"This crusade is much more important than the anti-lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom." — Carter G. Woodson #tdih 1926, Woodson initiated Negro History Week which led to Black History Month. 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ca...

OPINION: "[Ida B. Wells'] articles about Black life and racism became popular, appearing in many of the 200 Black newspapers in the U.S. at the time. In 1889, she was invited to join the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight as a reporter and co-owner," Richard Campbell writes.

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The brochure describes Evers’ assassin this way: “Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the racist and segregationist White Citizens’ Council, symbolizes the greater hatred that permeated much of the American South throughout the 1960s.”

Berry Gordy was hesitant to release this album because of the political nature of its content regarding the Vietnam War. What’s Going On became Marvin Gaye’s 1st ever platinum record. Marvin’s #CupOfJoe has a latte legendary power. #BlackHistoryMonth

🗣️ Today, Feb 7th, is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. When the HIV epidemic began, Black communities were made invisible in the data. Separating new HIV/AIDS cases by race wasn’t done until several years into the epidemic. That initial invisibility translated, in part, to the assumption...

Today, February 7th marks the 100th anniversary of the 1st Black History week. Founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. He chose the 2nd week of February because it fell between the birthdays of Abe Lincoln & Fredrick Douglas. In 1976, it would officially become Black History Month. #Blacksky

Just a reminder if you’re in the area: Join us in honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Quintard Taylor Jr. in a Black History Month Tribute Program. DATE: Saturday, February 7, 2026 TIME: 3pmPST LOCATION: New Beginnings Christian Fellowship, 19300 108th SE, Kent, WA 980

OPINION: "I’m sorry, but I don’t worship any country, let alone one that dismisses or attacks a good portion of its population for not falling in line as it literally rips history off walls," Features Editor Nate Schumann writes.

A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers on Friday that they were making “dangerous” and “horrifying” statements when they said the Trump Administration can decide what part of American history to display at National Park Service sites. www.mississippifreepress.org/justice-depa...

Journalist Don Lemon and three other people were arrested Friday in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church and increased tensions between residents and federal officials.

In 2015, Misty Copeland became the 1st African American woman to be named principal dancer for the American Ballet Theater (ABT). She took her final bow at the ABT's Fall Gala in October 2025. Read about this barrier-breaking ballerina here: bit.ly/2x1Wz2s. #BHM

We join the Association for the Study of African American Life and History in celebrating a century of Black history commemorations this #BlackHistoryMonth ✊🏿 Learn more: asalh.org/black-histor...

OPINION: "Telling their story and relaying the details of their abduction and final moments gave a new weight to the suffering that civil-rights workers underwent, especially considering the fact that they were barely older than I was at the time of my report when they died," Nate Schumann writes.

Fugitive Slave Act forced question: "Were Northerners prepared to watch their neighbors, many of whom had lived in their communities for years, be violently removed from their homes or grabbed off the streets? For many, answer was no." - @jelaniya.bsky.social Read ⬇️ www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Shutting it down for the night. My Feb newsletter is out in the AM. prisonculture.substack.com

Journalist Don Lemon and three other people were arrested Friday in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church and increased tensions between residents and federal officials.

“Dear ICE agents - I hope you’re respectful to everyone and show kindness… we should treat all people the same, even if we don’t know them.” If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔 Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...

“I question America. Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave…?”~Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, 1964 youtu.be/agBzy3ATja0?...

The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul. Check my tribute to My Life. youtu.be/_VnJV7qcQOE?...

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#BlackSky This is Aniyah Porter. Her Father was killed by ICE. 💐🕊😭💔🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🖤✨️ 🗣WE WILL SAY HIS NAME: KEITH PORTER JR🙏🏽🖤❣️

Join us in honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Quintard Taylor Jr. in a Black History Month Tribute Program. DATE: Saturday, February 7, 2026 TIME: 3pmPST LOCATION: New Beginnings Christian Fellowship, 19300 108th SE, Kent, WA 98031

ICYMI — a shell fired during Vance’s live-fire show of insecurity prematurely detonated over I-5, dropping fragments on his protective CHP detail on a ramp… which thankfully ordered closed by Gov. @GavinNewsom a damn circus🎪 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

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www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... Dr Quintard Taylor, founder of @blackpastonline.bsky.social, “there’s a direct frontal assault on African American history.” The rich detail @blackpastonline.bsky.social contains of AfAm achievement across a range of endeavors refutes DJT’s cynical worldview.

“4 months without any contact with the outside world. We were kidnapped. We got a beating for breakfast, a beating for lunch, a beating for dinner.” Horror stories from the 200+ Venezuelans Trump sent to the El Salvador megaprison with no due process. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (1945-46) was the only all-black, all-female battalion overseas during WWII. Known as the Six Triple Eight, they were brought in to manage a backlog of an estimated 17 million pieces of mail. Read more: bit.ly/3F1WnXv. #WomensHistoryMonth

Breaking News: President Trump signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the Department of Education, which can’t be closed without Congress. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4ikmXdm

The DoD may try to delete you, but we won't. Let's celebrate #JackieRobinsonDay early! bit.ly/2FxSZzw

So students can be alert to scapegoating divide & conquer tactics, teach outside textbook about Red Scare, "a scorched-earth policy against country’s most progressive forces." Not just McCarthy & Hollywood, it was an attack on Black freedom & labor struggles. www.zinnedproject.org/materials/su...

Born in Barbados, Mabel Keaton Staupers (1890-1989) a was a registered nurse & public health advocate. During WWII, she initiated a campaign that ended the exclusion of black nurses from the U.S. Army. #WomensHistoryMonth Click the link to read more: bit.ly/4hk6K6p.

Sixty years after Bloody Sunday, civil rights leaders in Selma continue fight

The USDA 1890 National Scholars Program for land-grant HBCUs has reopened after the federal government temporarily suspended it.

What’s DC Mayor’s problem taking down BLM Plaza just because letters on a street tigger MAGA morons….and who is getting the bill

March 10: Happy #HarrietTubmanDay! The holiday is celebrated in NY & MD and honors the abolitionist, Union Army scout & spy, and suffragist, who freed herself and returned to free others from slavery. Click the link to read more about Tubman (1813-1921). #WomensHistoryMonth ➡️ bit.ly/3cetw07.

“Of course, people at first did not take to him, but then when they saw how dedicated he was in wanting to do the work, even the white people in the school system realized how dedicated he was, and so they helped him," Cheryl Kimmons Davis said. buff.ly/3R03WAZ

Grammy-Nominated R&B Singer Angie Stone Dies in Car Crash: Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip hop trio The Sequence and known for the hit song “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” was killed early Saturday in a car crash

New York civil rights activist Hazel Dukes dies at 92: Former NAACP New York State Conference president and longtime civil rights activist Hazel Dukes died at age 92, her family announced Saturday.

“A day over 150 years in the making.” A Powerful ceremony in the rotunda honoring the enslaved craftspeople who helped build the Tennessee Capitol. (H/T @brotherjones.bsky.social ) Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGrwi02...

#MoreThanAMonth www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/t...

March 2: #OTD in 1955, Claudette Colvin (b. 1939) was arrested in Montgomery, AL for refusing to give up her seat to white passenger on a city bus. #WomensHistoryMonth bit.ly/2ELiDDl

My latest. Please read + share: "Drain MSNBC of Viewers As It Whitewashes its Network to Placate Trump" MSNBC has decided to silence, sideline, & cancel prominent anchors of color, such as Joy Reid. The rest of us can tune out and build our own media community. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

Plus Joy and Lester Holt? Looks like the slide deck of a Power Point presentation at an employment discrimination webinar. Not a good look @msnbc.com Not a good look at all. A betrayal of your loyal audience & a disaster for your network. www.thedailybeast.com/new-msnbc-bl...

Chris Jasper, a music legend known for his pivotal role in shaping the sound of The Isley Brothers, has died, his family announced. He was 73.

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💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders. Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.