#OnThisDay 15 years ago, Barack Obama defeated Senator John McCain to become the first Black president of the United States. #APeoplesJourney
#OnThisDay in 1865, the 13th Amendment, which outlawed slavery, was officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution—246 years after enslaved Africans landed in Jamestown, Virginia.
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#OnThisDay in 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested. When Parks refused to give up her bus seat, she set off a chain reaction in Montgomery, Alabama that fueled the Civil Rights Movement. Her arrest sparked a bus boycott that lasted 381 days. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory
#OnThisDay in 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was founded at Cornell University, in Ithaca, NY. It is the country’s first predominately African American intercollegiate Greek-lettered fraternity.
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A wonderful visit to African American Museum in DC Smithsonian’s NMAAHC
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#OnThisDay in 1965, 600 marchers were attacked on #Selma ’s Edmund Pettus Bridge during a Voting Rights protest. Known as #BloodySunday , this march was one of 3 from Selma to Montgomery.
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#OTD in 1931, choreographer Alvin Ailey was born. Ailey founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in NYC with a vision of narrating the vibrant history and unlimited possibilities of Black culture within modern dance: s.si.edu/3ihTg2M #APeoplesJourney #NMAAHCFutures
Born #OnThisDay in 1948, André Leon Talley was the former creative director and editor-at-large for Vogue magazine and fashion journalist at Women’s Wear Daily. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory
Happy Easter! Explore Easter related objects and photographs in our collection: s.si.edu/2poMJ6c
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#OnThisDay in 1964, it was announced that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign for civil rights in the United States. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory
#OnThisDay in 1942, the Tuskegee Airmen became the first African American flying unit in the U.S. military.
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One of the soldiers for social justice said, “Victor, nothing is achieved without sacrifice”. When I returned to him, it was with a badge of #humility and #integrity . Thanks, John Lewis. #apeoplesjourney #BloodySunday #Selma #Alabama #NeverGiveUp
The history of the Greenwood District of Tulsa, OK sheds light on the nature of Black settlements and towns in the 19th century, and the wider geography of communities of freedom.
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#OnThisDay in 1909, the NAACP was founded by an interracial group including W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Mary White Ovington, and Moorfield Storey. #BlackHistoryMonth
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#OnThisDay in 1935, Earl G. Graves, Sr., the founder of Black Enterprise Magazine, was born in Brooklyn, New York.
The entrepreneur, publisher, businessman, and philanthropist built a career advocating for African American businesses. #APeoplesJourney
Today marks the first day of #Ramadan . Learn how Ramadan is observed and its significance to African American Muslims: s.si.edu/3wi0lXF
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#OnThisDay in 1859, John Brown began his raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
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