@charluv.bsky.socialHe did it all on a budget of $10,000 - $20,000. He drove from city to city showing up at Churches etc.
He died in 1951. In 1987 he finally received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He made over 44 films that celebrated Black Life.
What they won’t Teach you in School. #BlackHistory365
@charluv.bsky.socialNichelle Nichols nearly left Star Trek until Martin Luther King Jr. personally encouraged her to stay because her role was breaking barriers on TV
#BlackHistory365
@aam-em.bsky.socialAlexander Miles was an African American inventor best known for revolutionizing elevator safety with his 1887 patent for automatic elevator doors.
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@aam-em.bsky.socialFew people realize how much modern life depends on the work of Alexander Miles.
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#BlackHistory365 #AlexanderMiles #OnThisDay #BlackInventors #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory
@aam-em.bsky.social📚 On This Day in Black History: October 11, 1887 📚
Today, The African American Museum at The England Manor recognizes Alexander Miles, an inventor and entrepreneur whose work helped make elevator travel safer.
#BlackHistory365 #AlexanderMiles #OnThisDay #BlackInventors #AfricanAmericanHistory
@aam-em.bsky.social@aam-em.bsky.socialFrederick Douglass Patterson, an extraordinary educator who founding the United Negro College Fund
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#BlackHistory365 #FrederickDouglassPatterson #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory
@aam-em.bsky.socialFrederick Douglass Patterson didn’t wait for institutions to care about Black students, he built the ones that would.
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@aam-em.bsky.social📚 On This Day in Black History: October 10, 1901 📚
The African American Museum at The England Manor honors the birth of Frederick Douglass Patterson, a veterinarian, educator, and visionary leader who helped expand access to higher education for Black Americans.
@drunkblackhistory.bsky.socialThis week in #BlackHistory...
More Black History next week!
In the meantime, come out for our live events in Charlottesville, New York, New Orleans, and more. Dates and tickets are available at www.drunkblackhistory.com/upcoming-shows.
@artsychica.bsky.socialFiled under: the sh!t they don't teach in schools [and the BS that they are trying to sell now]
@aam-em.bsky.social2009 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture by Barack Obama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AORo-YEXxNQ
#BlackHistory365 #BarackObama #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #NobelPeacePrize #PresidentialHistory #Diplomacy #Peacebuilding #BlackLeadership #PreservingOurStory #TheEnglandManor
@aam-em.bsky.socialObama’s 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture: Lessons in Hope and Resilience
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@aam-em.bsky.socialOn October 9, 2009, Barack Obama, then the first Black President of the United States was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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@aam-em.bsky.social📚 On This Day in Black History: October 9, 2009 📚
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that President Obama had been selected to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
#BlackHistory365 #BarackObama #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #NobelPeacePrize #PresidentialHistory #Diplomacy
@aam-em.bsky.social@aam-em.bsky.social3 things you didn’t know about Jesse Jackson
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#BlackHistory365 #JesseJackson #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #CivilRightsHistory #ChicagoHistory #RainbowPUSH #Voting
@artsychica.bsky.social#iLoveUs❤️🖤💚
Happy Birthday #OpalLee
#BlackHistory365
@aam-em.bsky.socialReverend Jesse Jackson: A Legacy of Civil Rights
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@aam-em.bsky.social📚 On This Day in Black History: October 8, 1941 📚
Today we honor the birth and legacy of Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr., a civil rights leader, minister, and political trailblazer whose work connected the fight for racial equality with economic opportunity.
