youtu.be/QNydcwDriuU I choose Marvin Gayes version of the National Anthem. Sorry Anita Baker.

Today Trayvon Martin would have turned 28 yrs old if he hadn't been tragically killed by a vigilante. We remember him today & every day for the profound role he played in our quest for equal justice. Sending prayers to his family as they commemorate him. Happy heavenly birthday✊🏾

On this day in 1945, legendary reggae artiste Bob Marley was born. "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." —Bob Marley Rest in Power.

If Black history weren't so important, they wouldn't try and stop us from teaching it. #BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack charlotteobserver.com/opinion/articl…

Iconic. 2 young men being the change they want to see.

Love Yourself. #BlackHistoryMonth

Let's continue making Black history every day! ✊🏾 #BenjaminLCrumpCollegeOfLaw

Love all over

“Anytime a Black man attempts to change the slave image he will scare white people." - Huey P. Newton #hueypnewton

#Kings

On this day in 1965, Jimmie Lee Jackson was beaten and shot after participating in a voting rights march in Marion, Alabama. He would die a week later in the hospital; his death inspired the Selma to Montgomery marches. #BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack

Mary Fields aka Stagecoach Mary was hired as a mail carrier because she was the fastest applicant to hitch a team of six horses. She was the first black woman employed as a mail carrier in the US and the second woman to work for the US Postal Service. #BlackHistorymonth

Toni Morrison (b. 2/18/1931 - d. 8/5/2019) was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in Loraine, Ohio. She became Our Beloved cultural laureate — producing novels and essays, serving as an editor and professor.

Yes, because teachers should lead by example.

Know who paved the road for you.

Della Reese 1st African American woman to guest host the Tonight show.

So who taught a young Jack Daniel how to distill what would become the world’s best-selling whiskey? Nathan "Nearest" Green, an enslaved Black master distiller, taught distilling techniques to Jack Daniel, founder of the Jack Daniel Tennessee whiskey. —Uncle Nearest, as he