Stephen T (2024)

01/03/2021

Black History Lesson 28 of 28: The Black Dollar - After slavery was abolished and blacks began to gain freedoms in America several freedmen grew their fortunes. Still dealing with assassination attempts, harassment’s, lawsuits, arrests on fake charges, mob attacks, robberies people like William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr., Jeremiah Hamilton, Mary Ellen Pleasant, Robert Reed Church Sr., Hannah Elias, Ottawa W. Gurley, Annie Malone and Alonzo Herndon were able to growth their wealth to millions. Today although still facing unfavorable conditions black people are still reaching high levels of wealth. People like Jay Z & Beyonce, John Thompson and Oprah have grown there wealth to thr billion dollar level.

28/02/2021

Black History Lesson 27 of 28: Black Fashion - Although they were given the worse selection of clothing during slavery times people of the African diaspora have continuously set trends and innovate the fashion world. Black people have a knack for taking what is available and creating something new. This has birth several Global fashion trends. Today black designers like Virgil Abloh remain at the forefront of the fashion industry.

26/02/2021

Black History Lesson 25 of 28: Black Music: The music of African Americans can be traced back to the days of slavery. In the fields as slaves were working you could hear them singing songs to pass the time. These songs were a way for them to share their life stories. As music and technology evolved African Americans have continued to convert emotions into the music that moves the world, creating new sounds such as jazz, blues, hip hop, soul, funk, disco, techno and house.

25/02/2021

All month I've been sharing events where people have demonstrated thier hate for black people with violence and asked the question . Now I'm gonna share some of the reason why.

Black History Lesson 24 of 28: Soul Food - Soul food is an ethnic cuisine traditionally prepared and eaten by African Americans, originating in the Southern United States.The cuisine originated with the foods that were given to enslaved West Africans on southern plantations during the American colonial period; however, it was strongly influenced by the traditional practices of West Africans and Native Americans from its inception.

24/02/2021

Black History Lesson 23 of 28: The Black Wallstreet Massacre - On May 31 (my birthday) 1921 in Tulsa Oklahoma mobs of white residents, many of them deputized and given weapons by city officials, attacked black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The attack, carried out on the ground and from private aircraft, destroyed more than 35 square blocks of the district—at that time the wealthiest black community in the United States, known as "Black Wall Street.

There are estimate that nearly 300 people were killed and another 800 injured in these violent attacks which included a bombing. Thousands were left homeless.

23/02/2021

Black History Lesson 22 of 28: Birmingham Church Bombing - On Sunday, September 15, 1963. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the 16th Street Baptist Church. The explosion at the church killed four girls and injured between 14 and 22 other people.

The explosion was so intense that one of the girls' bodies was decapitated and so badly mutilated that her body could be identified only through her clothing and a ring. Another victim was killed by a piece of mortar embedded in her skull.

22/02/2021

Black History Lesson 21 of 28: The Charleston church shooting - Pn June 17, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina, in which nine African Americans were killed during a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Among those people who were killed was the senior pastor, state senator Clementa C. Pinckney; three victims survived. This church is one of the oldest black churches in the United States, and it has long been a center for organizing events which are related to civil rights.

The gun man was a white teen, who displayed his racist beliefs across his internet profiles. After his arrest a day after the shooting he was treated very kindly by arrest officers. They even took him to Burger King, because he was hungry.

21/02/2021

Black History Lesson 20 of 28: 1985 MOVE Bombing - On Monday, May 13, 1985 in Philadelphia after years of violent and non violent incidents between the police and a black militant group know as MOVE came to a head. Nearly 500 armed officers made way towards the MOVE compound with a warrant from a local judge. Ab armed standoff led to a 90 minute shootout where the police nk ultimately dropped 2 one pound bombs from helicopters on the MOVE compound. 11 people were killed and nearly 65 homes were destroyed.

No one from the city government was criminally charged in the attack. The only surviving adult MOVE member, Ramona Africa, was charged and convicted on charges of riot and conspiracy.

20/02/2021

Black History Lesson 19 of 28: The Election Riot of 1874 - In 1874 Freedmen comprised a majority of the population in Eufaula, Alabama and had begun to gain political power helping elect Republicans representatives to local offices. This obviously upset thier opposition, and members of local hate groups like the White League and Red Shirts soon came to repeat what they had done in several surrounding areas.

On election day, November 3, 1874, they fought to rig the election by not counting black votes. They invaded Eufaula, killing at least seven black Republicans, injuring at least 70 more, and driving off more than 1,000 unarmed Republicans from the polls.

19/02/2021

Black History Lesson 18 of 28: The Washington race riot of 1919 - On

Saturday July 19, 1919 in Washington DC a black man was arrested, questioned and then released on suspicion of a sexual assault on a white woman. In retaliation a mob of White Americans; many in the United States Army, United States Navy, and United States Marine Corps, formed and started attacks on several African Americans and also an African-American family home. They rioted, randomly beat black people on the street, and pulled others off streetcars for attacks. When police refused to intervene, the black population fought back. Violence went on for nearly a week.

18/02/2021

Black History Lesson 17 of 28:The Elaine massacre - On September 29 1919 in Elaine Arkansas a Union of primarily black farmers, held a meeting to discuss how to obtain fairer settlements from landowners. White men came to disrupt this meeting leading to a shooting where an officer and another man were killed.

In retaliation armed white men entered the county from outside to support the hunt and a mob formed of 500 to 1,000 armed men. They attacked black people on sight across the county. There are estimates from 100 to 237 African Americans killed, and more wounded.

After the massacre, state officials concocted an elaborate cover-up, falsely claiming that blacks were planning an insurrection.

16/02/2021

Black History Lesson 15 of 28: The Rosewood massacre - In January 1923 in rural Levy County, Florida a 22 year old white woman claimed she was r***d by a black man. As a result of this accusation a man was lynched and a mob of several hundred whites combed the countryside hunting for black people and burned almost every structure in Rosewood.

It is reported that hundreds of black people were killed in this attack. No arrests were made for what happened in Rosewood. The town was abandoned by its former black and white residents; none ever moved back, none were ever compensated for their land, and the town ceased to exist.

15/02/2021

Black History Lesson 14 of 28: The Thibodaux massacre - In November 1887 after a three-week strike during the critical harvest season by an estimated 10,000 workers against sugar cane plantations in Southern Louisiana hundreds of black were killed by white militias.

The strike was started due to the horrible working conditions in the plantations. Many workers were former slaves working some of the same fields they worked as slaves. Once the strike began, a "Peace and Order Committee" was created by a plantation owner. This group of over 300 white men closed off exits to the town and began killing mostly unarmed blacks for 3 days.

14/02/2021

Black History Lesson 13 of 28: Memphis Riotof 1866 - On May 1st 1866 a large group of black soldiers, women, and children gathered in a public space, forming an impromptu street party. Police officers from a neighboring jurisdiction were sent to break up the gathering. They were out numbered and forced to retreated after an officer accidentally shot himself, and another was killed.

Later mobs of white residents and policemen returned and rampaged through black neighbourhoods and the houses of freedmen, attacking and killing black soldiers and civilians and committing many acts of robbery and arson. In total nearly 50 were killed, over 75 more injured, nearly 100 were robbed, homes burned down and over 100k on damages were inflicted on by the black community.

13/02/2021

Black History Lesson 12 of 28: The Colfax massacre - On Easter Sunday, April 13, 1873, in Colfax, Louisiana after weeks of violence; including several shoot outside, and the over taking of the local court house, 62-153 black men were murdered by white Southerners who had formed a militia.

Historians describe the massacre as the worst instance of racial violence during Reconstruction. A few members of the militia were arrested and charged, but eventually most were released.

11/02/2021

Black History Lesson 10 of 28: Vicksburg Mississippi Masacre - In 1870 Peter Crosby, a formerly enslaved Black man, was elected sheriff in Vicksburg, Mississippi – but shortly after taking office, Sheriff Crosby was indicted on false criminal charges and a violent white mob removed him from his position.

On December 7, 1874, white mobs attacked and killed dozens of Black citizens of Vicksburg, Mississippi, who had organized a political meeting in support of reinstating the Black sheriff.

There are reports that atleast 150 black people were slaughtered in this massacre. The sheriff eventually regained his position, but was shot by his appointed deputy.

10/02/2021

Black History Lesson 9 of 28: The Wilmington insurrection of 1898 - On Thursday, November 10, 1898 a mob of about 2000 white men led a coup to overthrow the newly elected officials in Wilmington NC.

Armed with their personal weaponsn including atleast 1 Gatlin gun they expelled opposition Black and white political leaders from the city, destroyed the property and businesses of Black citizens built up since the Civil War, including the only Black newspaper in the city, and killed an estimated 60 to more than 300 people.

09/02/2021

Black History Lesson 8 of 28: East St. Louis Riots - On May 28, 1917 1,000–3,000 white men marched into downtown East St. Louis and began attacking African Americans on the street and in streetcars and burning some buildings.

A few weeks later after an officer was killed in an accidental shooting thousands of whites rushed into the black sections of town and began rioting. The mob beat and shot blacks on the street indiscriminately, including women and children. After cutting the water hoses of the fire department, white rioters burned entire sections of the city and shot black residents as they escaped the flames. Some reports show nearly 200 black were killed, and over 6000 were left homeless.

08/02/2021

Black History Lesson 7 of 28: 1943 Detroit race riot - On June 20, 1943 altercations between youth began bubbling on Belle Isle, an island in the Detroit River off Detroit's mainland. These brawls eventually grew into a confrontation between groups of whites and blacks on the long Belle Isle Bridge. The riots spread into the city as many white began joining the mobs. Groups like local sailors joined in to fight against the blacks.

False reports throughout the city also added to the madness. The riots lasted 3 days and it is reported that 34 people had been killed; 25 were African Americans, of which 17 were killed by the police (their forces were predominantly white and dominated by ethnic whites). 13 deaths remain unsolved.

06/02/2021

Black History Lesson 6 of 28: Atlanta Massacre of 1906 - On September 22, 1906 two black men were indicted on r**e charges after claims of several white women being assaulted. After this mobs of nearly 15000 white men began terrorizing black communities.

According to the Atlanta History Center, some black Americans were hanged from lamposts; others were shot, beaten or stabbed to death. They were pulled from street cars and attacked on the street; white mobs invaded black neighborhoods, destroying homes and businesses. In total there were atleast 25 confirmed deaths with some reporting over 100.

05/02/2021

Black History Lesson 5 of 28: New York City draft riots - In 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg President Abraham Lincoln sent troops to protect New York City as riots were beginning to break out. The rioters were overwhelmingly white working-class men who feared free black people competing for work, and presented wealthy whites that could buy there way out of the draft.

The riots began as protest but erupted into violence. The official death toll was listed at either 119 or 120 individuals, and thousands more were injured.

04/02/2021

Black History Lesson 4 of 28: 1919 Red Summer in Chicago - In 1919 after the murder of a 17 year old black man who swam in the white designated area of the beach. When black beach goers complained whites attacked them, white violence expanded into neighborhoods where white mobs attacked innocent black residents. Tensions between groups arose in a melee that blew up into days of unrest.

The violence did not end until the National Guard was called to stop it. Because of the rioting, 38 people died (23 African American and 15 white),[and another 537 were injured, and over 1000 black residents were left homeless.

03/02/2021

Black History Lesson 3 of 28: The Camilla massacre - In early September 1868 the first 33 black members of the Georgia General Assembly were removed from thier positions. After this several hundred black and a handful of whites marched from Albany, Georgia, to Camilla to hold a political rally in protest.

They were met by the local sheriff and "citizens committee" in the majority-white town who warned the black and white activists that they would be met with violence, and demanded that they surrender their guns.

The white militia was deputized by the local sheriff and forced the blacks to retreat into the swamps where they then killed nearly 15. They continued to attack black over the next few weeks warning them that they would be killed if they tried to vote in the coming election.

02/02/2021

Black History Lesson 2 of 28: Opelousas massacre - In 1868, around 200 recently emancipated African Americans were killed by a white mob in Opelousas, Louisiana for registering voters.

The violence began after black tried to join the Democratic party and were driven out by a white supremacist group. This led to violence where over 200 blacks were killed.

01/02/2021

I actually debated on if I wanted to do this again this year, but I know some people wouldn't let me get away with not doing it.

I'm starting this year off with a series I'm calling highlighting severely atrocities/massecres that our people have faced here in the United States.

Black History Lesson 1 of 28: The Ocoee massacre - In November 1920 just one days after the US Presidential Election a white mob attacked African-American residents in northern Ocoee, Florida. At least 30-35 blacks were killed, and the rest were driven out of the area making Ocoee an all-white town. This was all done in efforts to suppress black votes.

The massacre started when a white mob surrounded the house of July Perry where they thought Mose Norman had taken refuge. In defense Perry drove the model away killing 2. Violence erupted soon after. The whites laid waste to the African-American community in northern Ocoee and eventually killed Perry. They took his body to Orlando and hanged it from a lightpost to intimidate other black people.

06/08/2020

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13/04/2020

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Getting stronger everyday. @ Aventura, Florida

29/02/2020

Black History Lesson 29 of 29: Clarence Alexander Avant is an American music executive, entrepreneur, and film producer, who also goes by the name of "The Black Godfather". He's essentially responsible for the rise of black American culture within various imprints of entertainment, from music to TV and film and sports. His influence stretches far beyond the entertainment world. Avant has played a role in shaping the careers of many American success stories. Not just black. His story can be seen in the documentary "The Black Godfather" which features notable names like Quincy Jones, Snoop Dogg, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Lucian Grainge, Irving Azoff, Jim Brown, Muhammad Ali, Andrew Young and former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

28/02/2020

Black History Lesson 28 of 29: After being Elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1962, and serving three terms Carl B. Stokes was the first African American to be elected mayor of a major city, Cleveland, in 1967. Stokes defeated Seth Taft, the grandson of former President William Howard Taft.

27/02/2020

Black History Lesson 27 of 29: Debi Thomas became the first African American to win the women’s title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships (1986) and a medal in Winter Olympics competition (1988). She went on to win 2 more World Championships and several other major competitions. After retiring from skating she went on to a career in medicine.

26/02/2020

Black History Lesson 26 of 29: Althea Gibson was the first black player allowed to compete at the U.S. Nationals in 1950. On May 26, 1956, she became the first African American player to win a major tennis title when she defeated Angela Mortimer with a score of 6-0, 12-10 to claim the French championships.

25/02/2020

Black History Lesson 25 of 29: In 1962, Charlie Sifford became the first African American golfer to join the PGA Tour member. He won the Greater Hartford Open in 1967 and the Los Angeles Open in 1969. He also won the United Golf Association's National Negro Open six times, and the PGA Seniors' Championship in 1975.

24/02/2020

Black History Lesson 24 of 29: Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor a cyclist, began racing professionally when he was 18 years old. In 1899 he became the first African American to win the sprint event at the world track championships. He was also the second black athlete to win a world championship in any sport.

23/02/2020

Black History Lesson 23 of 29: In 1961; after years of being told black drivers were not allowed, Wendell Scott became the first African American driver in NASCAR. On Dec. 1, 1963 he defied the odds and became the first (and, to date, only) African American to win a race in the Grand National Series.

22/02/2020

Black History Lesson 22 of 29: George Taliaferro was first African American to be drafted by an NFL. In 1949 Taliaferro; a quarterback, halfback & punter, was drafted by the Chicago Bears. He chose to play with the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference instead. He later played in the NFL for the New York Yanks from 1950 to 1951, the Dallas Texans in 1952, the Baltimore Colts from 1953 to 1954, and Philadelphia Eagles in 1955.

21/02/2020

John Arthur "Jack" Johnson, nicknamed the Galveston Giant, was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion.

20/02/2020

Black History Lesson 20 of 29: Arthur Mitchell is a dancer and choreographer. In 1969 Arthur Mitchell created the Dance Theatre of Harlem. The DTH is renowned for being both the first Black classical ballet company, and the first major ballet company to prioritize Black dancers.

19/02/2020

Black History Lesson 19 of 29: In 1964, Bahamian 🇧🇸🇧🇸 actor Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in “Lilies of the Field"

18/02/2020

Black History Lesson 18 of 29: Ethel Waters was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She was the first black actress to star in a TV sitcom, “The Beulah Show,” which premiered Oct. 3, 1950. She later quit the show because of its stereotypical portrayal of African Americans.