#american-history — Public Fediverse posts

What Can We Learn from Harriet Jacobs?

History remembers Harriet Jacobs for revealing the realities faced by enslaved families in America.
The memoirs of this escaped slave writer brought attention to survival, courage, and the fight against oppression.
A meaningful story that still educates readers worldwide.

Learn more: https://traffickinginstitute.org/incontext-harriet-jacobs/

#HarrietJacobs #AmericanHistory #SlaveNarratives #HistoricalEducation #CivilRights #FreedomJourney #HistoricVoices

𝐍𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐤: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂 - 𝐂𝐡. 𝟏: 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬: 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 & 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬

Full video, glossary, and more on the website.

Reading Guides on Waywords, one chapter and reflection video about every two weeks.
https://waywordsstudio.com/project/blackhawk-rediscovery-of-america/

#democracy #readingguide #reflections #history #literacy #indigenoushistory #settlercolonialism #americanhistory #glossary #ethnogenesis #indigenousagency

#OnThisDay, 11 May 1978, Margaret Brewer becomes the first woman to reach the rank of General in the US Marines.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

34 remarkable #HistoricHomes that define America’s architectural heritage: https://zorz.it/Gudqm

#ViktorijaStrelciunaite #InnovativeArchitecture #UniquePictures #AmericanHistory #artworks #RenaissanceStyle #HistoricResidences #ArchitecturalHeritage

#OnThisDay, 9 May 1922, the International Astronomical Union formally adopts Annie Jump Cannon's stellar classification system. The principles in it still underpin modern classification.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Astronomy #WomenInSTEM #AmericanHistory #Histodons

“I feel that if I have to answer for the deeds done in my body just as much as a man, I have a right to have as much as a man.”

#OnThisDay, 9 May 1867, Sojourner Truth addresses the American Equal Rights Association, arguing for equal rights for Black women.

Read a brief history of Truth’s life: https://wams.nyhistory.org/a-nation-divided/antebellum/sojourner-truth/

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #EqualRights #BlackAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

The 1950s reshaped family life in lasting ways.

“Fabulous Fifties: American Family Changed” explores how culture and change transformed homes and everyday living.

#AmericanHistory #FamilyLife #CulturalChange

Read here:
https://www.djoinerbooks.com/fabulous-fifties-american-family-changed/

Extremely Rare Signed Photos of Abraham Lincoln and His Assassin John Wilkes Booth Sell at Auction https://petapixel.com/2026/05/08/extremely-rare-signed-photos-of-abraham-lincoln-and-his-assassin-john-wilkes-booth-sell-at-auction/ #historicalfriday #americanhistory #abrahamlincoln #alberteinstein #cartedevisite #baberuth #johnwick #Analog #News #jfk

#OnThisDay, 8 May 1865, Dr Mary Harris Thompson founds the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children. At the time one of the city's two existing hospitals did not admit women as patients.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #AmericanHistory #Histodons

.@indivisibleteam

🤔 Y’know, it kinda seems t’me like all the suddenly gerrymandering folks are maybe forgetting something very important… Something truly American:

“The firm belief that the government should not tax a populace unless that populace is represented in some manner in the government…”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representation

#Gerrymandering #VotingRights #AmericanHistory #BostonTeaParty
#NoTaxationWithoutRepresentation #Politics #USA

A century of change seen through history’s lens.

“Lens of American History: Almost a Century of Changes” reflects on how society and culture evolved over time in America.

#AmericanHistory #CulturalChange #HistoricalReflection

Read here:
https://www.djoinerbooks.com/lens-of-american-history-almost-century-of-changes/

May 4, 1970. Four students killed at Kent State. May 4, 1886. Haymarket. May 4, 1626. Peter Minuit "purchased" Manhattan — the founding fraud. The dead are watching, and they are not impressed. We remember not as ceremony but as muscle memory. The body knows the sound of a federal letter the way a deer knows a footstep.

https://twp.ai/9OV23i

#History #KentState #Haymarket #May4 #Memory #Protest #StudentMovement #NeverForget #AmericanHistory #lgbtqia #trans

YOUR DAILY REMINDER:
All you fascists bound to lose.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRADsg_vQZ0&list=RDSRADsg_vQZ0&start_radio=1

#WoodyGuthrie #FolkMusic #AntiFascism #AmericanHistory #Masto #FickleFutures

Master Slave Husband Wife

The 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography by Ilyon Woo that tells the story of Ellen & William Craft + their escape from slavery in 1848 Georgia. Ellen, whose father was a white plantation owner was enslaved by her half sister, working as a seamstress + house servant. William, her husband, worked as a hired out carpenter for his master. Ellen who was extremely light skinned disguised herself as a wealthy southern planter while William portrayed her slave in order to make their escape. The 1st half of this book is a gripping tale - the 2nd half however looses the thread as Ellen + William travel to England - their story gets lost amid the politics + the stories of other abolitionist who help them on their journey.

#masterslavehusbandwife #ellencraft #williamcraft #africanamericanhistory #abolitionists #americanhistory #blackhistory #booklist #mybookshelf #books #pulitzerprize #biography

King Charles III trolled Trump and MAGA — and they applauded

https://vocal.media/theSwamp/king-charles-iii-trolled-trump-and-maga-and-they-applauded
#politics #humor #americanhistory #history #celebrities #politicians #britain #whitehouse #kingcharles #charlesiii

𝐍𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐤: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 - 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Full video, glossary, and more on the website.

Reading Guides on Waywords, one chapter and reflection video about every two weeks.
https://waywordsstudio.com/project/blackhawk-rediscovery-of-america/

#democracy #readingguide #reflections #chapterreflections #history #literacy #indigenoushistory #settlercolonialism #americanhistory #nedblackhawk #survivance #tropesofdiscovery

#OnThisDay, 27 April 1925, Edna Ferber wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her novel 'So Big'.

She donates the prize money to the Authors League to support sick and elderly authors.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #ReadMoreWomen #AmericanHistory #Histodons

Mr. Citizen by Harry Truman https://hokkaidomarket.net/books-info.php?item=1647 #BIOGRAPHY #BOOKS #BOOKSHOP #HISTORY #PRESIDENTS #AUTOBIOGRAPHY #AMERICANHISTORY #NONFICTION #MEMOIR #bookstodon

Why US restaurant owners will not pay their workers standard wages and instead shift labor costs onto customer's fancy: https://www.epi.org/publication/rooted-racism-tipping/

#racism #theSouth #worldCup #restaurants #tipping #tips #history #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory

#OnThisDay, 26 Apr 1777, 16 year old Sybil Ludington is said to have ridden 40 miles to warn American colonial forces of a British attack.

There's no contemporary evidence – see https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/TNEQ_a_00452

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory

Join me in reading Ned Blackhawk's amazing history, The Rediscovery of America. Along the way, I bet we discover a few things about ourselves and our current crises!

Find the reading schedule and video reflections along with a glossary here:

https://waywordsstudio.com/project/blackhawk-rediscovery-of-america/

#nedblackhawk #therediscoveryofamerica #democracy #readingguide #reflections #chapterreflections #history #literacy #indigenoushistory #settlercolonialism #americanhistory #dialectics #survivance #tropesofdiscovery

𝐍𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐤: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 - 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 -

Full video, glossary, and more on the website.

Reading Guides on Waywords, one chapter and reflection video about every two weeks.
https://waywordsstudio.com/project/blackhawk-rediscovery-of-america/

#democracy #readingguide #reflections #chapterreflections #history #literacy #indigenoushistory #settlercolonialism #americanhistory #nedblackhawk #therediscoveryofamerica #dialectics #encounterhistory

#OnThisDay, 23 Apr 2015, Loretta Lynch is confirmed as Attorney General of the US – the first Black woman to hold the post. It's exactly 143 years after Charlotte E Ray became the first Black woman lawyer in the US.

Read more: https://carvehername.org.uk/charlotte-e-ray-and-143-years-of-progress/

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 23 Apr 1872, Charlotte E Ray was admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia (USA). She is the first Black woman to be certified as a lawyer in the USA.

Read more: https://carvehername.org.uk/charlotte-e-ray-and-143-years-of-progress/

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory #WomensHistory #Histodons

Nick Brumfield wrote a review of "The Night of the Hunter" movie. He analyzed it as an example of cinema set in Appalachia before the idea of Appalachia was resurrected and codified in the 1960s.
https://expatalachians.com/the-original-hillbilly-horror-movie-the-night-of-the-hunter

#misogyny #community #adultism #psychology #psychopaths #attachment #religion #christianism #beliefs #faith #hope #NightOfTheHunter #movie #RobertMitchum #Appalachians #serialKillers #crime #predators #Laughton #GreatMigration #GreatDepression #Appalachia #hillbilly #horrorMovie #history #AmericanHistory #whiteHistory

The 1950s promised the perfect American family—suburbs, single income, nuclear home. But beneath the surface, cracks were already forming.
Read here: https://www.djoinerbooks.com/fabulous-fifties-american-family-changed/

#AmericanHistory #1950s #Family #SocialChange #PostwarAmerica #TheTurn