OPINION: "Congress enacted the 13th Amendment on Jan. 31, 1865, abolishing slavery. It was not until June 19, 1865, that word of the amendment reached enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, marking the origin of the Juneteenth holiday," Rodney Coates writes. buff.ly/1AYGSTT

📜 In recognition of #Juneteenth today, we’re sharing scans of General Order No. 3, the document that informed enslaved people in Texas that they were free on June 19, 1865, carrying out the Federal Government’s final execution of emancipation ⤵️ archive.org/details/gene... #Archives #BlackHistory

"I raised my baby up trying to show them he was in the car. ... By the time I set my baby down, it was like 3 to 4 shots. One of the shots hit him in the rib cage," Vellesiya Wiley said.

The celebration of Juneteenth started in Galveston, but its impact is felt far beyond Texas. Generations of Americans refused to accept that freedom belongs just to some. They understood that freedom is something to cherish, and that each generation must continue the fight for justice and equality.

JUNETEENTH․com launched in 1996, sharing Juneteenth history & supporting celebrations. The #WaybackMachine preserves 30 years of its web history and how the site connected communities around a tradition now celebrated by millions. Explore the site's story 👇🏾 web.archive.org/web/19980815...

Also let me recommend historian Annette Gordon Reed’s “On Juneteenth” for your summer reading list. I felt vindicated reading that Reed, a Texan, always saw Juneteenth as a Texas celebration. Her dive into the complicated history of Texas, slavery, integration & this holiday is riveting.

Happy Juneteenth!

#tdih 1964 Monson Motor Lodge owner in St. Augustine, Fla. dumped acid in water where African American and white swimmers were desegregating a pool. Police arrested & jailed the protesters. Storycorps interview with 2 protesters & more Florida history ⬇️. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/st...

First Los Angeles cops kill a ferocious golden doodle (psst..they don't exist) and now cops in Mississippi kill a baby. What the fuck is going on? If cops can't control their emotions enough to know that neither golden doodles nor babies are a threat to their lives, they shouldn't be cops

This is why when Voter ID laws, birth certificate requirements, and things of the like come up and we tell you they're anti-Black....we're not making things up. And lawmakers know this as well. They're historical masters of making racist laws without them coming off as racist

The attempted assassination of James Meredith during his March Against Fear in 1966 Sibley “turned a personal pilgrimage, walk, into a march, into a movement," said Roslind McCoy Sibley.

#tdih 1965 More than 100,000 students boycotted Chicago schools to protest inequality & segregation. Many Black students were forced into overcrowded trailers & underfunded schools while white schools had many open seats. The protests helped spark the Chicago Freedom Movement of 1965–1966. 🧵

Know someone who loves working with teens? The Mississippi Youth Media Project needs volunteer chaperones this summer (June 8 – July 17, downtown Jackson). Must be 21+. See what these young journalists are already doing at jxnpulse.com, then email [email protected] to join the team.

The move rescinds a 2021 policy implemented by the Biden administration that required ICE to report to Congress and investigate deaths of detainees that occur within 30 days of their release.

This clip of these two icons having a conversation spoke to me today. Baldwin: "If I love you, I love you." (1/3)

“All I know is that if I love you, I love you.”

Happy Pride Month!!!

Terry Pitchford, now 40, was 18 when he and a friend decided to rob the Crossroads Grocery in northern Mississippi. The friend shot the store owner three times, fatally wounding him, but was under 18 and ineligible for the death penalty. Pitchford was tried for capital murder and sentenced to death.

Dr. Patricia Bath overcame sexism, racism & poverty and saved the sight of millions of people. She invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment, 1986; it was patented in 1988. She co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, 1976. She died #OTD in 2019. #WomenInSTEM

#tdih 1905 Robert Abbott founded “Chicago Defender.” Goal: “American Race Prejudice Must Be Destroyed” Paper had a nat‘l audience & major influence on Great Migration, culture, & struggle for civil & human rights. Read ⬇️ & see @blackpastonline.bsky.social 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ch...

Today we remember & honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice. #MemorialDay

Alice Ball, the 1st AfAm to earn an M.S. in chemistry at what’s now the Univ of Hawaii, lived to be just 24. She developed the 1st effective treatment for leprosy (Hansen’s disease). blackpast.org/african-amer...

"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...

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🙏🏽🖤❣️