#blackfirsts

 As a member of the new league, Pollard immediately earned a place in pro football history as one of just two African Americans in the new league.  In 1921 he earned another distinction becoming the first African American head coach in NFL history when the Pros named him co-coach of the team.

Celebrating car designer McKinley Thompson Jr., who worked for @ford and helped shape the Bronco and the Mustang. #blackfirsts #blackcreatives #goodblacknewscalendar https://www.instagram.com/p/CnU3F3vPMcN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Did you know John Baxter Taylor was the first Black American to win a gold medal? The @uofpenn graduate was on the winning relay team at the 1908 London Olympics. #blackhistorymonth #blackfirsts #olympicshistory #americanhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CoLG7FzPing/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Keep letting VDARE and Stormfront tell you that you ain’t shit! Don’t research the achievers or our People! IGNORANCE is one of the building blocks of slavery! We have a vibrant history, and they fear that!

Celebrating New Orleans-bast inventor Norbert Rillieux for creating machine in 1843 to process sugar more safely and efficiently. #blackinventors #blackfirsts #goodblacknewscalendar https://www.instagram.com/p/CnxAUYMpbLA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Celebrating Ret. 4-Star Admiral Michelle Howard, the first African American woman to command a @usnavy ship. #blackfirsts #blackexcellence✊🏾 #womeninthemilitary #goodblacknewscalendar https://www.instagram.com/p/CiTTkGiPT9i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#onthisday in 1983, @nasa astronaut Guy Bluford became the first African American person to travel in space. In 1997 Bluford was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame. #history #blackfirsts #blackexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch5pu57vjzy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Mary Fields aka Stagecoach Mary. 1832-1914. You’ve heard of Belle Starr, Calamity Jane, and Annie Oakley but not Stagecoach Mary. In 1895 at the age of SIXTY (60) Mary Fields began employment as a  Star Route Carrier which used a stagecoach to deliver mail in the unforgiving weather and rocky terrain of Montana. This made her the first African-American woman to work for the U.S. Postal Service. Mary didn’t play any games, she carried multiple firearms, most notably a .38 Smith & Wesson. It’s funny that whenever she was portrayed in film, certain people would start that “PC” this and “PC” that nonsense. Sorry, she was an actual historical person… and she was BLACK! It's up to US to learn OURstory not HIStory!