AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY
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Did you know that a black enslaved man was responsible for introducing innoculation (vaccination) to America? Onesimus, introduced the idea of vaccination based upon the African p...
Happy Thanksgiving! Did you know that James Hemings, is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America. The Chef de cuisine was the first American to train as a chef in Fran...
140 years ago today, the Berlin Conference opened. It was a conference where European nations established the 'legal' claim that all of Africa could be occupied by whomever could...
1956 Debate on Racism, Segregation and Exclusion in Africa. https://t.co/aTBA5cftXE
On this day in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his landmark speech "I Have a Dream" https://t.co/WQniIo7w1S
In 1841, Madison Washington led The Creole Rebellion: One of the Most Successful Slave Revolts in History. A THREAD https://t.co/m1ttCBymHx
On this day in 1972, Reporters exposed the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment — a secret study to examine the effects of untreated syphilis in Black men. American medicine has been buil...
65 years ago today, jazz musician and singer-songwriter, Billie Holiday died. Rest in Power! Events leading up to her death. A THREAD https://t.co/qOscsV2gUm
The late Patrice Lumumba was the first legally elected prime minister of D.R Congo. He was assassinated in 1961 following a military coup supported by U.S.A & Belgian imperialism...
Sarah Rector became a multi-millionare oil baron and the richest black child at just 12 years old. She was so rich that Oklahoma legislature legally declared her to be a white per...
Yasuke was the world’s first Black samurai. When a 6-foot-tall African slave landed in Japan, he stuck out like a sore thumb. People lost all modesty and nearly caused a stampede...
On this day in 1867, Sarah Breedlove a.k.a Madam C.J Walker, was born. She was the first black woman to become a self-made millionaire. She developed a successful line of beauty &...