Alma Adams tweeted the following:
"114 years ago today, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (@NAACP) was founded by an interracial group including W.E.B. Du Bois & Ida B. Wells.They chose Feb. 12, 1909 to commemorate President Lincolns 100th birthday.#BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Alma Adams:
"Dred and Harriett were finally freed in 1857; while Dred died a year later from tuberculosis, Harriett lived until 1876 with her free daughters. Their descendants still live in St. Louis today.fox2now.com/news/missouri/" on Feb. 11Read on Twitter
"However, when he and his wife Harriett successfully sued for their freedom upon their return to St. Louis in the slave state of Missouri, state appellate courts and later federal courts denied his claim.#BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack" on Feb. 11Read on Twitter
"After the case reached the Supreme Court, seven of nine justices ruled that Black Americans had no claim to freedom or citizenship. The decision further inflamed tensions that led to the American Civil War." on Feb. 11Read on Twitter
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