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its original name, referring to it as "Porto Rico". With the help of Arturo Schomburg, the name was restored by the US Government in 1931. On March 22, 2023, Puerto Rico celebrated 150 years of emancipation. 🇵🇷 #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam ✡️🕊
complete. Congress subsequently passed safety precaution laws which included use of respirators in dusty conditions. This could have been avoided, but more disturbing is how most of us are unaware of this horrible part of American history. #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊
The bottom line: it was more than just business. It was about control of women's bodily autonomy. Sounds familiar, right? Because it is, folks. Forced breeding exists this very moment in America. Especially in red states. #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 slate.com/human-interest…
Earlier today, I posted that Donald Trump will reinterpret civil rights laws to protect white people from proported reverse racism. 🙄 How can that be? White people were never marginalized in America. True story. #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-allies-p…
that's another thread. I will repost it for those who missed it. For those of you who love to play dunk games today, you just learned its horrible racist origin. Keep that in mind when you throw that ball at the target, folks. #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/question/2012/…
It was a wise decision to keep Otwell alive, due to the fact he knew the route. There are sellout people like Otwell who exist today who hinder Black progress for financial gain. For that reason, I have total contempt. #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 secretsoftheeasternshore.com/tubman-tales-t…
Movement. Fast forward to today, there is still exploitation to some degree. True story. Nowadays, fighters are paid millions. Promoters make more. As long as people are willing to pay to see humans beat one another, the exploitation continues. #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊
1818, succumbing to alcoholism and tuberculosis. Back in America, the "Negro Battle Royale" continued. It would continue well past slavery into the Jim Crow era. We will delve into post-Slavery prize fighting tomorrow. #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 vice.com/en/article/mgz…
D.C. on August 16. The riot ended the next day. Surprisingly, the only fatality was Thorpe. Approximately 35 people were arrested and 60 people injured during the riot, mostly Black people. No cops were held accountable. #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 untappedcities.com/2015/08/13/tod…
Blacks. In 1860, they published a written account of their escape titled "Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; Or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery". Ellen passed in 1891. William joined her in 1900. #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gr…
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, we honor Ira Cooper, St. Louis' 1st Black detective. He solved every case he was given. He passed away in 1939 at the age of 61. #KeepItWoke #ResistanceRoots #ProudWokeHistory #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 neh.gov/humanities/201…
I was compelled to post about Matthew due to the death of Nex Benedict two weeks ago. This shouldn't have happened to Matthew or Nex. Their lives mattered. To the LGBTQ family out there, we see you. You matter. 🌈❤️ #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/m…
Sadly, just 3 months after his historic flight, Banning would die in a plane crash at a San Diego airshow on February 5, 1933. He was not allowed to fly due to his race, but participated as a passenger in a biplane. 🙏🏽🕊 #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam ✡️🕊 metroairportnews.com/james-h-bannin…
ADDENDUM: More on the history of the Negro Battle Royal here: 👇🏾 #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/question/2014/…
as he previously had. The FBI reviewed the case in 2008. There were no records retained on Daniels' death or the trial. The DOJ closed the case in 2010, concluding it could not prosecute the dead sheriff. Of course.🙄 #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 justice.gov/crt/case-docum…
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ Malcolm X describes the difference between the house negro and the field negro for the uninformed. Yes, there is a difference. A BIG difference. #KeepItWoke #ProudWokeHistory #ResistanceRoots #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 blackthen.com/two-types-of-n…
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There is speculation that Fagen had faked his death and lived on for an undetermined period. Again, considering the racism Fagen and Black people faced in America back then, would you have defected? Let's rap about it. #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 blackpast.org/african-americ…