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Denzel Washington received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 🏅

The most D Rose moment ever. He embodied everyone in Chicago.

He showed up to the White House visit for the Bulls championship in Afrikan garb and handed President Bush a handwritten letter on how to improve the Black community. He told Michael Jordan that he should leave Nike and do for self and employee the Black people of Chicago, Jordan

Jan 15, 1989: "Self Destruction" by The Stop the Violence Movement was released as a single. #80s Chuck D FLAVOR FLAV , Heavy D, IAMKRSOne Doug E. Fresh , MC Lyte , Kool Moe Dee, Wise(Stetsasonic) Stetsasonic

The Rolling Stock of the CTA.

Boogie Down Productions - Love's Gonna Get'cha (material love)

A Great Day in Harlem by Art Kane (1958)

Writer James Baldwin stands outside an ice cream parlor with a "Colored Entrance Only" sign above the door. Behind him, a worker from the parlor peeks out through the window blinds. Durham, North Carolina, 1963.

Thomas W. Stewart, was a black inventor from Kalamazoo, Michigan. He patented a new type of mop in 1893. His mop was special because the head could be replaced by unclamping the old mop head and clamping on a new one. —Thomas W. Stewart invention consisted of a clamping

When you reach 100 years old in Barbados, you get a stamp in your honor.

The land that the pentagon is on used to be a thriving Black American town.

Everyone knows Lewis & Clark, but did you know that there was a black man who was also part of the expedition? As he was enslaved by William Clark, he participated as a full member of the expedition & was present when the expedition reached the Pacific Ocean. A THREAD

Pullman community steps on the gas to reopen historic Greenstone Church trib.al/rgYgi2a

Bianca out here with her stepdaughter. Lifting up Black girls. Black Women are everything. #WrestleMania

🎬 ‘Breakin’ premiered in theaters 41 years ago, May 4, 1984

The Magic Number — how a children’s maths song became a hip-hop classic ft.com/content/0fd060… via @ft

The comedy film "Trading Places" debuted in theatres today back in 1983. The film stars Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy and was 4th highest-grossing film of 1983. #80s

Luther Vandross and David Bowie had a legendary friendship | CNN cnn.com/2024/12/31/ent…

Italian Fiesta pizza 🍕 has been a staple on the southside for generations but why are they more expensive than anyplace else and why don’t they reinvest in their restaurants. People stand up and wait for pizzas in cramped environments. They should do better #italianfiesta