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"My father was a slave, and my people died to build this country, and I am going to stay here, and have a part of it just like you. And no Fascist-minded people will drive me from it. Is that clear?"
—Paul Robeson https://t.co/U1RLDfhG7p
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Eartha Kitt talks about love and compromise, 1982. https://t.co/1mvcVPLjOu
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Africa’s textile traditions tell stories that stretch across centuries, carrying the history of communities through color, weaving, dyeing, symbols and patterns. Long before mass-produced clothing became common, textiles across the continent could communicate identity, status, ht
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Althea Gibson was the first Black American to win Wimbledon.
Althea Gibson was born on 25 August 1927 in Clarendon County, South Carolina, and grew into one of the most groundbreaking athletes of the 20th century. She was a professional tennis player and later a professional htt
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“It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I'd been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the Earth as though I had a right to be here."
—James Baldwin https://t.co/vxvuFdmPWc
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The fall 1956 Negro Travelers’ Green Book listed hotels, motels, and restaurants that were safe for black families on the road. The cover warns, “Carry your GREEN BOOK with you—you may need it.”
The Negro Motorist Green Book (also The Negro Motorist Green-Book, The Negro https:/
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For generations, Black Americans were told that freedom and equality were fundamental American values while living under laws and institutions that repeatedly denied them both. That contradiction is one of the most important threads running through American history, from slavery
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Edna Adan Ismail, activist for women's rights and first female Foreign Minister of Somaliland from 2003-2006, pictured here with her pet cheetah in 1968.
She was the first Somali woman to study in the UK, qualifying as a nurse and midwife in 1956. She later became a prominent h
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Did you know Sesame Street was originally created for black and brown inner city kids?
A THREAD https://t.co/gTwehiDjmr
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Some of the most celebrated names in American history also left behind words about race that are deeply uncomfortable to read today. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln are remembered for very different contributions to the country, yet each expressed racial h
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Malcolm X on Living Fearless. https://t.co/yNiYITVc1o
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A History of Negro Revolt by C. L. R. James looks at Black resistance as an international history, connecting struggles against slavery, racism and colonial rule across Africa, the Caribbean and the United States. First published in 1938, it is an older work, and the language htt
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A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority. - Booker T. Washinaton https://t.co/wQlvmD0gbU
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James Baldwin Response to “Why must you always concentrate on color?” https://t.co/InBUnD0o1Z
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On March 5, 1959, a devastating fire broke out at the Negro Boys Industrial School in Wrightsville, Arkansas, a state-run institution where young Black boys were sent by the state. That night, 69 boys were inside a dormitory when a fire suddenly broke out, turning what should htt
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The Aba Women’s Riot (termed as a riot by the British) of 1930 in Nigeria was a strategically executed anti-colonial protest organized by women to redress social, political, and economic grievances.
Its said that the Igbo women (led by Madam Nwanyeruwa from Abia state), were h
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Lucy Higgs Nichols was born into slavery in Tennessee around 1838, but during the Civil War she escaped and eventually found her way to the Union Army’s 23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment. Rather than simply seeking safety behind Union lines, Lucy remained with the regiment and https
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September 20, 1958: Martin Luther King Jr. in the hospital after being stabbed in a Harlem department store with a letter opener lodged near his heart.
— MLK Jr. Assassination Attempt —
On 20th September 1958, Izola Ware Curry, a 42-year-old mentally disturbed woman, stabbed ht
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Chief Luthuli from South Africa became the first African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960 for his non-violent stance in fight for liberation.
The South African government however, refused to allow Luthuli to leave the country to accept the award until December 1961. h
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School production of Swan Lake 1990 Florida https://t.co/BioIXGE0zR
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In 1921 in the affluent black community of Greenwood in Tulsa (Black Wall Street), White supremacists killed more than 300 Black Americans and looted & burned to ground homes & businesses in what is known as The Tulsa Race Massacre.
History of Tulsa before the riot
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1956 Debate on Racism, Segregation and Exclusion in Africa. https://t.co/TFXVu3nvYS
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Sarah Rector was born in 1902 in Creek Nation in the community of Twine, Oklahoma. She came from very humble beginnings, but later became the wealthiest Black girl in the country at the young age of 11.
Her family were Black American members of the Muscogee Creek Nation in https
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Eartha Kitt being happy with her daughter, 1962. https://t.co/TePB40M2An
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Imagine being born into slavery, separated from your family after trying to teach yourself to read, and repeatedly punished because you refused to stop learning. That was the early life of John Adams Hyman, a man who survived slavery and, within a decade of emancipation, became h
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On this day in 1970, rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix died at 27 years old.
James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix was a Black American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose mainstream career lasted only about four years, yet he completely changed what musicians believed could be done with h
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Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa, edited by historian John Henrik Clarke with the assistance of Amy Jacques Garvey, is a powerful collection for anyone who wants to understand Garvey beyond the familiar photographs, quotes and slogans. The book places his ideas within the h
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Sally Hemings was the mother of six children fathered by Thomas Jefferson, four of whom survived to adulthood. She was also enslaved by him. That fact is essential to understanding their relationship. Hemings was a young enslaved woman living in a society where enslaved people ht
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Otis Blackwell wrote some of Elvis Presley Biggest Hits But They Never Met. https://t.co/lkVvbiXbDa
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Little boy poses proudly with his perfectly tailored 2 piece suit and matching fedora, Washington D.C., 1948. https://t.co/Q40GeUsJYk
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Against accounts of the same size
59 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 1M–10M follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.
Median views15 017this account14 648median for 1M–10M
Reach, %1.35%this account0.74%median for 1M–10M
Engagement, %3.23%this account0.70%median for 1M–10M
| Metric | This account | Median for 1M–10M | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 15 017 | 14 648 | 1.03× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 1.35% | 0.74% | 1.83× |
| Engagement rate | 3.23% | 0.70% | 4.62× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
16.6K21 Sep
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15.3K22 Sep
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12K
8.5K
23.8K23 Sep
15K
9.5K
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25.6K24 Sep
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Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
4.37%21 Sep
7.19%
2.03%22 Sep
3.79%
1.59%
4.06%
2.18%23 Sep
5.52%
2.40%
4.71%
5.70%24 Sep
6.96%
5.54%
9.35%
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 1M–10M accounts is 0.70%.
What the audience does
Likes74.5%19 502 in total
Reposts15.1%3 950 in total
Replies1.0%249 in total
Quotes0.6%150 in total
Bookmarks8.8%2 314 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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