#black-history — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #black-history, aggregated by home.social.
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#OnThisDay, 17 May 1988, Dr Patricia Bath was awarded the first of her three patents on the methods and equipment for laser cataract removal.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #Histodons
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Growing list of those born or died on May 18 in any year
Mary McLeod Bethune (July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist.
James Nathaniel Brown (February 17, 1936 –
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From @joannechocolat
Lucy Eldine Gonzalez Parsons (c. 1853 – March 7, 1942) was an American labour organizer, feminist and radical socialist. She is remembered as a powerful orator.
Personal note: Her early days are difficult to pin down. It is believed she was born into slavery, although she said she was born to Mexican & Native American parents.
She led the first May Day parade in #Chicago in 1886, and also unionized the city’s only female workers organization at the time, Working Women’s #Union No. 1 (WWU).
She was feared & revered for her ability to organise, and in the words of the Chicago police she was “more dangerous than a thousand rioters.”
For readers, you might be interested in a biography titled 'Goddess of Anarchy : The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical' by #Jacqueline_Jones
#CelebratingWomen #Lucy_Parsons #Lucy_Eldine_Gonzalez_Parsons #Resistance #History #HistoryMatters #BlackHistory
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Growing list of those born or died on May 17 in any year
Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s
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James Pierson Beckwourth: The Black Explorer Who Mapped the American West. It provides a detailed overview of frontier history, offering much-needed clarity on how developing an alert, investigative mindset functions as a primary safeguard against the hidden risks found on unverified online platforms.
Read the full analysis here:
https://lonesomeaugustine.com/james-beckwourth-black-explorer/#History #BlackHistory #AmericanWest #PublicInterest #Education #Sociology #LonesomeBAugustine
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https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Black-Panther-Party-Black-Power-Fist-by-kodiakj77/179166853/rh5j
#BlackPowerFist #CivilRights #RevolutionaryArt #PowerFist #ActivistArt #BlackEmpowerment #BlackPower #BlackPride #BlackHistory #AfricanAmericanPride #RevolutionaryStyle #ProtestArt #EqualityMovement #ActivistApparel #CulturalPride #PowertothePeople #AfrocentricDesign #BlackPanthers #BlackPantherParty #RevolutionaryHistory #CivilRightsMovement #SocialJustice #ActivistShirt #CommunityEmpowerment #PoliticalHistory #BlackLiberation #RadicalHistory #protests #protest
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Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest publications Offers Project Do Better @[email protected] ·Passing To Freedom, Chapter 39: The City
Chapter 39
“She went that way…”
I need a better hiding place.
I had eaten sparingly these past days. All three of us had, despite the lady of the house urging us to eat. We knew not how the fortunes of the journey ahead might treat us, and whether food would be easily had, after this resting place. I knew not even the name of this town. It was as if the townsmen were afraid to speak, lest a similar fate befall them.
I began to hear shouts in the direction that Anna had retreated.
I ducked lower.
Shrewsbury. The name of that town would forever be linked with blood. A town of double loss. We kept to the woods. Nowhere would we be safe, we had been told, until we got to the city of Philadelphia.
That great city, they told me, had once served as the capital of this nation, before the Federal City was built. Now, it seemed that this city, like Boston, was committed to the cause of the Abolition of the condition of servitude. In all of these United States.
We were told that here was a place where we would be sheltered, protected, and given aid and guidance to further our journey North up to Canada. I had tried to trust in what I was being told.
But, as it turned out, it was not true.
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#AnnAnna #BlackHistory #historicalFiction #slavery #writing -
Survival and choice shape every frontier story.
“Dark Prairie: Forged by Blood, Bound by Choice” follows a gripping journey of resilience and justice in post-Civil War America.
#HistoricalFiction #BlackHistory #WesternFiction
Read here:
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Aftermath of the MOVE bombing by police, Philadelphia, USA, 1985
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#OnThisDay, 15 May 1946, Camilla Williams makes her operatic debut as Cio-Cio San with the New York City Opera. She is the first Black woman to sign a contract with a major US opera company.
Read more: https://carvehername.org.uk/eight-famous-women-singers/
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #Histodons
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#BlackHistory #Education #Petition ⏭ ADD YOUR SIGNATURE ⏭ | Add Your Name: Protect Black History | Congressional Black Caucus PAC
https://act.cbcpac.org/survey/short-black-history-pet -
Growing list of those born or died on May 16 in any year
Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, actor, comedian, dancer, and musician.
At age four, Davis began his career
In 1954, at the age of 29, -
Growing list of those born or died on May 15 in any year
Jackie Shane (May 15, 1940 – February 21, 2019) was an American soul and rhythm and blues singer, who was prominent in the music scene of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the 1960s.
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Black History in Virginia: A Complete Guide to 400+ Years of Legacy, Struggle & Triumph. It provides a detailed overview of how historical literacy serves as a primary safeguard against the misinformation and hidden risks found in unverified online platforms.
Read the full analysis here:
https://lonesomeaugustine.com/black-history-in-virginia/#History #Virginia #BlackHistory #PublicInterest #Education #Sociology #LonesomeAugustine
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I’ve been given the opportunity to work with a special needs kid one-on-one and I’m teaching him #BlackHistory through claywork. Last week we discussed the history behind Southern face jugs—who invented the form, what they signify and their probable roots in the Congo. This week, I brought him a jug so he could sculpt the face. This child who supposedly has attention & behavior problems focused on the project peacefully for two hours solid. #Clay is the way.
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Getty: Getty Awards $1.8M to Increase Access to Black Visual Arts Archives. “The Getty Foundation announced today it has awarded $1.8 million for eight grants through its Black Visual Arts Archives initiative, a national, multi-year program to enhance access to archival collections related to Black artists and arts organizations.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/14/getty-getty-awards-1-8m-to-increase-access-to-black-visual-arts-archives/ -
“Clam House” ranks up there in “Best gay bar names of all time”.
https://www.tumblr.com/planet-motherfucker/816462387274219520
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"I've never heard of another case where a government has dropped a bomb on citizens in America.
This is not something that you can repair back to normal. You have to find other ways to cope, and that's what I've been doing for the last 40 years."
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"Compared to whites, relatively few slaves lived into old age."
This means that at least 99% of slave owners were cruel/inhumane.
