#thingstheydontteachyou

[dscola]

On this date in 1911, Lawrence Nelson and his mother Laura Nelson, were lynched and hanged from the Old Schoolton Bridge in Oklahoma. There were picnics and postcards were sold to celebrate. #lauranelson #lawrencenelson #strangefruit #lynchings #blackhidstory #blackhistoryeveryday #thingstheydontteachyou #makeamericagreatagain #facebookbannedmeforthis https://www.instagram.com/p/CAm9s_Hpasb/?igshid=d8kdfq7t03dl

[dscola]

March 5, 1945: Lena Baker, a maid, was executed for murder by the State of Georgia in 1945 for killing her employer, Ernest Knight, in 1944. At her trial she said that he had imprisoned and threatened to shoot her should she try to leave. She took his gun and shot him. Baker was the only woman to be executed by electrocution in Georgia. On entering the execution chamber, Baker sat in the electric chair and said: "What I done, I did in self-defense, or I would have been killed myself. Where I was I could not overcome it. God has forgiven me. I have nothing against anyone. I picked cotton for Mr. Pritchett, and he has been good to me. I am ready to go. I am one in the number. I am ready to meet my God. I have a very strong conscience." In 2005 Baker was granted a full and unconditional pardon by the State of Georgia, 60 years after her execution. The movie The Lena Baker Story (2008) is about her life. #lenabaker #makebeingblackinamericalegal #standyourground #themorethingschange #americatheugly #blackhidstory #thingstheydontteachyou https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Wg9xtHgJ0/?igshid=186fw3ivxp460

[dscola]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LATE GREAT, MS. NINA SIMONE!!! Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was a singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music. Simone aspired to become a classical pianist while working in a broad range of styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. #ninasimone #beautifulblackwomen #greatblackwomen #mississoppigoddamn #blacksingers #thingstheydontteachyou #freedomfighters #blackrevolutionaries #grammyawardwinners https://www.instagram.com/p/B81EveQFLFK/?igshid=t4u4jitv80wx

[dscola]

Happy bornday to the Mrs. Angela Davis. Angela Yvonne Davis is an American political activist, academic scholar, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Her interests include prisoner rights; she co-founded Critical Resistance, an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex. She was a professor (now retired) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in its History of Consciousness Department and a former director of the university's Feminist Studies department.(Wikipedia) #angeladavis #beautifulblackwomen #greatblackwomen #blacklivesmatter #blackrevolutionaries #freedomfighters #blackisbeautiful #treasureourown #thingstheydontteachyou https://www.instagram.com/p/B7y1ekWH5JT/?igshid=12swm6h71jb6s

[dscola]

Happy bornday to the great Marcus Garvey. The founder of Black Nationalism and one of the most important black men of the 20th century. #marcusgarvey #blackpride #blackpower #blackisbeautiful #blacknationalism #greatblackmen #blackleaders #blackhistory #blackhistoryeveryday #jamaican #thingstheydontteachyou #treasureourown https://www.instagram.com/p/B1SP9KFlITu/?igshid=mmjoan1gobj0

[dscola]

Happy birthday to the great abolitionist, John Brown. He believed that armed resistance was the only way to abolish slavery. Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was a way to try to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. #johnbrown #slaverevolt #harpersferry #abolitionist #blackhistory #americanhistory #thingstheydontteachyou #freedomordeath #blackhidstory #freedomfoghters https://www.instagram.com/p/BijdakvBih8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uyy6nglj9vgm

[dscola]

Paddyrollers began in 1704 in South Carolina. The Paddyrollers job was to ride around slave plantations stopping all slaves they encountered and making them prove that they were engaged in lawful activities. Paddyrollers required Blacks to produce a pass, which stated their owner's name as well as where and when they were allowed to be away from the plantation and for how long…SOUND FAMILIAR. Paddyrollers would break up large gatherings and assemblies of Blacks, enter without warrant the plantation grounds to search the slave quarters and inspect slave homes… DAMN THIS SOUNDS SO FAMILIAR… looking for stolen goods, missing slaves who had turned runaway and weapons that could be used in an revolt. They also looked for evidence of books, papers, and pens because remember learning to read and write was forbidden for Black folks on the plantation. I WASN’T BORN A SLAVE BUT I’VE BEEN FORCED TO PRODUCE MY PASS…I MEAN ID AND ASKED WHERE I’M GOING, SEARCHED FOR WEAPONS AND TOLD WE HAVE TO MOVE OFF THE BLOCK SEVERAL TIMES. DAMN FUNNY HOW TIMES NEVER CHANGE. #paddyrollers #slavecatchers #overseer #officer #moderndayslavepatrol #thingstheydontteachyou #blackhidstory #themorethingschange #throwawaythewholesystem #makebeingblackinamericalegal https://www.instagram.com/p/BcffBtYgomy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n6efia7rxvi0

[dscola]

Happy birthday to Harriet Tubman. One of the most courageous women in history who freed countless black men and women from bondage. #harriettubman #greatblackwomen #beautifulblackwomen #freedomfighters #blackrevolutionaries #theblackwomanisgod #thingstheydontteachyou #blackhistory #undergroundrailroad #blackhistoryeveryday #makethisdayaholiday https://www.instagram.com/p/Bekjmnggcr2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1k0vdhuh2prep

[dscola]

Happy 66th birthday to Ruby Bridges. Born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi, Ruby Bridges was 6 when she became the first African-American child to integrate a white Southern elementary school, having to be escorted to class by her mother and U.S. marshals due to violent mobs. Bridges' bravery paved the way for continued Civil Rights action and she's shared her story with future generations in educational forums. #rubybridges #integration #southernhate #youngandbrave #greatblackwomen #blackhistory #blacklivesmatter #blackrevolutionaries #blackhistory #racismistaught #domesticterrorism #thesepeoplehadchildren #treasureourown #thingstheydontteachyou https://www.instagram.com/p/CE4Vckmpmou/?igshid=1xgtu78lopd9f

[dscola]

65 years ago on this date in 1955, 14 year old Emmett Till was kidnapped and murdered because Carolyn Bryant lied and said he whistled at her in Money, Mississippi. Her husband and his friends took Till away and beat and mutilated him before shooting him and sinking his body in the Tallahatchie River. Three days later, Till's body was discovered and retrieved from the river. Mamie Till insisted that there be an open casket at his funeral to show the world how brutal and despicable his murder was. 65 years later, we're still looking for justice for the constant lynchings of people of color. I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. #emmittill #mamietill #carolynbryant #blackhistory #blackhidstory #whitelies #thingstheydontteachyou #blacklivesmatter #makebeingblackinamericalegal #legalizeblacklives #blacklivesdidntmatter #sameshitdifferentday #alldaylongthesameoldsong #defundthepolice #alllivesmattermyass #unjustifiedhomicide https://www.instagram.com/p/CEboExrJiv3/?igshid=rtmptfsjycw6

[dscola]

On this date in 1956, the Clinton 12 became the first African American students to integrate a public school in the south, following the Brown vs Board of Education ruling. Most of us have only heard of the #littlerock9 Things the history books don't tell you. #clinton12 #brownvsboardofeducation #integration #blackhistory #blackhidstory #thingstheydontteachyou #blackhistoryeveryday #treasureourown https://www.instagram.com/p/CEWVNKxpOhM/?igshid=1o3wf6htechph

[dscola]

Happy bornday to the great Marcus Garvey. The founder of Black Nationalism and one of the most forward thinking revolutionaries of the 20th century. #marcusgarvey #blackpride #blackpower #blackisbeautiful #blacknationalism #greatblackmen #blackleaders #blackhistory #blackhistoryeveryday #jamaican #thingstheydontteachyou #treasureourown #blackrevolutionary https://www.instagram.com/p/CD_5OzMpfUs/?igshid=1pr7mqlpj9c1p

[dscola]

On August 16, 1904 In Statesboro, Georgia, Two black men, Will Cato and Paul Reed, were doused with oil and burned alive at the stake after an all-white jury convicted them of murdering a white family of 5. Angry whites from surrounding counties were drawn to the trials by lynching rumors printed in the Savannah Morning News. The rumors and unsubstantiated stories about the murdered Hodges children offering their pennies in return for mercy helped vilify Cato and Reed before the trial even started. About 1,000 men, with guns and whiskey in tow, showed up for the trial. They crowded the Bulloch County Courthouse the day the all-white jury delivered the final guilty verdict and the judge sentenced Cato and Reed to hang. But the verdict didn't satisfy their demands for vengeance. The mob kidnapped Cato and Reed with the help of the Bulloch County Sheriff and his deputies and nooses were placed around the necks of Cato and Reed anf they were tied with ropes and chains to a tree stump, each man was doused in 10 gallons of oil and burned alive before a cheering crowd. Hundreds of citizens brought their children to the scene to gather souvenirs. 2 kids even presented the judge with charred pieces of Cato and Reed's bones the following day. The day after the lynching, blacks were being whipped and beaten by mobs almost nightly. Many whites believed that there was still a ring of black criminals in town and others were just taking their fears and frustrations out on whoever was available, according to the reports. An unidentified black man was found,"shot to pieces," on Lott's bridge in Statesboro and an elderly black man named Albert Roberts was shot and killed in his Statesboro home. Roberts' 17-year-old son was also wounded in the incident, in which a mob selected their house at random and riddled it with bullets. #statesborolynching #willcato #paulreed #lynchings #domesticterrorism #whitesupremacy #blackhidstory #blacklivesmatter #makebeingblackinamericalegal #thingstheydontteachyou #hiddenhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9X3xiJJRZ/?igshid=1lt9oxdrvdomd

[dscola]

On this date in 1908, The Springfield race riot began when two black men were arrested for allegedly assaulting a white man. A lynch mob seeking to take the men and murder them, were upset that the sheriff had transferred them out of the city. The mob went on a murderous spree against the black citizens and destroyed black homes and businesses. #springfieldraceriot #domesticterrorism #hiddenhistory #blackhidstory #thingstheydontteachyou #makebeingblackinamericalegal #blackhistoryeveryday #maga https://www.instagram.com/p/CD3o1qnJjIw/?igshid=nhdf6qb0itae

[dscola]

On this date 100 years ago, the great Marcus Garvey created the Pan-African flag. #marcusgarvey #blackisbeautiful #panafricanism #greatblackmen #blackpower #blackpride #thingstheydontteachyou #blackrevolutionary #theredtheblackandthegreen https://www.instagram.com/p/CD09khyJuYa/?igshid=1a7s88c106utl

[dscola]

Happy 47th birthday to hip hop! While hip hop's origins began much earlier, it is often said to have officially been born at an Aug. 11, 1973 birthday party for his sister where DJ Kool Herc used two turntables to create a "break beat." @kooldjherc #hiphop #hiphophistory #hiphopislife #djkoolherc #1520sedgwickave #realhiphop #thebronx #thingstheydontteachyou #treasureourown #thefoundation #makethisdayaholiday https://www.instagram.com/p/CDwOG7HJCra/?igshid=10qymgyt8d96h