History Before Us

THE CASE OF “MARCELLUS” : A SYPHILIS EXPERIMENT in North Carolina. Irony and happenstance often occur when you least expect it.

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My thoughts 💭 on 7/14/2022 @ 7:45am

There’s no telling how many lives she saved via her persistence and sacrifice to RIGHT America’s wrongs.

“Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.” -IBW

Happy National Barn Day 😀

In a world that often feels heavy with hardship and uncertainty, it seems more important than ever to find joy in the little things.

#history #barn #barns #barnsofinstagram #historybeforeus #ancestors #descendants #celebration #historymatters #familyhistory #historylover

Keeping the families who loss loved ones in the plane ✈️ and helicopter 🚁 crash, in consideration and prayer 🤲🏾.
#healing #emotionalintelligence

Too many people are LOUD and WRONG.

Historically, these should not be used interchangeably.

There’s too many resources available to learn about the heroic efforts and accomplishments made by “Uncle Tom.”

#uncletom #history #legend #historybeforeus

Words from the wise 🦉

#quotd #quotes #quotestoliveby #quotesaboutlife #history #historybeforeus #historylover #wisewords #humanity #equity #equality #inclusion #access #resources

Real spill

#history #historybeforeus #historylovers #ancestors #descendants #sharestories #historic #voiceoftheancestors

JCarolyn Bryant Donham, Till’s accuser recently passed.

#history #historybeforeus #emmetttill #todayinhistory #historylesson #civilrights #magazine #historylover

January 24, 1956, Look magazine published the confessions of J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant, two men from Mississippi who were acquitted in the 1955 kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till.

Milam and Bryant were never brought to justice and both later died of cancer.

#history #historybeforeus #emmetttill

A big thank you to the @fairfieldfoundation for hosting the documentary “Silenced Voices” on #mlkjrday . We greatly appreciate the opportunity to be the voice of the once voiceless, enslaved humans held in bondage at the Pharsalia Plantation.

#history #historybeforeus #documentary #filmmaker

Self-preservation is a must and can’t be compromised.

Remember to be kind to yourself and mindful, as we continue to ADVOCATE for the #humanity of ALL!

#history #historybeforeus #humanityfirst #humanityquotes #humanitarian #humanization #mentalhealth #socialhealth #holistichealt

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day

#mlkday #mlk #history #historybeforeus #legend #martinlutherking #martinlutherkingjrday #leader

Keeping the families of those affected by terroris* , domestically and internationally in mind 🙏🏾.

#morelove #neworleans #louisiana #humanity

Food for thought 💭

#atlanticocean #transatlanticslavetrade #humanity #ocean #oceanwaves #qotd #history #historybeforeus

Real spit…

#history #historybeforeus #historylovers #storytelling #shareatories #historymatters #historyfacts

[December 14th, 1944] Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. became the first African American commissioned as an officer from the Navy Reserve Officer Training Course.

#history #OTD #WWII #1940s

Food for thought 💭
#history #historybeforeus

Rest in power Nikki Giovanni🕊️

“Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.”

-Nikki Giovanni

#nikkigiovanni #legendsneverdie #icon #culturalicon

Thank you @seejavaciawrite for covering our contribution to this important initiative. We greatly appreciate it.

Shout out to @alabamahumanities for the support.

#healinghistory #alabama #descendants #history #historybeforeus #historylovers #historymatters

Something to ponder 🤔 upon.

#history #historybeforeus #qotd

Good to see my friend/former co-worker and NFL hall of famer Donnie Shell today. He was a key 🔑 member of the Steel Curtain defense for the #pittsburghsteelers 🏈 in the 70s.

Long live the dynamite 🧨 handler 🕊️

#storytime #genealogy #history #historymatters #historylovers #historybeforeus #slavery #enslavement #storytelling #storyteller #ancestry #dynamite

Those who gave their lives for equity during the civil rights movement must never be forgotten, their sacrifices planted the seeds of justice we strive to harvest today. To honor them is not merely to remember but to continue the fight for a world where equality is more than a dream—it is a reality

Today in #history

👉🏾 12/2/1965

Hubert Damon Strange was convicted for the murde& of civil rights activist Willie Brewster in Anniston, Alabama.

#historybeforeus #alabama
#historylovers #civilrights #historymatters #didyouknow

December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks
refused to give up her seat in the “colored” section of a bus to make room for a White passenger in Montgomery, AL.

#history
#rosaparks
#civilrights
#humanrights
#boycott
#alabama
#resilience
#historylovers
#historybeforeus
#todayinhistory

A wise man once said...

#history #qotd #quote #historybeforeus #historyeveryday #historylovers #historymatters #lifelessons

My great x2 grandfather John Wesley Daniel 1874-1924.

His parents were Fannie Collier and Mansfield Daniel.
#family #ancestors #history #oldpic #ancestry #descendants

Make sure you’re taking care of yourself.

#history #historicaltrauma #selfcare #humanity #historybeforeus #outlook #perspective

Oh the #irony

#history #historybeforeus #colonization

Oppressive history lingers like an unhealed wound, its ill wills seeping into the present, reminding us that silence and inaction are the accomplices of injustice.

-History Before Us

#durhamnc #history #historicalmarker #historybeforeus