develwoutacause’s avatardevelwoutacause’s Twitter Archive—№ 1,455

                1. This #JuneteenthDay, I wanted to call out some of awesome work @ExtraCreditz has done in history content shining a light on African American history so often overlooked. I know my education missed a lot of these, so here are some episodes that struck me in particular. 👇
                  Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo develwoutacause’s avatar Mood +1 🙂
              1. …in reply to @develwoutacause
                Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Massacre. A terrorist attack which destroyed one of the wealthiest black communities in the US. (That opening scene of the #Watchmen show is *a lot* more historically accurate than you might realize.) youtu.be/nc7lXBL9mng
                Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo develwoutacause’s avatar Mood -6 🙁
            1. …in reply to @develwoutacause
              Redlining. The practice whereby Black Americans were (legally) discriminated against for affordable housing, leading to further segregated communities and zoning requirements which still exist to this day. youtu.be/vyiwk3D-3ag
              Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo develwoutacause’s avatar Mood +3 🙂
          1. …in reply to @develwoutacause
            Interstate displacement. How the political power of white Americans pushed necessary but undesirable infrastructure like freeways into the homes and communities of black Americans with less political support to fight against it. youtu.be/LmC5T-2d6Xw
            Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo develwoutacause’s avatar Mood +1 🙂
        1. …in reply to @develwoutacause
          The Tuskegee Syphilis Study. How Black Americans were used as human experiments without their consent. Even today, the effects of this are still felt in the Black community as distrust of doctors and vaccine hesitancy. youtu.be/m63NDZVZRXc
          Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo develwoutacause’s avatar Mood -1 🙁
      1. …in reply to @develwoutacause
        The Cotton Gin. How a mechanism designed to *help* southern slaves actually made their lives even worse. youtu.be/3IqNot1lxTM
        Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo develwoutacause’s avatar Mood -4 🙁
    1. …in reply to @develwoutacause
      Billie Holiday. One singer's fight to stand against lynching and the government's efforts to stop her. youtu.be/bg9uCnCwGsM
      Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo develwoutacause’s avatar Mood -2 🙁
  1. …in reply to @develwoutacause
    The Harlem Renaissance. An explosion of art and culture in Harlem from the Black community and it's influence on the broader American culture. youtu.be/8kZ0gZMCx9U
    On twitter.com Twitter logo develwoutacause’s avatar Mood 0
    1. …in reply to @develwoutacause
      Black Boxing Heavyweights. The slave-based roots of American boxing and the lives of it's most prominent figures. youtu.be/iuJCtSI_8ts
      Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo develwoutacause’s avatar Mood +2 🙂
      1. …in reply to @develwoutacause
        As a good student with a love of history growing up in a mostly white neighborhood, these are just a few where I asked "why have I never heard of this before"? @ExtraCreditz has a whole playlist with even more great content and I highly recommend it. youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5AlikBYiNGc5yXmuiF8QPc8
        Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo develwoutacause’s avatar Mood +12 🙂