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Take a look at the marginaliztion of women in America up until the 1970s. We cannot go back to this!

I will fight for women's rights no matter what!✊🏾✊🏼✊️

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40 Basic Rights Women Did Not Have Until The 1970s

Women have come a long way in this world; well, in America, especially. Although ladies can pretty much hop in their car, get a job, have…

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🧵 He was one of the most decorated U.S. soldiers of the Vietnam War—yet many people never heard of him.

Let me introduce you to Jorge Otero Barreto—the Puerto Rican Rambo.

Pull up a seat.🪑 (cont)

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🧵 Did you know that Puerto Rico became a U.S. laboratory for reproductive control, sterilization, eugenics—and the birth‑control pill?

It's true.

Pull up a seat🪑. (cont)

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Choice, Sterilization, and Eugenics in Twentieth Century Puerto Rico

In 1968, researchers found that one-third of all Puerto Rican women of childbearing age were surgically sterilized. This ignited the U.S. reproductive rights movement and the political demand to en…

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🧵Puerto Rico has been a US commonwealth since 1898. I would be remiss not to mention that the island had a history of slavery that lasted longer than slavery in America. Pull up a seat🪑.(cont)

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🧵 Picture this: Escaped Black slaves and Indigenous tribes create a functioning community on an abandoned British fort—stocked with weapons! 😲

Pull up a seat🪑 for the Battle of Negro Fort, my friends. (cont)

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🧵 The International Sweethearts Of Rhythm were the first integrated all-woman's jazz band in America. Coming from very humble beginnings in Mississippi in 1937, (cont)

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International Sweethearts of Rhythm Jazz Band (1937-1949)

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm was an interracial, all-female jazz band active for 12 years, from 1937 to 1949.  The band began at the Piney Woods Country Life School, established in 1909 to ...

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🧵 When we look back on the Civil Rights movement, Rosa Parks & MLK come to mind. Do you know Harry Moore? He and his wife were the first martyrs murdered by the KKK on Dec. 25 1951. 🪑 (cont)

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The Unsolved Mystery of the First People Killed During the Civil Rights Movement | HISTORY

Law enforcement knew who killed Harry and Harriette Moore on Christmas in 1951. So why wasn’t justice served?

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🧵, Dec. 9, 1864: On the march to Savannah, hundreds or thousands of African American families who had just escaped from slavery were left to drown by Sherman’s Army. This is referred to as the Massacre at Ebenezer Creek.(cont)
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Take a moment to watch this video.

For our White brothers & sisters who joined Black people in the fight for social justice—we know where you stand.

We see you. 🤜🏾🤛🏼

Brother Willie D breaks down this woman's truth.

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Internet EXPLODES After White Woman Explains Why White People Dislike Black People

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🧵 It was the first Black television show of its kind, yet most people never heard of it. Let's talk about SOUL!—the brainchild of a gay Black man that had a huge cultural impact. Pull up a seat.🪑(cont)

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Because we refuse to take the word of law enforcement and the people Nolan Wells was with before he was discovered dead—racists ask why aren't we talking about Black on Black murder.

Answer:

The same reason they don't talk about White on White murder.

And— it's irrelevent.

HE'S ALIVE!

Well, sort of. 🤣🤣🤣

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Ok Who Did Mitch McConnell Like This? LMFAO 🤣

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While we are not sure of the A-list celebrities who will be attending the Taylor & Travis weekend bash at Madison Square Garden; I'm quite sure who won't be there.

We know the history between them.

I wouldn't invite him either.

*sip*🔥☕️

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The Trump administration accuses the Smithsonian of pushing "radical, activist ideology"—because he wants to rewrite history.

I'll take the "radical, activist ideology"—the truth—over a lie, please.

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White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can’t be trusted

The report comes as Trump wages an aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington’s most sacred cultural and historic institutions.

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Between 1942 and 1949, roughly 20,000 Black men trained at Montford Point, NC. They faced severe Jim Crow segregation outside the base and intense skepticism inside it. Knowing they were "on trial," they pushed themselves past the breaking point to prove their worth. (cont)

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Jorge Otero Barreto died in 2024, at age 87.
His story is a reminder:
Puerto Ricans have fought — and bled — in every major U.S. conflict. But their heroism is too often erased from the national narrative. Otero Barreto refused to be erased. (cont)

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The Marine Corps tries to keep Black Marines in support roles — but the Pacific War forces them into the fight. Sent to the Pacific, they shattered racist stereotypes on the front lines of Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Their heroism prompted the (cont)

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Montford Point to Iwo Jima: Combat Bridged the Racial Divide - Marine Corps Association

These young men were part of a distinctly select group-20,000 vigorous, patriotic Americans known today as Montford Point Marines. During World War II,

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Peleliu — September–November 1944:
One of the Pacific’s bloodiest battles. Montford Point Marines operate ammunition dumps under constant sniper and artillery fire. They rescue trapped white Marines — actions often erased from official reports. (cont)

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Who Were the Montford Point Marines? - JSTOR Daily

The first African-American recruits in the Marine Corps trained at Montford Point, eventually ending the military’s longstanding policy of racial segregation.

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Commandant of the Marine Corps to famously declare: "The Negro Marines are no longer on trial. They are Marines, period."

Saipan — June–July 1944:
Montford Point Marines move ammunition under fire, haul supplies across beaches, and evacuate wounded Marines while (cont)

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Trailblazers like Gilbert "Hashmark" Johnson (below)and Edgar Huff became the first Black drill instructors, taking over training and forging a legendary standard of discipline and excellence. By 1943, Montford Point Marines master heavy weapons for the new (cont)

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Montford Point begins as a clearing with 120 huts, a mess hall called “The Greasy Spoon,” a chapel, and almost no infrastructure.
Black Marines cannot enter Camp Lejeune without a white escort — a rule enforced until 1945. (cont)

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'They Are Marines, Period': Trailblazing All-Black Marine Unit From WWII to Feature in New Docuseries

Just over 80 years after the Montford Point Marines integrated the ranks of the Marine Corps, the historic unit is taking center stage as the subject of ABC’s “Our America” documentary series.

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The Marine Corps makes training intentionally harsher for Montford Point recruits.
Long marches, punishing obstacle courses, weapons drills, and relentless discipline. The message: You must be twice as good to be considered equal. By late 1943, Black leadership emerged. (cont)

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Today, the site is quiet. But Negro Fort remains one of the most important — and least taught — stories of Black resistance in North America.

A reminder: freedom has always been fought for, built, and defended. ✊🏾🪶

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Negro Fort, Florida Ghost Town

In 1816, a devastating cannon shot ended America’s largest free Black settlement, but the ruins still whisper untold stories of resistance.