Audubon Ballroon (he/him)Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Known as the "Queen of Motown", she was the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s. They remain the best-charting
Growing list of those born or died on March 26 in any year
Berry Lawson was an African American 28-year-old hotel waiter who was arrested for [allegedly] loitering in the lobby of the Mt. Fuji Hotel in March 1938. Sometime during his arrest,
Dave JDetail on voting for the #UnitedNations #Resolution UN A/80/L.48: “Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialised Chattel Enslavement,” recognising the Transatlantic #slave trade as amongst our greatest historical crimes against humanity.
In favour: 123.
Against: 3 (Argentina, Israel, US).
Abstentions: 52 (see #AltText for list).
#un #africa #slavery #crime #history #BlackHistory https://dair-community.social/@KimCrayton1/116291674891965327
Happy Heritic"If there is no struggle there is no progress.
Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning. … This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will!" - Fredrick Douglas
#history #BLM #blackhistory #amerikkka
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5753780/bryan-stevenson-montgomery-square-legacy-museum
@newinghanatourism, Black Royalty, shared the text and images below.
UN Member States have voted to endorse Ghana’s Resolution to recognize Slavery as the gravest crime against humanity and the demand for reparation.
In favor: 123
Against: 3
Abstention: 53
US voted against, Israel voted against, EU abstained.
(1/2)
#blackafrican #blackhistory #whitepeople #reparations #blackmastodon
Paria sans portefeuille"It is clear that #borderRegimes—state institutions designated with the sole authority to deport and restrict entry—have today become a central mechanism for white supremacist worldmaking. What set of forces gave rise to these regimes, though, and how did they attain such wide-reaching, brutal strength? There is no shortage of historical antecedents." - #RobynMaynard
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/hunted-and-banned/
#ICE #ICEterror #USpol #UShistory #BlackHistory #racialCapitalism #stateRepression #stateViolence
Subconscious ProxyGhanaian president accuses US of erasing Black history | Semafor
https://www.semafor.com/article/03/25/2026/ghanaian-president-accuses-us-of-erasing-black-history
#Ghana #BlackHistory #USPolitics #HumanRights #Reparations #News
PugJesus"An African Princess Arrives For School", photograph by Eve Arnold; London, UK, 1964
Civil Rights demonstrator being arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, 1963
Aretha Franklin would have been 84 today.
Walter Daniel John Tull (28 April 1888 – 25 March 1918) was an English professional footballer and British Army officer of Afro-Caribbean descent.