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In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave, after being told the library was not for Black people. The boy, Ronald McNair, went on to became an astronaut. The library is also now named after him. Ronald McNair was 9 when a South Carolina librarian told him he could not check out books from a segregated library in 1959. Refusing to leave, a determined McNair sat on the counter while the librarian called the police, as well McNair's mother. The police arrived, told the librarian to let the young boy have his books, and McNair walked out alongside his mother and brother. McNair went on to earn his Ph.D. in physics at MIT and became one of the first African Americans selected as astronauts by NASA, alongside Guion S. Bluford, Jr. and Frederick Gregory. McNair's first spaceflight was the STS-41B mission, aboard the "Challenger" shuttle. He successfully maneuvered the robotic arm, which allowed astronaut Bruce McCandless to perform the first space walk without being tethered to the spacecraft. On this day in 1986, the second space flight for McNair would be his last. He, along with six other NASA astronauts, were aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it exploded 73 seconds after takeoff in 1986. Everyone on board the shuttle was killed. Today, the library in South Carolina where McNair was refused books is named after the heroic boy determined to make a difference. 🖊️As the only admin behind this page, I try to research to educate. If you appreciate this effort, you can support to help the page thrive on ko-fi.com/africanarchives (link in bio) Your support is deeply appreciated! Or just follow the page for articles.

Gazans are not asking for weapons like the Israelis do. They ask for Humanitarian Aid. Such like Food, Water, Freedom,safety, shelter. And their right to self-determination.

These conversations around 12 year olds getting abortions is absurd. The abortion isn’t the issue. The fact that the 12 yr old is pregnant in the first fucking place is.

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Today in history, 1890: Journalist Nellie Bly completes the fictitious journey of Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg in just 72 days. Inspired by Verne’s novel “Around the World in Eighty Days,” Bly began her 25,000-mile journey on Nov. 14, 1889. /1 #ResistanceRoots

On this day in 1972, the first black elected congresswoman, Shirley Chisholm, began her campaign for President of the U.S.

watching this CHILD sob about her family dying and saying that she wishes to die too because of that breaks me. how can you be on the internet, see these videos and still decide to be ignorant??? disgusting. absolutely disgusting.

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AHHHH MY FRIEND IS SO SKILLED

Corruption of power.

Bobby Hutton was one of the original member of the Black Panther Party. After being bombed with tear gas and trapped in a burning basement, he came out shirtless to prove he was unarmed and the police immediately shot him 12 times and he died. He was only 17 years. -Robert James Hutton also known as "Lil' Bobby” born on April 21, 1950 and at 16-years old he became the first member and the first treasurer of the Black Panther Party. Hutton met Black Panther Party founders Huey Newton and Bobby Seale at the North Oakland Neighborhood Anti-Poverty Center, a "government-funded agency that employed local youth to work on community service projects. On April 6, 1968, two days after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and with riots raging across cities in the U.S., Hutton was traveling with Eldridge Cleaver and other BPP members in a car. The group were stopped by two Oakland Police officers and had a confrontation. The two police officers were shot. Hutton and Cleaver fled to an apartment building where they engaged in a 90-minute gun battle with the Oakland Police Department. Some incoming bullets had also caught fire. Ultimately, Cleaver was wounded, and Hutton voluntarily surrendered to avoid getting burnt alive. According to Cleaver, although Hutton had stripped down to his underwear and had his hands raised in the air to prove that he was unarmed, Oakland Police shot the 17 year old Hutton more than 12 times, leading to his death. The Police report claimed that Hutton was attempting to run and was wearing a trench coat and his hands were not visible. 🖊️As the only admin behind this page, I try to research to educate. If you appreciate this effort, you can support to help the page thrive on ko-fi.com/africanarchives (link in bio) Your support is deeply appreciated! Or just follow the page for articles.

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As a history buff, I can verify that this is accurate

gaza is a feminist issue. gaza is an environmental issue. gaza is a children’s safety issue. gaza is a human rights issue. gaza is a water contamination issue. gaza is a food scarcity issue. gaza is a genocidal issue. anyone claiming otherwise is lying to themselves.

By chat & community popular vote, our next @Twitch theme night is: '60s NIGHT! Starting at 10:30pm ET TONIGHT at twitch.tv/kristikates! All '60s live songlist requests, '60s alerts, '60s BRB video - DIG IT!

Welp, I won't be playing Palworld.

@70sMamaboo Well, it certainly isn't too hot.

At my son’s house in Calumet Michigan. Guess I can’t complain about weather here.

Hey, NBC & the New York Times: You wrote that Donald Trump “appeared” to have mixed up Nikki Haley for Nancy Pelosi. No, he DID mix them up. Your inability to clearly call out Trump’s gaffes & your incessant focus on President Biden’s is getting really f*cking exhausting.

Has anyone asked Donald why his doctors are making him take dementia tests? The news isn’t that he’s bragging about them. The news is that he’s taking them.