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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Maude Callen (1898 - 1990) was an exceptional nurse and midwife who delivered hundreds of babies, fed thousands of people, and taught others how to do it, too! 👩🏿‍⚕️🩺🩹 #MaudeCallen Check out this photo essay featured in Life Magazine in 1951. #BlackHistoryGuardians life.com/history/w-euge…

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Let us not forget to remember and honor a woman who helped deliver our ancestors, heal them, and teach them with love and care. Maude Callen (1898-1990) was an exceptional nurse.....Check out this photo essay featured in Life Magazine in 1951. #blackhistoryguardians www.life.com/history/w-eu...

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W. Eugene Smith: LIFE Magazine 1951 Photo Essay, 'Nurse Midwife'

While the media goes berserk over a royal baby in England, LIFE focuses on a heroic South Carolina nurse and midwife named Maude Callen.

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#DidYouKnow: The oldest university in the world is in #AFRICA? The University of al-Qarawiyyin was established in 859 CE by Fatima al-Fihri in Fez, Morocco. Initially founded as a mosque, it quickly evolved into a center of learning. blackhistoryguardians.blogspot.com/2026/08/did-yo…

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In 1878, Junius George Groves (1859 – 1925) purchased 80 acres of land in Edwardsville, Kansas. His potato business became so successful that people started calling him, “The Potato King of the World”. 🥔 🥔 #blackhistoryguardians Learn More: blackhistoryguardians.blogspot.com/2026/08/rememb…

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🚒👩🏿‍🚒🧯 #DidYouKnow that the first woman firefighter in the United States was black? Molly Williams stepped in when an all-male crew was out sick during a blizzard in 1818 in New York City! Learn more: blackhistoryguardians.blogspot.com/2026/08/did-yo…

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

In 1904, journalist, editor, labor/political activist and politician, George Edwin Taylor (1857-1925) was the first African-American to run for President of the United States on a minority party ticket: "The National Negro Liberty Party". #BlackHistoryGuardians #100YearsOfBlackHistory

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

⚽️Often referred to as O Rei (The King), Pelé remains the only player in history to win 3 FIFA World Cups (1958, 1962, 1970). 🏆🏆🏆He registered over 1,000 goals during his legendary career with Santos and the Brazilian 🇧🇷national team! #soccer #blackhistoryguardians

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Mother Khadijah Farrakhan (1935 – 2026) has joined our ancestors. 🤲🏿🙏🏿 She was married to Minister Louis Farrakhn for 72 years. She will always be remembered as a source of light and love. 🤍

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Happy Juneteenth! Today commemorates the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War, but #DidYouKnow Deleware and Kentucky were the last states in December of 1865 to inform the enslaved peoples in their state they were free.

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

🎸🪕🎺🎷🎻🪉🪈🪘🥁🪇June is Black Music Month. We are celebrating the amazing musical legacy of the "Godmother of Rock 'n' Roll", Rosetta Tharpe (1915 - 1973). 🎤 ❤️Read and share her biography: blackhistoryguardians.blogspot.com/2026/06/june-i…

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Did you know that pianist and singer, Hazel Scott (1920 - 1981) became the first Black American to have her own national radio show and later, the first to host a television program? #BlackMusicMonth 🎹🎤🎼 Read her biography: blackhistoryguardians.blogspot.com/2026/06/in-hon…

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

🎉May is National Inventors Month. 👨🏿‍🔬Today, we are commemorating the honorable life of Lewis Howard Latimer (1848 - 1928). 💡 Read his biography: blackhistoryguardians.blogspot.com/2026/05/may-is…

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Lawyer for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Clarence B. Jones (1931) died at 95 years old on May 22, 2026. Farewell, King. Rest in peace. local10.com/news/national/…

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

"Decoration Day", now known as Memorial Day, earliest observance was held by a group of formerly enslaved people in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1865. Records show they transformed a racetrack that had once served as a prison for Union captives into a proper burial site.

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Dr. Robert L. Williams, II (1930 - 2020) was a trailblazing psychologist. 🖤A central focus of his work was the cultural bias embedded in standardized tests, especially IQ tests. #MentalHealthMay Read his biography: blackhistoryguardians.blogspot.com/2026/05/discou…

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Remembering the amazing life of Pearl Fryar (1939 - 2026) and his topiary garden! 🌳🌳🌳Read his biography: blackhistoryguardians.blogspot.com/2026/05/rememb…

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

May is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth. Dr. Kenneth Bancroft Clark (1914-2005), psychologist, activist, and pioneer in civil rights research. He and his wife, Mamie Clark are best known for their "doll studies" in the 1940s. Read Dr. Clark's biography: blackhistoryguardians.blogspot.com/2026/05/dr-k...

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Dr. Kenneth Bancroft Clark (1914 - 2005) was a psychologist, activist and pioneer in civil rights research.

Early Life and Education Kenneth Bancroft Clark was born on July 14, 1914, in the Panama Canal Zone and raised in Harlem, New York. He att...

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Psychologist and professor, Dr. Edmund Gordon championed and evaluated early childhood programs. Currently at 104, a professor emeritus at Yale University and Columbia University’s Teachers College. #TeacherAppreciationWeek Read his biography here: blackhistoryguardians.blogspot.com/2026/05/happ...

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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Honoring Psychologist and Professor, Edmund W. Gordon!

Early Life and Education Edmund W. Gordon was born on January 4, 1921, in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and raised in Harlem, New York City. ...

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Remembering the amazing life of Pearl Fryar (1939 - 2026) and his topiary garden! 🌳🌳🌳Read his biography: blackhistoryguardians.blogspot.com/2026/05/rememb…

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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Dr. Kenneth Bancroft Clark (1914 - 2005) was a psychologist, activist and pioneer in civil rights research.

Early Life and Education Kenneth Bancroft Clark was born on July 14, 1914, in the Panama Canal Zone and raised in Harlem, New York. He att...

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Honoring Psychologist and Professor, Edmund W. Gordon!

Early Life and Education Edmund W. Gordon was born on January 4, 1921, in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and raised in Harlem, New York City. ...

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist, Mary Mcleod Bethune (1875-1955), founded Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls in 1904 which evolved into what is now known as Bethune-Cookman University. #TeacherAppreciationWeek

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman, Nannie Helen Burroughs founded the National Training School for Women and Girls in Washington, D.C., in 1909. #TeacherAppreciationWeek #blackhistoryguardians

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Marva Delores Collins (1936-2015) revolutionized ideas about teaching and learning by creating Westside Preparatory School—proving that children once wrongly labeled “incapable” could SUCCEED intellectually, emotionally, and socially! #TeacherAppreciationWeek #blackhistoryguardians

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

June Millicent Jordan (1936–2002), was a poet, essayist, educator, and activist. Her writings focused on gender, race, immigration, and representation. In 1972, she was a finalist for a National Book Award in 1972 for her young adult novel, "His Own Where". #NationalPoetryMonth

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Margaret Abigail Walker (1915–1998) was a poet and writer. In 1942, her collection "For My People" won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition. She was an integral part of the 'Chicago Black Renaissance'. She was inducted into The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame in 2014. #NationalPoetryMonth

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Poet, spoken-word performer, playwright, author, and educator, Patricia Smith is a four-time individual National Poetry Slam champion. She won the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry, for her collection "The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems". #NationalPoetryMonth #BlackHistoryGuardians

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Black History Guardians @blkhistguardians.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Countee (LeRoy Porter) Cullen, (1903–1946) was a poet, novelist, writer, and playwright, famously known during the Harlem Renaissance. He was inducted into the New York Writers Hall of Fame, in 2013. #NationalPoetryMonth #BlackHistoryGuardians

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