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Happy Tuesday!
#DidYouKnow the origins of Douglass Day helped to inspire #BlackHistoryMonth?
A thread... 1/
#DidYouKnow the origins of Douglass Day helped to inspire #BlackHistoryMonth?
A thread... 1/
Let's go back to the year of 1895.
We can think about Jim Crow. About the rise of lynchings documented in #IdaBWells' Red Record. About the plague of racial injustice across the nation.
That year, Frederick Douglass passed away at the age of seventy-seven. 2/
We can think about Jim Crow. About the rise of lynchings documented in #IdaBWells' Red Record. About the plague of racial injustice across the nation.
That year, Frederick Douglass passed away at the age of seventy-seven. 2/
Frederick Douglass was one of the most famous Americans in the 1800s.
Widely revered, a champion of racial and social justice, his crossing over was a huge loss for his family, his fellow activists, and his adopted community of Washington DC. 3/
Widely revered, a champion of racial and social justice, his crossing over was a huge loss for his family, his fellow activists, and his adopted community of Washington DC. 3/
