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HistorianSpeaks

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Historianspeaks is a dynamic web platform devoted to making Black History accessible to the public. It includes a blog, podcast and audio and visual materials

#historianspeaks #blackblogsmatter #blackhistorymatters

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The Six Triple Eight: The 6888th Postal Directory Battalion

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The 6888th Postal Directory Unit was a historic and groundbreaking unit in World War II. The battalion consisted on 850 women in the Woman's Auxillary Corp (WACs). Afteer peititioning the War Department for over two year...

#sixtriplesix #blackwomeandworldwaril

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Jack Johnson Becomes First Black Heavyweight Champion, 1908

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On December 26th 1908, pro boxing pioneer Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns, becoming the first Black heavyweight boxing champion.

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Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863

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OTD in 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This act declared freedom for all enslaved people in the Confederate States. While Lincoln intended that the proclaimation would destabilize the South ...

on Sun, 1AM

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Haitian Independence, January 1, 1804

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On 1 January 1804, Haiti became an independent republic, following the revolution which had begun 13 years earlier as a rebellion of enslaved people against slavery and French colonialism. Previously known as Saint-Domi...

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Rosewood Massacre, 1923

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On 1 January 1923, the Rosewood Massacre occurred in central Florida, destroying a predominantly Black neighbourhood, fuelled by a false allegation.

on Sat, 8PM

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Charity Adams Earley, U.S. Army First Female Officer

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Note: Historianspeaks has received permission to republish unique OTD information on African Americans from Jerry Mitchell, a reporter at Mississippi Today. Please find the link to the Mississippi Today OTD at the end of...

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Sammy Younge Jr, Civil Rights Activist, Murdered, 1966

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On 3 January 1966, military veteran and civil rights activist Sammy Younge, Jr was murdered in Alabama. Younge was killed by a gas station attendant in Macon County for trying to use the "whites-only" restroom.

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Minnie Cox, Black Female Postmaster, Indianola, Mississippi

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#OnThisDay in 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt shut down the post office in Indianola, Mississippi, to take a stand against terror.

on Fri, 11PM

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--The Gospel of Love in 2025 —

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Mustafa Santiago Ali

on Thu, 7PM

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"Who Set You Flowin:" The Great Migration, 1915-1970

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Between 1915 and 1970, more than 6 million Black Americans moved from the South to the North, the West and the Midwest, changing the landscape of the nation. Before “The Great Migration,” more than 90% of Black American...

on Thu, 6PM

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Jackie Robinson and Segregation at the Greenville, SC Airport

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OTD in 1960, nearly 1,000 Black protesters marched 10 miles through the rain and sleet to the downtown airport in Greenville, South Carolina, to protest its segregation policies and its mistreatment of Jackie Robinson, t...

on Thu, 4PM

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"Jimmy Carter’s Quiet Revolution of Love"

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Mustafa Santiago Ali

on Thu, 1AM

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Charles Caldwell, Assassination of a State Senator, 1875

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On December 30th 1875, Mississippi state senator Charles Caldwell was assassinated by a mob of white men in Clinton, just west of the state’s capital in Jackson.

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Remembering Those who Passed in 2024

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As is the case in the normal course of life, a number of giants passed in 2024. Please find a list below and a link to important information about their lives and accomplishments.

on Wed, 10PM

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New Year's Watch Night Service

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African American commemorations for the New Year are diverse. One of the most enduring in the New Year's Night Watch Service. These Watch Night services can be traced back to gatherings on December 31, 1862. This date wa...

on Wed, 6AM

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Patricia Robert Harris, Black Lawyer and Cabinet Official

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On August 3, 1979, Patricia Roberts Harris began serving as secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under President Jimmy Carter after serving for two years as secretary of Housing and Urban Development. It was one o...

on Dec 30

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Powell Green, Lynching of a WWI Veteran, 1919

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On December 27th, 1919, Black World War I veteran Powell Green was lynched by a mob of white men near Franklinton, North Carolina.

on Dec 28

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LC Dorsey, Civil Rights Activist

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On December `7th 1938, L. C. Dorsey was born to a sharecropping family in Tribbett, Mississippi. She became friends with Fannie Lou Hamer, who inspired Dorsey to get involved in the civil rights movement and to join the...

on Dec 28

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The First Kwanzaa Celebration in the United States, 1966

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On 26 December 1966, the first Kwanzaa holiday was held in the United States. It was thought up by Maulana Karenga, a leading figure in the US Organisation, a Black nationalist group, as an alternative to Christmas cele...

on Dec 28

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Jack Johnson Becomes First Black Heavyweight Champion, 1908

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On December 26th 1908, pro boxing pioneer Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns, becoming the first Black heavyweight boxing champion.

on Dec 28

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Living One Dance At a Time--Meka Shabazz

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Meka Shabazz is an accomplsihed dancer, comunity activist, teacher, and mentor. She resides in Columbus, OH where she teaches African Cariribbean dance and GED courses and actively mentors LGBTQA and cis gender youth.

on Dec 27

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Dorie Miller, Pearl Harbor Hero, 1941

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OTD in 1941, Doris “Dorie” Miller, a mess attendant aboard the battleship USS West Virginia, carried the injured captain and other shipmates to safety during the attack on Pearl Harbor. 

on Dec 27

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Conferences on Malcolm X: Yesterday and tomorrow

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Malcolm X (1925-1965) was one of the most influential Black nationalist voices of the 20th century. His blend of nationalism and Pan-Africanism defined Black protest thinking and activism for much of the later half of ...

on Dec 27

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Harry T. Moore and Harriette Moore, Civil Rights Activists, 1951

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On 25 December 1951, Harry T. Moore and Harriette Moore, teachers and civil rights activists, were killed on Christmas Day when their house was bombed by racist terrorists in Florida.

on Dec 27

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Chuck Cooper, Discrimination on the Basketball Court, 1946

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OTD in 1946, University of Tennessee refused to play a basketball game with Duquesne University, because they had a Black player, Chuck Cooper. Despite their refusal, the all-American player and U.S. Navy veteran went o...

on Dec 27

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Fred Shuttlesworth and KKK Bombing on Christmas of Bethel Baptist

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On This Christmas Day in 1956, Fred Shuttlesworth somehow survived the KKK bombing that took out his home next to the Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

on Dec 26

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The Second Seminole War, 1835-1842

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On 25 December 1837, the Africans and Native Americans who formed Florida's Seminole nation defeated a vastly superior U.S. invading army bent on cracking this early rainbow coalition and returning the Africans to slave...

on Dec 26

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The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan, 1865

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OTD in 1865, months after the fall of the Confederacy and the end of slavery, a half dozen veterans of the Confederate Army formed a private social club in Pulaski, Tennessee, called the Ku Klux Klan. The KKK soon becam...

on Dec 26

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Documentary films on Jazz: A Great Cultural Foundation

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Jazz is America's foundational music. It orginated in the African American communites in Lousiana, namely New Orleans, Louisiana. This musical form, which emerged in the late 19th and erly 20th centuries is rooted in blu...

on Dec 26

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The Black Working Class Matters

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In light of the successful unionization of the Amazon facility in Staten Island, NY, we can see the importance of unionization and the fight and success of the Black working class for better working conditions and a fair...

on Dec 26

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Josh Gibson, Negro League's "Home Run KIng"

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#OnThisDay in 1911, Josh Gibson, the Negro League’s “Home Run King,” was born in Buena Vista, Georgia.

on Dec 26

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— The Physics of Us —

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Mustafa Santiago Ali

on Dec 26

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Cicley Tyson, First Black actress to Win an Emmy

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#OnThisDay in 1924, three-time Emmy winner Cicely Tyson was born in Harlem, New York. She became the first Black actor to appear as a series regular on a prime-time dramatic television series and in 1974 became the firs...

on Dec 25

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James Brown, "Say it Loud--I'm Black and I'm Proud"

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On November 11th, 1968 singer James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul,” gave movement to the civil rights movement with his song, “Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud (Part 1),” which hit number one on this day on the R&B...

on Dec 25

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Living One Dance At a Time--Meka Shabazz

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Meka Shabazz is an accomplsihed dancer, comunity activist, teacher, and mentor. She resides in Columbus, OH where she teaches African Cariribbean dance and GED courses and actively mentors LGBTQA and cis gender youth.

on Dec 25

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"Whisper Our Names”

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Mustafa Santiago Ali

on Nov 14

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Wilimington Riot, 1898: "We have Taken a City."

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On November 10th 1898, editor Alexander Manly escaped a lynch mob in Wilmington, North Carolina, that ordered him killed on sight. Manly had already gained a reputation nationally for his commentary that challenged neg...

on Nov 13

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Viola Gray Adams, Founding Member of the MFDP

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On Octoberr 5th 1926, Victoria Gray Adams, one of the founding members of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, was born near Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

on Nov 10

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After the Election —

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Mustafa Santiago Ali

on Nov 9

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"The Quiet Part Out Loud”

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Mustafa Santiago Ali

on Oct 30

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"Union Strong"

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Mustafa Santiago Ali

on Oct 30

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"Trusting Women"

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Mustafa Santiago Ali

on Oct 29

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Levi Coffin, Abolitionist and Underground Railroad Conductor

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On October 28th 1798, abolitionist Levi Coffin was born in North Carolina. His home in Newport, Indiana, became known as the “Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad.”

on Oct 29

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Ruby Dee, Actress and Activist

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On October 27th 1922, actress Ruby Dee was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

on Oct 28

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Mahalia Jackson, "Queen of Gospel."

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On October 26th 1911, Mahalia Jackson, the “Queen of Gospel,” was born in New Orleans. After moving to Chicago, she became one of the first singers to move gospel music from the church to the mainstream, attracting whit...

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