Mexico abolished slavery in 1829. Enslaved people were escaping to Mexico. The U.S. tried to get Mexico to sign a fugitive slave treaty to return escapees but Mexico refused to sign such a treaty, insisting that enslaved people were free once they set foot on Mexican soil.

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There is a high school in Texas that wouldn’t let you go to class and a judge who condoned it

Welcome to America.

Just like Coach Eddie Robinson at Grambling State University who had 408 football wins, history can sometimes be sidetracked. In this case Pearl Moore at Francis Marion University led The Association of Intercollegiate Athletes for Women with over 4k points.

“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it” — X

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In 1847, Missouri banned education for black people.

John Berry Meachum went ahead and equipped a steamboat with a library, desks, chairs and opened a 'Floating Freedom School'. #blackhistorymonth
A THREAD!

'If you stick a knife in my back 9 inches and pull it out 6 inches, that's not progress. If you pull it all the way out, that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. They haven't pulled the knife out; they won't even admit that it's there.' —Malcolm X

Mark Cuban X It keeps getting stupider. Go back to talking about signing Asian women to be point guards, much more intellectually substantive.

Every time we ask for diversity, equity, and inclusion, these confederate/Jim Crow sympathizers cry about how racist it is for EVERYONE that is QUALIFIED for a position to be considered... go figure

Aaron Rupar 'I knew a lot of germans saw the nazi flag as heritage and tradition ... my job wasn't to judge either side.' 😐

MAGA skanks Nikki Haley and Lauren Boebert absolutely hate this poster. So, don’t you even dare like it or retweet it. Thanks, bye.

It is no coincidence that I will be singing the Black National Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing at the Super Bowl on the same date it was first publicly performed 123 years ago (February 12, 1900). Happy Black History Month! @nfl @rocnation Savage X Fenty by Rihanna

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This is the Black National Anthem that Republicans are so outraged over. It's called 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' and they want it removed from the #SuperBowl . They can't stand it being taught to kids in school!

Whatever you do, don't retweet it. It might upset GOP ears!

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Helmet Sticker: Every time an OL finds themselves a side of Ribs during Pass Pro that results in a body on the floor, they get one of these as a sticker.

Every 8 DL ribs collected, that OL gets a full slab of real BBQ ribs.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Elon Musk

WINNERS WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS.

The White House I can’t believe I lived to see the day that the official White House account was “this you?”-ing people omfg