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In 1957, the KKK planned to set up a burning cross at a college in Alabama that recently integrated. However, the students were all in their dorms and heard the KKK outside. The students then attacked the KKK with bats and golf clubs and forced them to retreat #BlackHistoryMonth
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Race is a modern concept. In ancient times, people were divided based on wealth, class, or religion regardless of race. The idea of racial differences and racism emerged about 500 years ago in Europe as a way to justify colonialism and slavery. #BlackHistoryMonth
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The FBI, under COINTELPRO, admitted to sending Black Panther Party leader, Geronimo Pratt to prison for 27 years based on absolute false charges. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/mP5OvtL6RB
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In 2005, Ku Klux Klan successfully adopted a road in Missouri. The Missouri state legislature fought back by renaming the road after Rosa Parks. #BlackHistoryMonth
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They snatched flags outta young black people hands because they didn't want you to be a part of America. Now they're mad because you won't stand up for the same damn flag #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/pREsr6bePK
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Mack Robinson, brother of Jackie Robinson, medaled in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Upon returning home to California, the only work he could find as an African American was sweeping streets, which he did while wearing his Olympic 'USA' sweatshirt. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/mkwHcmNhbO
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Caroline Still Wiley Anderson, born in 1848. Graduated from Oberlin, the only Black woman in class, later taught at Howard University. In 1878 she became Philadelphia's first black doctor. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/kmqm9ykCn2
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They won't tell you about these amazing black inventors at school! #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/G6dYUt2oGl
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Not only was Aretha Franklin the first African American woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she was the first woman. Period. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/7Wz16i4YER
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Provident Hospital, the first Black-owned and operated hospital in America, was established in Chicago in 1891 by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, an African-American surgeon #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/bFVtfWPTCR
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Adolf Hitler murdered 10M Europeans King Leopold II murdered 15M Africans We were only taught about one... #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/2p8R1y1SV0
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Here's a visual reminder of what Ruby Bridges faced every day and why what she did was so powerful. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/yXUbxK6gjJ
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#BlackHistoryMonth “If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.” - Harriet Tubman https://t.co/HT85B5gF4w
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#BlackHistoryMonth Today, teach your children about Ruby Bridges. She was the first black child to attend at all-white public elementary school in the South. She's only 63. Only, 63. https://t.co/LAehSsbrbi
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When people say “it’s not that deep” regarding Black women’s hairstyles. Please remind them of the “Tignon Laws”. The Tignon Laws were Laws that banned Black women from exposing their natural hair. Laws that socialized Black women to hate their own hair. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/IApFIeeF2D
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“If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.” - Harriet Tubman #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/Dlksusk5lV
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On this day, February 4, 1913, Rosa Parks, the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement, was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. We will never forget you. You started it all! #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/Sad2aXyI3F
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This is Maxine Waters appreciation tweet. For more than 37 yrs, she has been a pioneer in public policy. Most senior black woman in Congress, been on the House of Reps since 92. Fought for civil rights throughout her tenure &continues to speak out for equality. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/aaoFtyCmKS
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First lady Michelle Obama holds the hand of her husband President Barack Obama as U.S. Rep. John Lewis, speaks at 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma. This photo gives me chills.. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/i7iewivy8P
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This is Maxine Waters appreciation tweet. For more than 37 yrs, she has been a pioneer in public policy. Most senior black woman in Congress, been on the House of Reps since 92. Fought for civil rights throughout her tenure &continues to speak out for equality. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/aaoFtyCmKS
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Dorothy Counts was the 1st Black girl to attend an all white school. She was taunted by her white "peers" every day. Spat on. Followed home. But she refused to back down. She embodies the strength of so many black women. And she was only 15. Take that in. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/nhw3vvdZna
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First lady Michelle Obama holds the hand of her husband President Barack Obama as U.S. Rep. John Lewis, speaks at 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma. This photo gives me chills.. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/i7iewivy8P
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Clementine Hunter was a self-taught artist from Louisiana, who lived and worked on Melrose Plantation. She began her career in art at the age of 53 and became the first black artist to have a solo exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/qr7WTMv8ZD
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Muhammad Ali lived in a world where he won an Olympic gold medal, came home and was refused service in a white owned restaurant. 40 years later Colin Kaepernick carried on the same legacy. Racism is still very much alive and no signs of slowing down. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/Km2LcHoRfP
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First all female Black flight crew. Captain Rachelle Jones, first officer Stephanie Grant and flight attendants Diana Galloway and Robin Rogers made history on February 12th, 2009 when their Delta Connection carrier departed from Atlanta to Nashville, Tennessee #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/rDXGZTPNwc
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Let's celebrate the men and women who were bullied & sprayed & abused fighting for equality, but aren't in history books #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/abU0rGwYjO
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As a teacher, Lovely Hoffman was troubled to see her students feeling insecure and belittling their own appearances. Now, trough her song 'My Black Is Beautiful,' she's empowering her students to feel confident and beautiful in their own skin #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/kQ5TiC72Ql
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Another hidden figure revealed! 87-year-old retired mathematician Gladys West was part of the team that developed the Global Positioning System (GPS). #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/FAG59Gim7x
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