#Slavery

I am not uncertain.

_adrxante

Happy Juneteenth I will celebrate by making a thread of little known black history events Hiram Rhodes Revels (R-Mississippi) was the first black person to be elected to Congress

Atlanta Black Star

ATLBlackStar

Since there has been talks about racist brands, here’s a thread few who have names and/or logos that have racist origins. Of course our original Black Stars knew about these

👁 Trace Scorch 💜

TraceScorch

Here's another indicator, proving yoy were brain washed in school & not taught anything worth learning than to ask for permission, obey, conform, be a slave, only do as you

Terry Schilling 🇺🇸

Schilling1776

Hey @RadioFreeTom -I get that you’re mad that people don’t listen to experts anymore, but let’s take a look at the root of that problem. Namely, what experts try to

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

In honor of #Juneteenth a quick thread about the Black Muslim rebellion in Brazil only 30 years before Juneteenth known as the Male` Revolt. During Ramadan in 1835, the

Mel Smith

iamMelsmith

Stan & Chadwick. #WakandaForever Now Okoye.... #WakandaForever THE BEST DISNEY FIGHT SCENE OF ALL TIME #WakandaForever #WakandaForever Kendrick/TDE was the perfect artist for this film. He brought that energy. #WakandaForever

Ida Bae Wells

nhannahjones

The framing of the #1619Project remains the same today as when we published in Aug. 2019: We acknowledged 1776 as this nation's official founding but asked readers to imagine what

brittany packnett cunningham ain’t here for real.

MsPackyetti

My personal #Juneteenth reflection... July 4, 2019. Your Independence Day, I hopped in a @Lyft during #EssenceFest. The driver asked me where I was from. “I’m from St. Louis-but

Troy Sarj

TroySarj

Nearly 2 AM and I am reading about the history of Guyana since I learned that my parents were yutes when Guyana gained its independence "The owner the plantation who

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AliceAvizandum

Ramadan always seems to make my faith weaker rather than stronger, every year, and I don’t know what to do about it other than ‘be awake at 1am consumed with

Sean Michael Lucas

SeanMLucas

On the history of the PCA: a threadIn For a Continuing Church, I tried to show that the PCA came out of a long history of conservative dissent within the

Historic.ly

historic_ly

No. No. No.Renaissance history was written by the rich. For the majority, it was just still feudalism and slavery. For 85% of the Europeans, renaissance meant absolutely no improvement for

Lola Netty

TXTrumpette89

In outright defiance of Republican-led fed gvmt, southern DEMOCRATS formed orgs (ie KKK) that violently intimidated BLACKS & REPUBLICANS who tried to win political power..responsible for 1000s of deaths &

The Beat with Ari Melber on MSNBC 📺

TheBeatWithAri

Did you know that most of the people in our jails are innocent? Under America's cash bail system, if you are rich, you’re innocent until proven guilty and you prepare

Dreisen Heath

dreisenheath

Powerful call to action under the theme, ‘Why We Can’t Wait,’ by over 100 orgs., incl. @ReparationsComm @hrw @NCOBRA40 @ACLU, urges #US Congress to pass #HR40. The journey to repair

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StarCur1

As requested, here is my Passover thread. I’m gonna keep it as brief as possible. If you have questions please feel free to ask. I’ll put pronunciation guides in brackets,