5th July 1852: Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass gave the timeless speech, "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro"

“No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” #MLK #SundayWithKing #BeLove #BeLoveDay #TheKingCenter

6 July 1776: The #Pennsylvania Evening Post in #Philadelphia is the first paper to publish the Declaration of Independence, which had been adopted by the Continental #Congress on July 4. #americanrevolution #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/3Yqs2Ym

On this day in 1957, Althea Gibson became the first African-American to win Wimbledon.

In 1947, a young Princess Elizabeth was filmed playing tag with sailors aboard the HMS Vanguard during a royal tour to South Africa.

#dyk July 6th #otd

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she believes recent rulings by the Supreme Court's conservative majority pose an "existential threat to the rule of law." abcnews.link/qSDIOiG

#OTD in #history, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified. It granted citizenship to those “born or naturalized" in the #USA —including African Americans & the formerly enslaved— & denied states from depriving "any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."

#OnThisDay in 1875, Mary McLeod Bethune was born in Mayesville, South Carolina. Bethune dedicated her life to uplifting Black girls by establishing institutions including The Dayton Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, and The National Council of Negro Women.

In 1979, President Carter installed solar panels on the White House & warned of the cost of ignoring clean energy. They were removed in 1986—but you can see one today at our museum. His 1978 plan aimed for U.S. energy independence by 2020. #GlobalEnergyIndependenceDay

Bison may look friend-shaped, but they already have all the friends they want. Keep your distance and don’t make it awkward. 🦬

Continuing the countdown to #Apollo11 with a Moon-watcher alert – tonight (July 10th ) will see what is often called the “Buck Moon.” To me, every full Moon is a reminder of the awe-inducing power on humanity of Earth’s only natural satellite. Even with all of the time we spent

#OTD in 1926, Fred Gwynne was born. Gwynne served as a radioman 3rd class on a submarine chaser in the Pacific during WWII before attending Harvard and pursuing an acting career. His most notably roles were as Herman Munster on THE MUNSTERS and the judge in MY COUSIN VINNY.

Now, do the Epstein files.

#EmmettTill would/should be celebrating his 84th birthday today. I imagine him as an elder, enjoying family and sharing wisdom imparted to him by his mother, #MamieTillMobley. Racism, as driven by white supremacist ideology and in its diabolical attempts to sustain systemic and

#EmmettTill would have been 84 today. His lynching, a most brutal example of the sociopathic, vile nature of racism and hate, is still fuel for the work. #TheKingCenter

#OnThisDay: The first paratroopers arrive in #Detroit, #Michigan. 43 people are already dead, 324 injured, and 7,231 arrested. The riots will continue for several more days, and there will be troops on the ground through July 30th. 📷 UPI | 07/25/1967

Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell (1928-2025) in "Apollo 13" (1995):

#OTD in 1945, the #USA dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The bombing of #Nagasaki and #Hiroshima led to as many as 210,000 deaths. But #Japan accepted the Allied terms of surrender. The deadliest weapon in human #history also helped end the deadliest conflict in human history.

The August full moon, also known as the "sturgeon moon," rises behind the Statue of Liberty on Saturday evening. abcnews.link/7mVh8Y6