Here’s a small educational and lively thread on black history and black contributions to American history in honor of #JUNETEENTH2020
*brought to you by some amazing tik tok creators

Just to begin...THE Disney show above all >>>

•Know your influential black activists
-W.E.B Dubois

•Black record-breaking Athlete
-Jessie Owens(aka the ‘Buckeye Bullet’)

•Black inventors ( Gave birth to over 60 inventions in his lifetime)
-Frederick McKinley Jones (aka the ‘King of Cool’) I love that

Black pioneer of classical music
(I know this is fresh but how can I not)
-BEETHOVEN
(insta-mengwe )

•Immense contributions to western music...i mean...

•Black fashion designer and costumer.(her influence in today’s fashion industry is massive and most people don’t know her )
-Zelda Valdes

This just speaks for itself #BlackExcellence

And another one...

Black research chemist and pioneer in pharmaceutical medicine extraction
-Percy Lavon Julian

And this is the end frens...but not really, there are still so many more that need to be celebrated. I just might make another thread

But for now...HAPPY #JuneteenthDay