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On this day in 1916, Ota Benga, an African native who suffered inhumane treatment by being kept in a zoo, committed suicide. He had been kidnapped in 1904 from Congo, and taken to America and exhibited at the Bronx Zoo with monkeys. A THREAD!
Spelman College circa 1965
TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE (1743 – 1803) Leader of the Haitian independence movement during the French Revolution, who emancipated the slaves and briefly established Haiti as a black-governed French protectorate.
FAMOUS GIRLS SCOUTS WHO HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE —Josephine Holloway - 1st African-American Troop Leader and lobbied for African-Americans to be allowed to be involved in Girl Scouts.
THE BLACK AMAZON | Early 1900s Ella Williams who prefers to be call by her showbiz name Mme Abomah was once the world's tallest hot and beautiful lady in the late 1800`s and early 1900`s. She was reputed to be 7ft 6inch giantess.
Sisters in Space | NASA First African-American Women in Space #1 Dr. Mae C. Jemison, September 1992 #2 Stephanie D. Wilson, July 2006 #3 Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham, December 2006
THE BLACK WEST | 1880s One in four of America’s cowboys were African-American. An even greater percentage were of Mexican extraction.
Mary Fields, also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary (c. 1832–1914) was the first African-American woman employed as a mail carrier in the United States and the second woman to work for the United States Postal Service.
Sammy Davis Jr. reading the latest copy of Photography Magazine in between publicity photo shoots in downtown Manhattan, New York City, NY. 1963.
Dorothy Dandridge in costume as Queen Melmendi of Ashuba for “Tarzan’s Peril” (1951).
“Call Ahead “ Epic pics of everyday life in Harlem (NYC) in the 1970s.
The Jackson Five posing for group portrait, 1975.
Tuskegee airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group planning their next combat mission. Ramitelli, Italy, 1945.
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only all-African American, all-female U.S. Army unit sent overseas during World War II.
Studio publicity photo of Earth Kitt, as Cat Woman. Kitt took over the role of Catwoman from actress Julie Newmar for the third and final season of Batman, 1967.
New York City street style, 1969.
Harlem grocer standing in front of his store, 1937.
Emmett Till’s funeral was held in 1955. His mother called Chicago Defender, one of the country’s leading black newspaper and Jet magazine to cover the story. With the help of Medgar Evers, NAACP secretary, she decided to have an open casket funeral. That decision changed history.
“Her picture regularly appeared in Black magazines. She honestly looked better in person. She had beautiful eyes and a lovely smile.”- Gil Scott-Heron on his ex-wife Brenda Sykes in his memoir “The Last Holiday: A Memoir”
A 1924 photo of a black escape artist! I wonder what his name was and what his act was like!
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