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we talk a lot about John Brown (shout out) and we should be talkin about Joe Pullen, a sharecropper who shot his debt holder. He then ambushed the white mob that came after him, killin and injuring 18 of em in a seven hour gun fight before being shot and killed.

“In Louisiana, Blàck women were put in cells with male prisòners and some became pregnant. In 1848, legislators passed a new law declaring that all children born in the penitentiary of African American parents serving life sèntences would be pròperty of the state. The wòmen would raise the kìds until the age of ten, at which point the penitentiary would place an ad in the newspaper. Thirty days later, the children would be aùctioned off on the courthouse steps 'cash on delivery.' The proceeds were used to fund schools for whìtè children. . . many of [the black children] were purchased by prisòn officials.” Source: American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer

In 1913, Sarah Rector, a 10-year-old Black girl in Oklahoma, was allotted 160 acres of land thought to be unsuitable for farming. After oil was discovered on the property, she rose to become one of the first Black millionaires in the United States.

In 1961, a man with an 8th-grade education picked up a pencil in his prison cell and changed American history. Clarence Earl Gideon was a 51-year-old drifter with gray hair, weathered skin, and a lifetime of hard luck. On August 4, 1961, he stood accused in a Florida courtroom of breaking into the Bay Harbor Pool Room. The evidence was razor-thin—one witness claimed he saw Gideon leaving around 5:30 a.m. with coins in his pocket. About $5 in change, beer, and soda were missing. Gideon swore he was innocent. Too poor for a lawyer, he asked the judge to appoint one. The judge refused—Florida law allowed counsel only in death penalty cases. Gideon defended himself but was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison. In his cell, Gideon studied law books, learned about the Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel and the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process guarantee. He filed a handwritten petition in pencil on prison stationery to the U.S. Supreme Court. It reached them in January 1962. The Court agreed to hear his case and appointed top lawyer Abe Fortas. On March 18, 1963, in a unanimous 9-0 decision (*Gideon v. Wainwright*), the Supreme Court ruled that the right to counsel is fundamental to a fair trial and applies to the states. Indigent defendants facing serious charges must receive a lawyer. At his retrial with skilled counsel, the key witness was discredited. The jury acquitted Gideon after just one hour. He walked free after more than two years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Gideon’s courage transformed American justice. Thousands of convictions were reviewed, public defender systems expanded, and the principle was cemented: justice should not depend on wealth. One ordinary man’s pencil forever changed the system.

🚨 Score Update ‼️ The Warriors are headed back to the Elite 8 for the 3rd time in four years after a series sweep over Sparkman (12-1, 5-1). Complete team effort on both sides of the ball! 7A playoff baseball rolls on… stay hungry, stay focused. #GTBH #WNU #SurviveAndAdvance

Confirmation the NCAA’s new age based eligibility rules won’t give athletes who exhausted eligibility in 2025-26 a 5th season of competition. Current college athletes with eligibility remaining can choose to utilize old rules or new rules. Waivers must be in by July 31, 2026.

Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green is a trailblazing American medical physicist who developed a groundbreaking, laser-activated nanoparticle technology to treat cancer without damaging healthy tissue. Using nanoparticles to target and destroy tumour cells.

🇺🇸 Most Badass Americans You Don’t Know: #7 Henry Johnson Henry Johnson is an American Badass They called him Black Death. The Germans earned every syllable the hard way. This 5’4” Harlem Hellfighter turned a two-man listening post into a one-man meat grinder on the night of May 14-15, 1918 near Vaux, France. A 20-man German raiding party ambushed him and his buddy in the dark. No backup. No mercy coming. His rifle jammed mid-fight? Didn’t matter. He swung it like a club until the stock splintered across enemy skulls. Then he dropped the broken weapon, pulled his bolo knife, and went savage. He drove the blade straight through one German’s head. Shot and bayoneted 21 times, bleeding out and half-dead, this legend still dragged his badly wounded comrade to safety under fire to keep him from capture. He stopped the entire raid cold. Johnson fought with the all-Black 369th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Harlem Hellfighters. They spent 191 days in combat, longer than any other American unit, without losing a single foot of ground or a single man to capture. France pinned the Croix de Guerre with Palm on him immediately — the very first American to ever receive it. The U.S. took 97 years to finally catch up, awarding him the Medal of Honor in 2015. Henry Johnson is an American Legend 🇺🇸

I think I will keep reposting this in my time line. These people were and are heroes.

Honouring all those enslaved people who built the U.S. Capitol.

This photograph shows James Zwerg, a college student from Wisconsin, after he was bęaten by a mob in Alabama for participating in the Freedom Rides. Following the beating, he lost consciousness and was left unattended for hours as white ambulance crews refused to assist him. He was eventually taken to the hospital by an ambulance designated for Bląck patients. The incident took place in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1961. At the hospital, Zwerg simply stated, "Segręgation must be stopped. It must be broken down." He's still alive today at the ripe age of 85.

With deep sorrow, we say farewell to one of the final sentinels of the Tuskegee Airmen. George E. Hardy, who once danced across the skies of Europe in his Mustang has taken his final flight at the age of 100. Leaving behind a legacy forged in courage, resilience, and unwavering dignity. It began in a quiet room in Philadelphia. A 16-year-old boy hunched over his homework as the radio crackled with the news of Pearl Harbor. In that instant, the world fractured, and George’s childhood evaporated. He didn't wait for history to call; he went to meet it. Denied entry because of the color of his skin, he didn't retreat. He leaned into the wind. He joined the U.S. Army Air Forces, arriving at Tuskegee not just to learn the mechanics of flight, but to dismantle the mechanics of prejudice. By 19, George was a "Red Tail," a guardian of the clouds. While the world below was segregated, the flak in the European theater was indifferent. He flew 21 combat missions over Nazi-occupied territory, a teenager in a cockpit proving that valor has no pedigree. Most men would have seen enough of war. George was not most men. - World War II: 21 combat missions in the P-51 Mustang. - Korea: 45 combat missions, braving the dawn of the jet age. - Vietnam: 70 combat missions, a veteran hand guiding a new generation. For nearly thirty years, he wore the uniform of a country that didn't always love him back, yet he protected it with a devotion that shames the very idea of hate. When he finally climbed out of the cockpit, he didn't stop serving. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he helped architect the military’s first global communication systems. He spent his sunset years ensuring that those who followed him would never be out of reach, never be truly alone in the dark. "He rose above the clouds so we could finally see the light." Today, we don't just salute a pilot. We salute a man who endured the sting of Jim Crow to earn the silver wings of a hero. He was the quiet defiance in the face of "no," the steady hand in the cockpit, and the humble heart in the room. The "Red Tails" are thinning now, their formation heading into the eternal sunset. But as George E. Hardy crosses the ultimate horizon, he leaves behind a legacy etched not in ink, but in the very air we breathe. Rest well, Colonel. The watch is ours. The sky is yours.

Rawlin Lee Tate Jr. from Woodland High School in Stockbridge, Georgia takes 31 AP courses & becomes the school’s first black Male valedictorian. He earned over $1.3 million in college scholarship offers & he had no grade below a 98 in high school and was top of his class for years.

Radar guns are a lie. 95 is really 91. Look it up. It’s @mlb marketing.

Put lime on watermelon and watch what happens. Pharmacies don't want you to know this

Ninth Grader Demi Johnson receives National Geographic award for plan to save Mississippi's oyster reef population. The ninth grader has produced 1,100 oysters that will in turn spawn millions of larvae into the ecosystem, a huge ecological impact

Jack Daniels whisky was created by an enslaved Black American named Nearest Green. He taught Jack Daniels how to make it, and the Daniels brand has made millions