Alma Adams tweeted the following:
"This week in 1957, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and many others held organizing meetings in New Orleans for the organization that would become the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King would be the organization's first president.#BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Alma Adams:
"Tonight's #SuperBowl is the first ever to feature two Black quarterbacks, Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts.From Doug Williams to Randall Cunningham to Cam Newton and so many more, it's been a long time coming.#BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack" on Feb. 12Read on Twitter
"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" on Feb. 12Read on Twitter
"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
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