Black American Archive
@blkamericanarch
Preserving the past. Shaping the future. 📚 Archiving our history & creations 🔍 Discover. Learn. Remember. 🌐 http://blackamericanarchive.com
🖤 The Black American Archive is a living digital library honoring our past, present & future. From resistance to brilliance — we document it all. #BlackAmericanHistory #DigitalArchive
Meet Granville T. Woods. He revolutionized transportation by creating the induction telegraph system, allowing trains to communicate while moving. With over 50 patents, Woods paved the way for safer, more efficient railroads and modern electrical systems.
Idk, but you can donate to the Black American Archive blackamericanarchive.com @blkamericanarch
A lot of history in the link below. ✊️
Malik shares a little history on Chatham, Southside Chicago. #MahaliaJackson #ThomasDorsey
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Malik shares a little history on Chatham, Southside Chicago. #MahaliaJackson #ThomasDorsey
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Malik shares a little history on Chatham, Southside Chicago. #MahaliaJackson #ThomasDorsey
Man I love our history .. we are so dope . I see why others be so mad 💯
Malik shares a little history on Chatham, Southside Chicago. #MahaliaJackson #ThomasDorsey
Beautiful FBA history in Chicago! Also Chicago is the birthplace of Gospel music 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Malik shares a little history on Chatham, Southside Chicago. #MahaliaJackson #ThomasDorsey
Malik shares a little history on Chatham, Southside Chicago. #MahaliaJackson #ThomasDorsey
It's beautiful how Black American music builds off each other. Early New York beats were used heavily in the south. It was even used in Florida bass music as well. The South took the beats and added bass to them in the clubs for dancing. 1 of my fave Miami bass songs is an NYbeat
How a sample from New York led to the evolution of Bounce music.
Join us @ the Fourth District Seniors Resource Center in #SanDiego from 2pm - 4pm and get the latest information and education about our progress towards Reparations in California! Be there! And spread the word! @cjecofficial #AmericanFreedmen #Reparations…
Heads UP! On Friday, Aug 1st, we're hosting ANOTHER Reparations Town Hall/Q&A! Free and open to the public as always! Join us @ the Fourth District Seniors Resource Center in #SanDiego from 2pm - 4pm and get the latest information and education about our progress towards…
Some of the greatest funk records ever made… Happy birthday to the queen of funk!
Happy birthday to the legendary Betty Davis! A pioneer of raw, unapologetic funk, she broke barriers with her fierce stage presence, electrifying style, and bold, sexually charged lyrics that challenged norms and redefined what it meant to be a woman in music. The second wife…
This is why y’all need to understand your history. All-Black American Towns have been a thing for centuries. They are the reason so many Black Americans were able to survive and thrive in this country during and after slavery. Y’all are just obsessed with White people.
I really want to say something vile about the kind of people who think they’re better than everyone else because of their skin color. But let’s just sit with the irony for a second. These white supremacists are building a whites-only “Return to the Land” town—on stolen land.…
Robert Smalls went from enslaved to war hero — steering a Confederate ship to freedom. Now, South Carolina is honoring his legacy with the first statue of a Black American on its Capitol grounds. A long-overdue tribute to extraordinary courage. 🎥: @CBSEveningNews
Remembering Bobbi Kristina Brown. wikiwand.com/en/Bobbi_Krist…
Happy Heavenly Birthday to the legendary, flamboyant funk-rock diva Betty Davis. 🕊️
How a sample from New York led to the evolution of Bounce music.