Almost forgot cause I’m out and about drankin and shat but…
Almost forgot cause I’m out and about drankin and shat but here we go #28DaysOfBlackHistory #Day20
Earl Lloyd the first black player in the National Basketball Association 1st pick in the 2nd round by the Boston Celtics in 1950. 1 of 3 African Americans in that draft.
Now back to drankin and shat….
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Meet the Little Rock 9…… These 9 beautiful black individuals marched into the segregated Little Rock High School in 1957 with a military escort and an abundance of racial slurs by order of President Eisenhower after the racist Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus tried to deny them their education.
Brown vs The Board of Education tied to the 14th amendment in 1954 prevented such nonsense to fly.
So like I always say, Racism is Wack…. #Power2ThePeople
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Read more#28DaysOfBlackHistory #Day5 16th Street Baptist Church, located…
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16th Street Baptist Church, located in Birmingham, Alabama. A rallying point for civil rights activity, and often used as a meeting place for leaders like MLK.
The morning of Sunday, Sept 15th 1963, 26 children were walking into the basement to prepare for a sermon…………..
A bomb exploded.
Taking the lives of Addie Mae Collins (14yrs old), Denise McNair (11yrs old), Carole Robertson (14yrs Old) & Cynthia Wesley (14yrs Old)
The explosion destroyed the back area, but eerily a stained glass window remained in tact, which showed Christ leading a group of children.
This was a turning point in the Civil Rights movement.
Immediately after this post, I’ll be honoring the 4 girls with their own feature.
In 1997 HBO did a documentary on this very story called “4 Little Girls”, I didn’t thoroughly understand the impact of this act then. At the age of 33, I OVERstand it now.
Let that marinate!!!!
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