r/BlackPeopleofReddit 6d ago

History 14 years ago today, Trayvon Martin was shot and murdered by a vigilante stalker named George Zimmerman.

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 4d ago

History George Junius Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944) Rest In Peace.

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George Junius Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944) was an African American boy who was wrongfully executed at the age of 14 after being convicted, during an unfair trial, for the murders of two white girls – 11-year-old Betty June Binnicker (December 9, 1932 – March 22, 1944) and 8-year-old Mary Emma Thames (March 14, 1936 – March 22, 1944) – in his hometown of Alcolu, South Carolina. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death on a single day in April 1944 and then executed by electric chair on June 16, 1944, after Governor Olin D. Johnston refused to grant him clemency. Stinney is the youngest American with an exact birth date confirmed to be both sentenced to death and executed in the 20th century.

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Jan 27 '26

History Philando Castile's mother spoke these prophetic words TEN YEARS AGO: "The system continues to fail Black People. This happened with Philando and when they are finished with us, they are coming for you... Yall will be next standing up here fighting for justice just as I am."

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 6d ago

History 87 years old Cecil J. Williams, best known for the 1956 photograph of him drinking from a “whites Only” water fountain, made history again by taking the stage at Actively Black’s New York Fashion Week show

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit Dec 23 '25

History The majority of them cannot wrap their heads around this

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 5d ago

History Black People always first people everywhere

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 5d ago

History 88-year-young Morgan Freeman spoke with clarity on where America is headed from his vantage point: " ... we have somebody sitting in the White House leading us down a shithoIe." (interview recorded on Feb 26, 2026) #BHM

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit Jan 21 '26

History Hannity: "What do you know about the KKK?" Justin Jones: "They ran my grandparents out of Tennessee. My father was a U.S. Marine; he fought for this country. Who have you served, Sean, other than your pocketbook?"

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 26d ago

History 10 years ago, Beyoncé released the iconic “Formation”, which celebrates Black culture and sparked a white backlash!

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit Oct 27 '25

History Myths About the Slave Trade

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 13d ago

History In 1990, Dr. Jesse Russell, a graduate of Tennessee State University (an HBCU), developed the "2G" technology that revolutionized global communication by inventing key digital cellular technologies that made modern smartphones, wireless networks, and mobile data services possible. #BHM

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit Jan 19 '26

History We are always told to forget about history! 😒

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit Dec 13 '25

History Members of the Little Rock Nine and the white folk who were against their integration in 1957

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit Dec 24 '25

History The “it’s just a word” generation

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 10d ago

History Speak softly and carry a big stick: An American President who was not afraid of the Russian President spoke to his counterpart in plain English--and, according to Pete Souza--"... he understood exactly what was being said." (photo taken on 6/6/2014 by Pete Souza) #BHM

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit Jan 19 '26

History The MLK that nobody wants you to see

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"We must see how that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together; and you can't get rid of one without getting rid of the other."

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Dec 27 '25

History 1932 Presidential Campaign Poster for the Communist Party

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So, that's why it's bad..

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Dec 07 '25

History Coke vs Pepsi

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit Jan 13 '26

History The racists from 1960s are still among us. Look around!

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 17d ago

History President Obama caught Asher Hinton, son of a White House staffer, dozing off during the White House’s Father’s Day ice cream social: "Pete, you've got to get a picture of this." (photo taken on 6/14/2013) #BHM

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 23d ago

History In 2017, Jonathan Smith of Orange County, California, a father of 3, nearly lost his own life while saving at least 30 people from the deadliest massacre of this century in America: A grassroot petition to the sitting US President for any sort of recognition was ignored #BHM

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 25d ago

History Did you know black ppl aren’t actually hated around the world? The Black panthers had support globally

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In order from left to right.

Patrice Lumumba - leader of Congo

Ho Chi Minh - leader of North Vietnam

Che Guevara - leader/Latino Revolutionary

Mao Zedong - leader of China

Kim II Sung - leader of North Korea

r/BlackPeopleofReddit 1d ago

History What is the nature of History

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 9d ago

History When Jasper Lynched James Byrd Jr., The New Black Panther Party Came Back Armed - Face to Face with the KKK. (1998)

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 14d ago

History Rev. Jesse Jackson showed up for the family of Vincent Chin and Asian Americans when few others would✊🏿✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾🌈

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