#missionaccomplished
#herostuff
#coldappendages
#missionaccomplished
#herostuff
#coldappendages
Black History Month is important to me for many reasons. First, Black history IS U.S. history. And my immediate family is partly Mexican American, and thus directly affected by how we treat or mistreat Americans who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color. blackhistorymonth.gov
Black History Month is important to me for many reasons. First, Black history IS U.S. history. And my immediate family is partly Mexican American, and thus directly affected by how we treat or mistreat Americans who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color. blackhistorymonth.gov
The Hon. Robert Smalls; businessman; Civil War U.S. Army Captain of the U.S. Navy’s USS Planter; and four-time Congressman.
www.nps.gov/people/rober...
The Hon. Robert Smalls; businessman; Civil War U.S. Army Captain of the U.S. Navy’s USS Planter; and four-time Congressman.
www.nps.gov/people/rober...
or
You can collect yourself and turn
that fear into determination.
It’s time to do.
Every day that ticks by is a day we won’t get back.
Another freedom we will never see in our lifetime.
We can’t stay frozen in the oncoming headlights.
#TimeToGoToWork
#HeroStuff
or
You can collect yourself and turn
that fear into determination.
It’s time to do.
Every day that ticks by is a day we won’t get back.
Another freedom we will never see in our lifetime.
We can’t stay frozen in the oncoming headlights.
#TimeToGoToWork
#HeroStuff
(The fourth, Eunice Newton Foote, isn’t; but in addition to her work in how carbon dioxide affected the Earth’s heat retention, she and her spouse were also Woman’s Rights activists who attended the same 19 to 20 July 1848 Seneca Falls Convention that Frederick Douglass did.)
(The fourth, Eunice Newton Foote, isn’t; but in addition to her work in how carbon dioxide affected the Earth’s heat retention, she and her spouse were also Woman’s Rights activists who attended the same 19 to 20 July 1848 Seneca Falls Convention that Frederick Douglass did.)
In particular, three of my four nineteenth century heroes are Black: Sojourner Truth; Robert Smalls; and Bass Reeves. These are American heroes done dirty by white supremacists.
In particular, three of my four nineteenth century heroes are Black: Sojourner Truth; Robert Smalls; and Bass Reeves. These are American heroes done dirty by white supremacists.
My lifelong oath to defend the U.S. Constitution includes that “equal protection of the laws” part of the Constitution. And I didn’t learn about several of my four 19th century heroes until I was an adult because white supremacists erased our history.
My lifelong oath to defend the U.S. Constitution includes that “equal protection of the laws” part of the Constitution. And I didn’t learn about several of my four 19th century heroes until I was an adult because white supremacists erased our history.