Great discussion on #MSNBC #TheReidOut! Fellow #Mississippian #RichardWright (RIPππΏ) is my favorite author β something those familiar with his writing may have guessed from my handle. Wright's essay "#IChooseExile" was such a stinging indictment of life for #BlackAmericans in the 1950s that even #EbonyMagazine declined to publish it. Sadly, some conditions he wrote about are still with us in 2023...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon
#BlackHistory is #AmericanHistory!β€βπΏπ
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/richard-wright-black-history-uncensored-rcna70101
#msnbc #TheReidOut #mississippian #richardwright #ichooseexile #blackamericans #ebonymagazine #blackhistorymonth #blackmastodon #blackhistory #americanhistory
Great discussion on #MSNBC #TheReidOut! Fellow #Mississippian #RichardWright (RIPππΏ) is my favorite author β something those familiar with his writing may have guessed from my handle. The essay "#IChooseExile" was such a stinging indictment of life for #BlackAmericans in the 1950s that even #EbonyMagazine declined to publish it. Sadly, some conditions Wright wrote about are still with us in 2023...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon
#BlackHistory is #AmericanHistory!β€βπΏπ
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/richard-wright-black-history-uncensored-rcna70101
#msnbc #TheReidOut #mississippian #richardwright #ichooseexile #blackamericans #ebonymagazine #blackhistorymonth #blackmastodon #blackhistory #americanhistory
#MoundMonday #PhotoMonday #MonksMound #Cahokia
#Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site 1,600 ha 120 mounds
The largest earthen monument north of #Mesoamerica
#PhotoGallery http://www.jqjacobs.net/archaeo/cahokia.html
#GeoLocation 38.6598, -90.0622
Latitude tangent equals four fifths
#Mississippian #Archaeology #Earthworks #Photography #FallColors
UNESCO https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/198/
#moundmonday #Photomonday #monksmound #Cahokia #Mesoamerica #photogallery #geolocation #mississippian #archaeology #earthworks #photography #fallcolors
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#Indigenous #Mississippian #moundbuilders #Cahokia #woodhenge #NativeMastodon
#indigenous #mississippian #moundbuilders #Cahokia #woodhenge #nativemastodon
Happy Solstice! π π
#Indigenous #Mississippian #moundbuilders #Cahokia #woodhenge #NativeMastodon
#indigenous #mississippian #moundbuilders #Cahokia #woodhenge #nativemastodon
"Deer on the Plaza" - Monks Mound at #Cahokia. #Mississippian (#Hopewell. #Adena )
#cahokia #mississippian #hopewell #adena
#Mound C at Angel Mounds, #Indiana. #Mississippian
#mound #indiana #mississippian