#1917

Zinn Ed Project

ZinnEdProject

"If this is a Great Society, I'd hate to see a bad one." -- Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, born #tdih 1917 in Montgomery Cty, Miss. Hamer and thousands more Mississippians

Noble Brown🗡

Sociopathlete

In 1917Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany chartered a train in Zurich and gave it permission to pass through Germany en route to PetrogradThe chief occupant was Vladimir Lenin, who had

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Mareq017

HEADS UP! There was a large enough explosion yesterday near the Nevada/California border to register on the Richter scale. Tunnel warfare!!!!!!!!This happened on April 6. If you know your history

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barberousse1478

Compilation d’archives ottomanes : Document rapportant le montant à distribuer pour les Arméniens nécessiteux affiliés au Patriarcat arménien (d’Istanbul). 15 000 piastres ottomanes ont été distribuées à 355 Arméniens. #genoci

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decolonizeyomnd

On September 2nd, 1838, Lydia Kamakaeha, who later became known as Queen Lili'uokalani was born. An avid songwriter, Lili'uokalani was known for her dignity and grace, ruling as Hawai'i's last

Mangy Jay

magi_jay

In the U.S., when white people have engaged in riots, the goal has been the mass murder of black people, not just property damage: NYC (1863), Brownsville (1906), East St.

S.P.A.

TheRealSPA

Happy 129th Birthday Mary PickfordA thread http://waldina.com/2021/04/08/happy-129th-birthday-mary-pickford/ Today is the 129th birthday of the actress, trailblazer, visionary Mary Pickford. The world is a better place because she was in i

Mike Bechthold

mike_bechthold

#OTD in 1917, the Canadian Corps advanced into battle together for the first time and captured #VimyRidge. This decisive victory changed the course of the war and transformed Canada from

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

Let's talk about the 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood and why the American Marines who died in it were not "suckers"[THREAD] To start, why were Americans even there? Specifically, why

Rabih Alameddine

rabihalameddine

Félix Vallotton, bronze-violet, 1911 Felix Vallotton, Coucher de soleil, 1918 Félix Vallotton, Soleil couchant dans la Brume, 1911 Félix Vallotton, Sunset, 1913 Félix Vallotton, Coucher de soleil, 1918 Félix Vallotton,

Radical Traditional Jewish Person

JustSayXtian

Today is the #ArmenianGenocide Remembrance day. Beginning on this day in 1915 and continuing through the early 1920's the Ottoman government carried out the systematic mass murder of approximately 1.5

Faith Hillis

FaithCHillis

I’m about to write the most earnest thread I’ve ever done. It’s about what we can learn about the power of political possibility from history. I’ve had so many people

Kate Imy

KateImy2

One of the pleasant surprises of @1917 is Sepoy Jondalar, played by @nabhaanr. British war movies rarely depict colonial troops, so this is an important step forward. I’d like to

Ricardo de Anda

ricardo_de_anda

On this Memorial I choose to honor my Grandmother - Mama Juanita - a Mexican refugee who found protection in Texas in 1917, after fleeing with her young family to

Aaron Rupar

atrupar

Trump begins the April 22 #TrumpPressConference by hyping that "more states will soon be in a position to safely reopen." What he doesn't mention is that April 21 was the

Vetarnias

Vetarnias

I saw this piece making the rounds and I'm torn between trying to take it apart on here or just closing the tab and forgetting all about it as a