Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle

"The richest Colored girl in America" was born 124 years ago today. At only 11 yrs old in 1913, the Oklahoma state legislature made an effort to declare her an "honorary white" due to her fortune.

She was a legacy of the effort to make Oklahoma a Black utopia in the late 19th & early 20th century

I hope Texans went out and did their thing today

Goddamn bastards! Religious fanatics

I fuck with you too Iranians. Pretty fucked up what the country that I just happen to live in and have no love for is doing to y’all.

This is a common story from multiple wars / revolutions

China and Vietnam gave preferential treatment and leaflets to Black US soldiers during the Korean and Vietnam wars, highlighting Jim Crow and racial segregation.

Showed how they were used by the US empire despite being segregated / oppressed.

🫡

Becoming Something. The Story of Canada Lee. The Untold Tragedy of the Great Black Actor, Activist, and Athlete by Mona Z. Smith

A young Sidney Poitier and Canada Lee. Sidney Poitier and Actoe/professional boxer Canada Lee had to be listed as Indentured Servants in order ro make the 1951 drama "Cry, The Beloved Country" in apartheid South Africa

Horse jockey, boxer, musician, actor. He was also one of the most famous & successful Black Americans in the early 20th century.

Have you ever heard of Canada Lee?

If you haven't, that's by design.
He was blacklisted in the 1950s for being too "controversial".

He was born 119yrs ago today

It's a "holy" war.

frickin zionists, accelerationists, Christian Reconstructionists, and zealots all alike

See.

Told you

they most certainly will!

Ahh, so they believe they are fulfilling prophecy and bringing about the apocalypse....

got it

that is THEE Sophia Bush aka Brooke Penelope Davis from One Tree Hill ☝🏽

"The richest Colored girl in America" was born 124 years ago today. At only 11 yrs old in 1913, the Oklahoma state legislature made an effort to declare her an "honorary white" due to her fortune.

She was a legacy of the effort to make Oklahoma a Black utopia in the late 19th & early 20th century

Bob Power 1952-2026

I didnt know who Bob Power was, but apparently he's had a hand in shaping a lot of the music I love

I actually dont know who this lady is

Book: A Taste of Power. A Black Woman's Story by Elaine Brown

Chairwoman Elaine Brown turns 83 today. She was the first & only woman to lead the Black Panther Party.

And she led it during its most turbulent time when Huey was exiled in Cuba & COINTELPRO had decimated its ranks.

She also oversaw the expansion of its survival programs.

Happy birthday to her

thats a good point. I dont even think hand sanitizer was out back then 😅

I miss Whitney Houston. She was so much fun

lmao, no worries. He cant read

lol, get caught poppin that gum one too many times, and they walk up right to your desk with their hand out 😂

That's true. peanut allergies are a fairly new thing

lol, that was really a thing

Remember when teachers used to have you spit out your gum into their hands?

gross lol

illegitimate court

For the record, it was 5 days

And I just know that was an amazing experience. She has led quite the life!

Im jealous lol

Book: A Taste of Power. A Black Woman's Story by Elaine Brown

Chairwoman Elaine Brown turns 83 today. She was the first & only woman to lead the Black Panther Party.

And she led it during its most turbulent time when Huey was exiled in Cuba & COINTELPRO had decimated its ranks.

She also oversaw the expansion of its survival programs.

Happy birthday to her

Racism is written all over this country’s history.

There is absolutely no cleaning that up, no matter how much people try to WHITEwash U.S. history.

Just like DR, how are you celebrating independence when you were later re-colonized?

Fun fact:

You know the panhandle of Oklahoma?

That used to be part of Texas. But when it joined the Union they had to give it up to conform to the rules of slavery. That panhandle was just a bit too north of where slavery was allowed geographically.

It became known as "no man's land."