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Pope Leo’s Afro-Creole grandparents came to Chicago during Great Migration @jlauck1941 @NPRMidwestNews @MiddleWestRev axios.com/2025/05/09/pop…

Musical pioneer Charles "Chuck" Berry, often credited as the father of rock 'n' roll, was born on October 18, 1926, in St. Louis, Missouri. 📸: Photo of Chuck Berry, c. 1958 (Pickwick Records/Billboard)

5 years earlier, in 1829, just down the Ohio River from Wheeling, the Cincinnati High School for Colored People – the first school for African Americans in Ohio – was opened. Ohio's Black Laws were pernicious, but a far cry from the South across the River.

Congrats to Erik McDuffie, University of Illinois Prof and our own Executive Producer, on the publication of "The Second Battle for Africa!" and its focus on the Diasporic Midwest! @DrAshleyHoward @cmmphd @MwHWG Outline here: assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c2-…

@eji_org And as importantly, Till’s mother and her Chicago community - including The Chicago Defender - refused to let the world ignore Emmett’s tragedy.

On this day in 1955, two white men abducted and murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

The Springfield Race Riot, commemorated at last. The tragedy led to the founding of the NAACP nytimes.com/2024/08/16/us/… via @NYTimes

Dred Scott sued for his freedom inspired by Rachel, a woman enslaved at the same Forts as Scott. Rachel sued for freedom based on the Midwest's slavery ban – and won. So did Dred and Harriet Scott – until the Supreme Court reversed @wihumanities youtu.be/RPWVNiNSdYM?si…

The African Americans of Buxton, Iowa, built a town founded on true equality and justice in the late 1800s. 135 years later, America needs more Buxtons. youtu.be/scEljMHURuQ?si…

Shout out to Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara on the publication of her article "Race-Based Slavery adnthe Pople of African Descent on the Midwest Frontier" Article: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/article… Here's our interview with Christy: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

AAMW's Crystal Moten & her book "Continually Working" were headliners @ Midwest History Conference last week alongside Professors Courtney Joseph of Lake Forest and our own Erik McDuffie of UIllinois. Miss it? Here's a link to our interview!: tinyurl.com/57hvam9d

@The_Africanus @JMitchellNews very cool, Leon!

Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion on the shores of Normandy, France, the first of many waves of soldiers that drove the Nazis from these shores. Medgar Evers and other Black soldiers were among those waves. #historytwt #HistoryMatters

THE ERASURE OF BLACK WOMEN: How Dr. Moten Found the African American Women of MIlwaukee youtu.be/Bbsjvo5sIEw?si… @MwHWG @TheBlackMidwest @The_Africanus @wihumanities

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BEFORE GEORGE FLOYD In 1958 Daniel Bell was murdered by Milwaukee Police. The Midwest was no safer for Bell than the South. In 2020 George Floyd would suffer the same fate in Minneapolis. Watch this clip of Dr. Crystal Moten to learn more. LINK: youtu.be/wc_Bw_e7qrw?si…

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BLACK WOMEN'S WORK: Continually Working, Dr. Crystal Moten's broundbreaking book on Milwaukee Women's fight for economic justice. Interview on Youtube: youtu.be/cIMTJcWR8H0 Thread: Video links 🧵 @BlackMidwestern @TheBlackMidwest @wihumanities @library_obama