months after he prevailed in a lawsuit to force the University of Missouri to accept him to its all-white law school, a young Black man named Lloyd Gaines went missing and was never seen again.

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in so many ways, our history in this country can be reduced to “our happiness pisses them off”

Cuba is left without power due to the complete collapse of its electrical grid

Did you know that every March 16 is Black Press Day? Beginning one year after America's Bicentennial, March 16 is designated as Black Press Day in honor of the publication of the first Black newspaper on March 16, 1827: Freedom's Journal. Today is the 49th anniversary

Delroy Lindo is an intergenerational, intercontinental treasure; he deserves every single good thing. Thank you, Ryan Coogler, for creating a world where Lindo got to bring Delta Slim to life. #Oscars #Sinners

On this day in 2020, Louisville police officers shot and killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor during a no-knock raid in the middle of the night in Louisville, Kentucky.

I wrote about a museum that is near and dear to my heart, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

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The press called Betty Shabazz, Coretta Scott King, and Myrlie Evers "the widows." Between them, they held six degrees, ran three national institutions, raised sixteen children alone, and spent a combined sixty years fighting for justice their husbands didn't live to see.

Jacob Lawrence, The railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North, 1940-41 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134636

March 10 is also the National Day of Rest for Black Women

Black Kos Tuesday: The necessity of Black media www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

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That moment after the Civil War when noted abolitionist and educator Frances Ellen Watkins Harper came to Nashville to talk about Freedom. Some found her political teaching “abominable.” #InternationalWomensDay2026 #Recontruction