Later that year, the Voting Rights Act passed, a landmark federal achievement of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory #WomensHistoryMonth

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#OnThisDay in 1909, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was founded by an interracial group including W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Mary White Ovington, and Moorfield Storey. #BlackHistoryMonth #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory

Tulsa Objects in the NMAAHC Collection This page provides an explanation for how objects relating to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the Tulsa Race Massacre in the NMAAHC collection are cataloged and can be searched within the online collection. In a...

MAGA wants to hide history like the fact that today in 1921, one of the deadliest racial massacres in U.S. history began in the thriving Greenwood African American community of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Black Wall Street was destroyed by a mob. More: s.si.edu/3MV2U5z. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory

#onthisday #apeoplesjourney #anationsstory | Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture #OnThisDay in 1954, the Supreme Court delivered its unanimous 9-0 decision overturning the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling as it applied to public education, making school segregation unconstitutional....

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From Slavery to Freedom: The 13th Amendment Freedom came in 1865, and four million Black people emerged from bondage. Yet the fight for citizenship and rights continued.

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#OnThisDay in 1865, the 13th Amendment, which outlawed slavery, was officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution—246 years after enslaved Africans landed in Jamestown, Virginia.

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🚌✨ #OnThisDay in 1955, Rosa Parks ignited a movement with one courageous decision. Her refusal to give up her seat sparked a 381-day bus boycott in Montgomery, forever changing the course of history. Let’s honor her bravery and continue the fight for justice! ✊🏾❤️ #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory

#OnThisDay in 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested. When Parks refused to give up her bus seat, she started a chain reaction in Montgomery, Alabama, that fueled the Civil Rights Movement. Her arrest sparked a bus boycott that lasted 381 days. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory

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#OnThisDay in 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested. When Parks refused to give up her bus seat, she started a chain reaction in Montgomery, Alabama, that fueled the Civil Rights Movement. Her arrest sparked a bus boycott that lasted 381 days. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory

#OnThisDay in 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first African American to integrate an all-white elementary school in the South at William Frantz School in New Orleans, Louisiana. For the entire school year, only 1 teacher taught Bridges in a classroom by herself. #ANationsStory

#OnThisDay in 1964, it was announced that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign for civil rights in the United States. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory