Derrion Arrington (@thehistoriand) 's Twitter Profile
Derrion Arrington

@thehistoriand

Historian | Writer | Author of Standing Firm in the Dixie: The Freedom Struggle in Laurel, Mississippi 📚

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AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@africanarchives) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Rosa Ingram and her teen sons were sentenced to death in 1948 after they murdered a white neighbor who attempted to sexually assault their mother. Thanks to civil rights activists the story gained national press. They were later released on parole for being "model prisoners."

Rosa Ingram and her teen sons were sentenced to death in 1948 after they murdered a white neighbor who attempted to sexually assault their mother. 

Thanks to civil rights activists the story gained national press. They were later released on parole for being "model prisoners."
Global Black Studies at Duke (@dukeaaas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'The rich tradition of Black Marxist thought—one that includes W. E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James, and Frantz Fanon, among many others—emphasizes the centrality of capitalism to racial oppression and the destructiveness of that oppression for all workers.' jacobin.com/2025/02/black-…

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Left of Black | Small Talk with DJ Lynnée Denise on Rock Legend Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton #BlackHistoryMonth youtube.com/watch?v=syKZze…

Left of Black | Small Talk with DJ Lynnée Denise on Rock Legend Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton

#BlackHistoryMonth
youtube.com/watch?v=syKZze…
Global Black Studies at Duke (@dukeaaas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

FORGOTTEN HERO: WALTER WHITE AND THE NAACP traces the life of this neglected civil rights hero and seeks to explain his disappearance from our history | American Experience #BlackHistoryMonth

Fannie Lou Hamer's America (@flhamerica) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Some of the white people will tell us, 'Well, I just don’t believe in integration.' But he been integrating at night a long time. If he hadn’t been, it wouldn’t be as many light-skinned Negroes as it is in here." - Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) Activist and humanitarian

"Some of the white people will tell us, 'Well, I just don’t believe in integration.' But he been integrating at night a long time. If he hadn’t been, it wouldn’t be as many light-skinned Negroes as it is in here." 
- Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) Activist and humanitarian
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"I don’t want equal rights. I want human rights. The rights that...would not have people lynched in the state of MS [or] destroyed the Indians & pushed them out of this country...I’m fighting for more than we have ever had." - Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) Activist & humanitarian.

"I don’t want equal rights. I want human rights. The rights that...would not have people lynched in the state of MS [or] destroyed the Indians & pushed them out of this country...I’m fighting for more than we have ever had." - Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) Activist & humanitarian.
Jerry Mitchell (@jmitchellnews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#OnThisDay in 1941, Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Ture, was born. Inspired by the sit-ins in the South, he joined the civil rights movement and became a Freedom Rider. Arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, he spent 53 days in Mississippi’s most notorious prison, Parchman,

#OnThisDay in 1941, Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Ture, was born. Inspired by the sit-ins in the South, he joined the civil rights movement and became a Freedom Rider. Arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, he spent 53 days in Mississippi’s most notorious prison, Parchman,
Smithsonian’s NMAAHC (@nmaahc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#OTD in 1862, journalist & civil rights activist Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs, MS. Wells spent her life exposing the evils of lynching and organizing for racial justice causes. #ANationsStory #APeoplesJourney

#OTD in 1862, journalist & civil rights activist Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs, MS. Wells spent her life exposing the evils of lynching and organizing for racial justice causes. #ANationsStory #APeoplesJourney
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How President Lyndon B. Johnson tried to stop Fannie Lou Hamer's Powerful Testimony by impromptu Press Conference to Get Her off the air, 1964.

Jerry Mitchell (@jmitchellnews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#OnThisDay in 1964, Unita Blackwell became the Issaquena County delegate for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which fought to replace Mississippi’s all-white delegation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. “We had no idea that we were changing the whole

#OnThisDay in 1964, Unita Blackwell became the Issaquena County delegate for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which fought to replace Mississippi’s all-white delegation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. 

“We had no idea that we were changing the whole
cheddachaz (@cheddachaz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This upcoming season Zion has to take at least 3 of these catch & shoot threes a game Easy way to create more scoring opportunities If you’re working, trust your work

cheddachaz (@cheddachaz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Zion, Poole & Trey will DOMINATE in transition But they can't do that, if they can't secure the defensive board & start the break Looney will help a lot, but someone else has to step up or come in via FA or Trade to help with the DREB SUBSCRIBE ⬇️ youtube.com/live/yAIzx_XaJ…

Justin (@propelstalk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#4 was so bad they got Deandre Jordan to New Orleans in record time. I’ve never seen a transaction be done and that player be in Pelicans apparel immediately