On #tdih in 1960, over 200 white rioters armed with baseball bats and ax handles chased, beat, and threatened Black residents in Jacksonville, Florida.
#DomesticTerrorism #Jacksonsville #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ax-handle-saturday-jacksonville/?fbclid=IwAR0StT0lJ9JPeFxohX8kcxLt127JAqur7LFXuG1-sz1bDHTJpfZQ0O-xEtI

“My parents always told me education is everything, because that’s the one thing that they can’t take from you,” she said. “But now they want to take it from us, so we have fight for our children to be educated right.” #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory #SavePublicSchools

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article278279663.html

For those who just don't get it. #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory #Montgomery #EJI

The revised US History curriculum in Florida not only perpetuates the dehumanizing treatment of African Americans but also showcases a lack of respect towards the predominantly female teaching profession. Under these changes, teachers are now faced with the difficult choice of either committing professional malpractice or facing severe consequences, including potential job loss or other punitive measures. #SavePublicSchools #RespectOurTeachers #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory

#GOP trying hard to erase the history, remember and never forget #juneteenth #blacklivesmatter #blackhistory #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory

"Jones also suggests using Juneteenth as a starting point to learn more about systemic racism, and how you can play a role in ending it."
#HappyJunteenth #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory

https://mashable.com/article/what-is-juneteenth

"Rather than being honored for their service, Black veterans and their families were often the targets of horrible discrimination, mistreatment, and even murder, at the hands of white Americans determined to reinforce white supremacy and to prevent the veterans from fighting for racial equality at home." #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory #MemorialDay

http://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/may/29

"Like all white settler fantasies," writes educator, activist, and antiracist organizer Danielle Dulken of the University of North Carolina, the myth of a lily-white Appalachia "hides a complex history of layered dispossessions and diverse populations." From Scalawag Magazine in 2019

https://scalawagmagazine.org/2019/09/black-appalachia-kingdom/

#history #histodons #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory #blackhistory365 #factsmatter #truthmatters
#Appalachia #antiracism

"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

A little #history to remember on day four of the shortest month of the year..

Small Town Horror: The Story of Nat Turner's Rebellion and Its Brutal Aftermath

https://www.theroot.com/small-town-horror-story-nat-turner-rebellion-1850071957

#history #histodons #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory #BlackLivesMatter #NatTurner #stopwhitesupremacy #endthenewjimcrow #slaverylives #slavery #ACAB

Contrary to what Ron DeSantis thinks, EVERY month is BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Period.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BalckHistoryYear #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory #1619 #FuckRacism #FuckRonDeSantis #NoWhiteWash