#1865

Marina Amaral

marinamaral2

[Thread] "To My Old Master."A letter from former slave Jourdon Anderson to his old master, Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, who had the audacity to send a letter

Dr Carolyn Dougherty

CarolyninManc

#NTiHoR 1/15 Before the railways was the carrying trade—an intermodal network of waggons, boats and coastal ships operated by independent carriers. Historians have written about these transport modes, but the

Paul Whitewick

PaulWhitewick

1/ Cranleigh Branch Line Thread. #EveryDisusedStation Our journey started here at Christ's Hospital on the southern part of the line. This is the underpass looking North. 2/ This is the

Civil War Humor

CivilWarHumor

#OTD in 1865, as Grant sought to cut the supply lines of the besieged Rebel army, Robert E. Lee sent a message to George Pickett: “Hold Five Forks at all

Zuri Davis

ProperlyZuri

(Long thread)One of the most historically ignorant criticisms of black communities is that they haven’t done anything to advance themselves economically. Americans are finally learning about Black Wall Street and

a princess diana stan account

seabethree

Let me count them. Because I’m that bored. For the sake of argument, let’s use 1915 (the release of the original ‘Birth of a Nation’) as one bookend. And ‘12

George Morrall

GeorgeMorrall

On the occasion of the Queen's 94th birthday, and because i'm a bit bored, I thought it might be interesting to look at how HM's remarkable longevity compares to her

Dr. William Horne

wihorne

As news comes of out Kenosha that police & white vigilantes worked together to attack Black Lives Matter protesters, understand that white supremacists have used this tactic to undermine Black

Stop the Steal - Stu Cvrk

STUinSD

Thread – Has the Armed Conflict Phase of the Civil War Started?1. Here’s a staggering report from Bedford County, PA, as received from a pal. 2. BLM has

tyro

DoubleEph

Don’t think I can talk about my second stint living in Lagos without talking about Dan Foster. May not seem that important today but he was unquestionably a top dog

Joshua Benton

jbenton

In small-town Louisiana, it was still cool in 1926 to arrest "idle negroes" who weren't working for local white farmers. Once their labor force was captive, farmers would bail them

Tom Holland

holland_tom

Up early to greet the dawn, walk to the fair hamlet of Peckham, & there meet with the source of the river #Peck - the course of which we shall

Walter M Kimbrough

HipHopPrez

A THREAD: For the past few weeks HBCUs have been mentioned by folks with little to no understanding of them, as a proxy for the President's widespread support of African

National Portrait Gallery

smithsoniannpg

It's SpOoKy season. Ready for some ghoulish tales? Come along with us as we show you our collection full of scares and stories of the Old Patent Office, now home

Eric Weinstein

EricRWeinstein

My #JewishPrivilege: I’ve never spent a night hungry. There was always a roof over our heads. Never went to jail or onto food stamps. First cousin froze to death escaping

Pablo Miguel

SoyPabloMiguel

[HILO] En Corrientes hay una leyenda muy vieja…. Dicen que hay tesoros enterrados en la ciudad. Fortunas inmensas que te harán millonario. Pero ojo… si tocás lo que no es