Frank Greene was a Silicon Valley pioneer and one of the first Black Americans to earn a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. He helped develop a high-speed memory chip. ↓Read↓ buymeacoffee.com/africanarchi...
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J. Marion Sims “the father of modern gynecology” purchased Black women slaves and used them as guinea pigs for his untested surgical experiments. ↓Read↓ buymeacoffee.com/africanarchi...
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A spectator at the Selma to Montgomery march with a sign condemning police killings presages the grievances of today’s Black Lives Matter movement. Photograph: Steve Schapiro
in 1955, Claudette Colvin,15, was arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white woman on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was arrested 9months before Rosa Parks, but NAACP didn't want her to represent their organization because she was 15 and pregnant. buymeacoffee.com/africanarchi...
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"The paradox of education is precisely this: that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated."
Jack and Abby Landlord, Savannah, Georgia, 1875
2 boxing legends, Muhammad Ali and joe Frazier. “We are stone enemies in the ring and best friends outside the ring.” —Joe Frazier
Malcolm X talking to Babatunde Olatunji, a Nigerian drummer and educator (left) and a Nigerian student, at Nigeria Independence Party in Harlem, New York City.
Portrait of six generations of a family, Selma, Alabama, 1893.
Barack and Michelle Obama in their living room with their newborn daughter Malia(1998).
A father and sons at Penn Station, New York City, 1948.
3 messengers, 3 murders, 3 wives widowed. "you can kill a man but you can't kill an idea."
A segregated Summerville, South Carolina Schoolhouse, 1905.
The African Renaissance Monument, Located in Dakar, Senegal.
Attendees of the Convention for Former Slaves, 1916.
Proud mother, Mrs. Cleveland Owens, hears of son Jesse's Olympic triumphs in Berlin, 1936.
“Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother's son, we who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens.” —Ella Baker
Over 400 Years of Institutional Racism. Slavery (1619-1865) Black Codes (1865-1866) KKK (1865-) Jim Crow (1877-1954) Redlining (1934-1968) War On Drugs (1971-) Mass Incarceration (1973-) Three Strikes Law(1993-)
Teenagers waiting to get paid for cotton picking in 1939 in Mileston, Mississippi
What our ancestors were doing on 4th of July 1776.
“Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.” —John Henriek Clarke
"You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself" —Malcolm X
Honoring all those enslaved people that built the U.S Capitol.
In 1938, Jack Johnson was speeding when he was stopped by a policeman. He issued him a $50 ticket. Jack handed him a $100 bill, to which the policeman proclaimed "I can't make change for that much!" Jack replied, "keep it, as I will be making the return trip at the same speed."
"When children attend schools that place a Greater value on Discipline and Security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending Prep schools for PRISON." — Angela Davis
Malcolm X relaxing with two of his daughters a day before he was assassinated.
