Today in 1867, the U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate in overriding President Andrew Johnson’s veto of the District of Columbia Suffrage Act, giving Black men in the nation’s capital the right to vote.
#BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#EndWhiteSupremacy
#NotAncientHistory
Today in 1853, New Yorker Solomon Northup regained his freedom after being KIDNAPPED in Washington D.C., and forced into slavery in 1841; he would later tell his story in his memoir, “Twelve Years a Slave.”
#BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#StateSanctionedKidnapping
#NotAncientHistory
#FuckICE
that first line shocked me until i remembered
1) how old all the ex-presidents are, and
2) that Ruby Bridges has an instagram.
#rubybridgeshasaninstagram
#notancienthistory
Adding to the conversation that polio is #notAncientHistory. I'm 64 years old. In fifth grade, one of my student teachers (from mainland USA) explained that he limped because he'd had polio. A classmate used crutches for years for the same reason. They were the survivors. #VaccinesSaveLives
