#blackhistorymonthuk — Public Fediverse posts

Maya Moore is now Maya Moore Irons and continues to push for criminal justice reform and education on the power of prosecutors via her social action campaign, Win With Justice. #BlackHistoryMonthUK #BlackHistoryMonthUK #BlackHistoryMonth2024

In 2016, following the murders of Philando Castile & Alton Sterling, Moore and her teammates wore black t-shirts to a pre-game news conference that read "Change Starts with Us. Justice and Accountability on the front and Black Lives Matter on the back. #BlackHistoryMonthUK

She was chosen to light the Olympic flame at her home Olympics in Sydney (2000) where, in her iconic green, gold, and silver, hooded bodysuit, she won the individual 400m, becoming the first Aboriginal person to win Olympic Gold. #BlackHistoryMonthUK

Regis is regarded as one of West Brom's best ever players. #BlackHistoryMonthUK

West Bromwich Albion became the first English team to field three Black players, which was pretty radical at the time, and the three absolutely excelled, rubbishing racist ideas that Black players weren't skilled or technically gifted. #BlackHistoryMonthUK

But she couldn't play in US LTA tournaments because they were still determined to be racist AF She was also pretty awesome at basketball too and won 11 straight Women's Colored Basketball World Championships with the Philadelphia Tribune Girls. #BlackHistoryMonthUK #BlackHistoryMonth

Washington won her first singles title in 1929. And then won it 7 more times in the next 8 years. She retired from Tennis in 1938 and then came out of retirement just to absolutely smash one of her rivals that people said she'd retired in order to avoid. #BlackHistoryMonthUK

23. Daley Thompson The Greatest Decathlete of All Time. 2 x Olympic Gold ('80 and '84). Broke the World Record four times and was unbeaten for NINE years. #BlackHistoryMonthUK #BlackHistoryMonth

21. The Fab 5 🏀 AKA The 1991 University of Michigan Men's Basketball team. Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson, changed the face of college basketball and, arguably the NBA, forever. #BlackHistoryMonthUK #BlackHistoryMonth

Later became a goodwill ambassador, international speaker, and received the Living Legend award from President Jimmy Catrer in 1979. #BlackHIstoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonthUK

18. Vonetta Flowers ❄️ First African American and the first Black athlete from ANY country to win a gold medal at a Winter Olympics (Gold in the Bobsleigh 2002). #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonthUK

17. Cito Gaston⚾️ 1st African-American manager in Major League Baseball history to win a World Series. 11 MLB seasons as player (with the Braves, Padres, and Pirates) 2 x World Series titles managing the Toronto Blue Jays ('92 and '93). #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonthUK

16. Dame Denise Lewis 👟 OBE, MBE, DBE. Won Olympic Heptathlon Gold (Sydney) being the first European to do so, and Bronze (Atlanta) European Champ '98 Silver in World Champs '97 and '99 A couple of Commonwealth Golds too! #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonthUK

15. Jack Johnson🥊 The Galveston Giant. The son of formerly enslaved people, Johnson became the 1st Black Heavyweight Boxing Champ (1908-1915). Defeated Jim Jefferies in 1910 in "The Fight of The Century" #BlackHistoryMonth2024 #BlackHistoryMonthUK #BlackHistoryMonth2024

Thank you for the music #JohnnyNash
I must teach his song 'I can see clearly now the rain has gone' RIP
#blackhistorymonthuk

Thank you for the music #JohnnyNash
I must teach his song 'I can see clearly now the rain has gone' RIP
#blackhistorymonthuk

Thank you for the music #JohnnyNash
I must teach his song 'I can see clearly now the rain has gone' RIP
#blackhistorymonthuk

RT @[email protected]

Here’s a wonderful way to greet our students and teachers each morning @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] it’s so simple #HeritageMonth #heroesweekend #BlackHistoryMonthUK let’s make this viral 🙌🏽

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Malia_S/status/1185473628256768000

RT @[email protected]

Here’s a wonderful way to greet our students and teachers each morning @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] it’s so simple #HeritageMonth #heroesweekend #BlackHistoryMonthUK let’s make this viral 🙌🏽

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Malia_S/status/1185473628256768000