#Confederacy

Joe Bassey

Joe__Bassey

The Rise and Fall of Nri Kingdom.Nri Kingdom is one of the oldest kingdom in Nigeria and West Africa, the kingdom is the cradle of the culture and civilisation of

Eric Allix Rogers

EricAllixRogers

There's a massive Confederate monument on the South Side of Chicago. I've been thinking about it a lot the last few days as monuments to hate have been righteously and

Arlen Parsa

arlenparsa

You may have heard that the US Capitol Building was built with slave labor. That's true.But what most people don't know is the extraordinary story behind the statue that sits

National Geographic

NatGeo

Americans are celebrating #Juneteenth today, but what exactly does the day signify? 1/10 #Juneteenth is the oldest nationally-celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States.

Sursdik

SURSDIK

Q from the past1. POTUS knew removing criminal rogue elements as a first step was essential to free and pass legislation.2. Priority to clean out the bad actors to unite

Civil War Humor

CivilWarHumor

#OTD in 1865, as Grant sought to cut the supply lines of the besieged Rebel army, Robert E. Lee sent a message to George Pickett: “Hold Five Forks at all

Sammuddra Gupta

Sammuddraa

Thread on battle of bahraichMahmud of Ghazni attacked India many times during 1000 AD to 1027 AD.Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan in the Second Battle of Tarain in 1192

Petrit Selimi

Petrit

[Thread] The autocratic President of #Serbia Vucic threatens today again using racist language: "If Prishtina is not calmed down by its mentors, we'll be five times more successful in campaign

Crankster McGee

EvOutWest

Small Thread, history repeating: I read this over at NPR about Ammon Bundy/Idaho and opposition to state efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19. The piece mentioned hard right GOP

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

All right.We have to talk about Betsy DeVos, why your kids are being shoved back into schools without a plan, the intentional destruction of public education, white supremacy and the

Shane Morris

IamShaneMorris

If you're going on and on about "respecting native land" -- please read 1491 by Charles C. Mann.The way I keep seeing native cultures portrayed here on Twitter is consistent

Pallando the Blue

KomninosM

Quite often, Western European countries (Spain, Portugal, France, etc.) are accused of building their economy via the slave trade in the Early modern era. All this is presented as the

Gene D

Gene_D27

I was not taught about Juneteenth in school. I learned from my own reading, when I was probably about 10-12. As an adult I worked with museum professionals and followed

Dr. Jessica Wranosky, Ph.D.

JessicaWranosky

#Juneteenth is not only a Texas holiday or date. Instead, Juneteenth celebrated inside & outside Texas was & is the epitome of the idea—‘None of us are free until

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

Hi, Katrina,The history of the two major parties is a little more complicated than that. I can suggest a few good books (covers pictured in the next tweet).If you’re not

Boomer Bear

barefootboomer

OMG this White House conference on American History is insane. This may be a thread. Hold on to your butts. Speaking right now is Dr. Larry Arnn. He's from Hillsdale