"Ransom finished his MIT studies after the war and moved to Virginia to work for NACA, the predecessor to NASA, joining a growing group of Black MIT alumni, faculty, and students who would play a vital role in the U.S. space program." #TuskegeeAirmen #NASA #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory

https://news.mit.edu/2023/illuminating-successes-and-struggles-mit-black-history-0226

#BlackHistoryIsUSHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM

It's #Monday 🎉 but it's also #MLK2023 #MLKJrDay

If you're in #NewYork, take a walk through these NY landmarks that are played a role in #blackhistory because #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory

https://www.alittlebithuman.com/new-york-black-history-sites-of-resistance/

“I am sorry to have to say that the vast majority of white Americans are racist, either consciously or unconsciously.” The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. #MLKJrDay #MLK #MartinLutherKing #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory

Survivors of the Rosewood massacre worked for decades to win recognition and reparations for the atrocity. Remembering our history allows us to confront uncomfortable truths, make amends, and move toward justice #Rosewood100 #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory https://www.splcenter.org/news/2023/01/06/rosewood-centennial-racist-massacre-destroyed-black-florida-town

@summer

That’s one. His other one is “everybody wants to be a N***a until it’s time to be a n***a”. Meaning folks will blackface and try to “act black” but then say Black folks have no culture or no value or don’t deserve xyz. Black Americans literally define and set what is cool for much of the planet. Watch his standup. Oh and he used to write for Richard Pryor. #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory #BlackMastodon #comedy

@phthalo honestly I think it fits even more BECAUSE of that. Let’s look at it, historically a bunch of Black folk decided to leave the plantations and sharecropping and abuse to migrate en masse to someplace hopefully better. Together. Isn’t that what we are doing now? #BlackMastodon #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory