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The African American Museum at the England Manor
The African American Museum at the England Manor
@aam-em.bsky.social
3 months ago
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📚 On This Day in Black History – December 7, 1941 📚

Today we honor the extraordinary courage of Doris “Dorie” Miller, a young Mess Attendant Second Class aboard the USS West Virginia who rewrote history during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

#BlackHistory365 #DorieMiller #PearlHarbor #OnThisDay

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RaydioTwins
RaydioTwins
@raydiotwins.bsky.social
10 months ago

#blackhistory #blackpower #fyp #theraydiotwins #knowledgeispower
#blackknowledge #blackexcellence
#DorieMiller

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J.C. Kælin
J.C. Kælin
@jckaelin.bsky.social
10 months ago
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#OTD #TDIH #May27, 1942 #DorieMiller becomes #1stAfricanAmericans awarded the #NavyCross for #heroism on the #USSWestVirginia during the #AttackOnPearlHarbor. #DorisMiller #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #PacificWar #WorldWarII #WWII
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_M...

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Aeion
Aeion
@aeion.bsky.social
1 year ago
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Doris "Dorie" Miller Sailor

Recwived the Naval Cross. During Pearl Harbor, Dorie pulled the wounded to safety & manned an anti-aircraft gun which brought down a plane.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_M...
#Blackhistorymonth #blackhistorymonth2025 #Blackseamen #USNavy #WorldWarII #DorieMiller

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AdarAyiraViews
AdarAyiraViews
@adarayiraviews.bsky.social
1 year ago

#EVERYMonthBlackHistory.

This entry, which is good info abt his life, is also exmpl of how U.S. anti-Blackness is normalized/dwnplyd thru same —with its social/economic disenfrnchsmnt —not being explicitly named/discussed, i.e. buried

More info abt #DorieMiller: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_M...

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