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Black stuff, history stuff, book stuff, Zelda stuff, human rights stuff, hiphop stuff, funny stuff, revolutionary stuff, ratchet stuff. I like to leave breadcrumbs

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9. The brother of the president of the Confederacy owned a plantation in Davis Bend, Mississippi.

That plantation would also become a bastion of Black self-determination after the war. Eventually becoming Mound Bayou.

A Black-founded community that oozed Black excellence

01.03.2026 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

8. When Sherman marched to the sea, he asked us what we wanted.

Answer:

Our own land. And to be left alone.

The Port Royal Experiment saw our first foray into autonomous living. The sea islands off Georgia and South Carolina became bastion of Black Independence

01.03.2026 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

7. The enslaved began to protest their condition with their feet and ran. Despite the diagnosis of drapetomania, we formed networks of escape that today we popularly remember today as the Underground Railroad.

When the war popped off in 1860...we ran. we procured our own freedom

01.03.2026 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

6. The Haitian Revolution shook the world up so much, they agreed to end the Atlantic Slave Trade in 1808.

Gabriel Prosser rebelled
The German Coast slaves rebelled
Denmark Vesey rebelled
Nat Turner rebelled

David Walker wrote the Revolution in pamphlet form

01.03.2026 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

5. While the northern states instituted a gradual emancipation after the Revolution, the southern states only doubled down on their desire to retain slavery.

Black people saw their kin struggling in Haiti with their subsequent freedom struggle...and that feeling spread.

01.03.2026 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

4. During the Revolution....in which this year represents the 250th anniversary, Black people took up arms for their freedom. Whether it was the British who promised their freedom, or the burgeoning nation which also claimed they would free them.

We fought for our freedom. Whoever gave us a gun

01.03.2026 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

3. But after 1619, and the Virginia laws that codified racial slavery, they still rebelled. The Great Dismal Swamp in the Virginia and N Carolina areas became a place for self-determining Africans displeased with their condition.

And defended it

01.03.2026 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

2. A "descendant of slaves" is a label i reject. Because my ancestors had ancestors, and they were not slaves.

But nearly 100 years before the White Lion made its way to these states, a Spanish ship brought 100 Africans here to South Carolina in 1526.

They rebelled...and disappeared

01.03.2026 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How do we wrap up the 100th Black History Month? For me Black History is every day, but February is the BLACKEST history month.

So I guess I wanna talk Black self-determination throughout our sojourn here.

Believe or not, it starts in 1526.

Sure, 1619 is the year we acknowledge but...

🧡

01.03.2026 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

lmao, that's a good one!!

And perfect

01.03.2026 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great thread here!

01.03.2026 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(1/55) As #BlackHistoryMonth2026 comes to a close, I want to do a round-up of my posts over the month. Even though many of these posts are Black History Month-specific, I've also included general/overarching histories + some Black academics, businessfolks, and generally cool people❀️

28.02.2026 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

This the one!

01.03.2026 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

T.I had an IMMACULATE 3 album run with Trap Muzik, Urban Legend, and King

01.03.2026 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know they don't have anything to do with each other, but it's worth pointing out that the Reichstag went up in flames at the very end of February

01.03.2026 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hidden Black Scientists Proved the Polio Vaccine Worked Tuskegee Institute researchers showed Jonas Salk’s vaccine protected children by developing a key test

This is a very good article on the role of black scientists in the development of the polio vaccine: www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidd....

01.03.2026 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember how stable Iraq was after they killed Saddam?

Remember how stable Libya was when they killed Gaddafi?

See how stable Haiti is now when they killed Jovenel MoΓ―se?

This always turns out well

01.03.2026 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just kill the whole family huh?

Gotta love that "Board of Peace."

01.03.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
hardcover: "Up From Slavery" by Booker T Washington

hardcover: "Up From Slavery" by Booker T Washington

The title page on the right which reads:

NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.
1907

The title page on the right which reads: NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. 1907

Of course I already own a few copies of Booker T Washington's autobiography "Up From Slavery."

But I just found (and bought) a 1907 hardcover edition! This book was literally printed while Washington was still living.

money well spent

01.03.2026 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

What in the whole hell happened to Kelly Osborne?

28.02.2026 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Me in my Black American Heritage flag shirt

Me in my Black American Heritage flag shirt

The Black American Heritage flag established in 1967 by Melvin Charles and Gleason Jackson

The Black American Heritage flag established in 1967 by Melvin Charles and Gleason Jackson

It's the last day of Black History Month so I had to represent

28.02.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

They still cant agree. Somebody lying

28.02.2026 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I've still got my 2011 pair, but I never wear them. They're too small

28.02.2026 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was working at the shoe store when the first Wolf Grey 5s came out in 2011. They joints sat for MONTHS!

No one wanted them. They actually went on sale.

15 years later, im hearing about shootings in Georgia and Alabama over them smh

It's wars outside & people beefing over sneakers

28.02.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's been a lot of conflicting reports on the fate of the Ayatollah.

But now they're saying his body has been found

28.02.2026 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

God took his time 😩

28.02.2026 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BLACK! Black onnnnnn black onnnnnn black!!!!!!!!!

28.02.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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this is what prompted that

28.02.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Olandria dont have no business being that damn fine

28.02.2026 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Clear your spirit and watch this!!

28.02.2026 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0