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."

'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-…

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

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

"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

Leon Thomas performs ‘Mutt’ at the 2025 #BETAwards

Stevie Wonder is blind and plays like 36 instruments R Kelly can see and can’t read

With the 7th pick in the NBA Draft, the #Pelicans select Jeremiah Fears from Oklahoma Basketball 💪 #PelicansDraft | NewAge Products | Garages. Outdoor Kitchens.

Jeremiah Fears to the #Pelicans! 🙌

"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.

#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,

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On this day in 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first Black American Presidential nominee from one of the two major parties.

#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

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.

#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

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

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…

#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