Madam CJ Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; 1867 – 1919) was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, & political & social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Claudia Jones (1915–1964), a Trinidadian communist deported from McCarthyite USA, determined to unify and support the Black community living in Britain during Britain's civil rights movement era. #civilrights #britishblackhistory #blackbritishhistory365 #blackexcellence

Happy Christmas everyone!

Kwanzaa is a 7 day festival to celebrate you & your family's life. Each day has a diff meaning. Day One is Umoja meaning family unity, sharing & solving problems together. To strive for & to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.

Kwanzaa Day Two - Kujichagulia (koo-gee-chag-ulia) means self-determination. To define and name ourselves, as well as to create and speak for ourselves. #kwanzaa #kujichagulia #selfdetermination #family

Kwanzaa Day three Ujima meaning collective work & responsibility. To build & maintain our community together & make our brothers & sisters problems our problems & to solve them together. #kwanzaa #ujima #work #community #brothers #sisters #problems #solvingproblems #together

Kwanzaa day four is Ujamaa meaning Cooperative economics. To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together. #kwanzaa #ujamaa #cooperativeeconomics #cooperative #economics

Kwanzaa day five is Nia meaning purpose. To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. #kwanzaa #nia #purpose #family #community #tradition

Kwanzaa day six is Kuumba meaning creativity. To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. #kwanzaa #kuumba #creativity #beautiful #benefit #inherited

Kwanzaa day seven is Imani which means faith. To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. #kwanzaa #faith #imani #community #beautiful #benefit #inherited

I can’t lie, 13 year old Christopher Kapessa’s death has weighed on my mind today. I would’ve been interested in seeing whoever pushed him into the river face manslaughter charges. I can’t imagine any well thinking human being who wouldn’t want the same.

i really needed this today

As has been explained to me at great volume, hundreds of times, they knew what they were voting for.

You just can't make this shite up!

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Come hear tour guide Avril Nanton tell West Green Road's story. This is a 2 hour walk. #blackbritishhistory #blackbritain #westgreenroad

Very pleased to finally be able to say - it's Publication Day! Black History for Every Day of the Year - written with my siblings Yinka and Kemi Olusoga. 366 stories of people achievements, inventions and events. Out now.

Wtf???!!! Where did these two learn their history??

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