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The Home of Black Excellence: Past, Present and Future✊🏾 - 👨🏾 site: @theblackmancan
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The blueprint!
On this day in 1968, Shirley Chisholm made history as the first Black woman elected to Congress.
She entered Washington “unbought and unbossed,” then spent seven terms pushing for education, food access, equality, and stronger support for families.
Today, we celebrate the woman who kicked that door open and made room for generations of Black women to follow. 🖤
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05 Nov 2026
Exactly what Shan said!
📸: the.shandawg
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04 Nov 2026
Big night, big Black history! And we’re still celebrating!
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04 Nov 2026
Another one! The U.S. Virgin Islands has a Black woman Governor!
03 Nov 2026
And Georgia has a Governor named Keisha!
03 Nov 2026
You heard them!
Election Day is today. Make your voice count. Vote for your children, with your children!
For polling place, ballot, and voting information, visit Vote.org (http://vote.org/).
See you at the polls.
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03 Nov 2026
29 years ago today, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella gave a generation of Black girls a fairytale where they could see themselves at the center.
With Brandy as Cinderella, Whitney Houston as her Fairy Godmother, and a beautifully diverse cast, the film became more than a TV movie. It became a classic.
Still one of our favorite fairytales. 💙✨
What scene or song do you remember most?
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02 Nov 2026
We can’t get enough of these! No notes!
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31 Oct 2026
Jason Reynolds’ next story is for the grown folks.
After more than a decade building a career around young readers, @jasonreynolds83 is making his adult fiction debut with Father, Father.
The novel follows two estranged brothers traveling together after their father’s death, each carrying a very different relationship to the man they lost.
Reynolds says the book still explores something familiar in his work: flawed adults trying to figure out how to love people well. This time, they get to be at the center of the story.
Father, Father arrives in June 2027 and we can’t wait to grab our copy!
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30 Oct 2026
Black women in STEM!
Yinka Ogunbiyi just unveiled HaloBraid, a braid-assist device designed to help stylists finish braids faster while reducing some of the repetitive work behind the chair.
The idea started after she spent four days doing her own knotless braids during the pandemic. Now, after years of development, @halo.braid is moving closer to salon use, with the goal of helping braiders save time without taking the stylist out of the process.
Safe to say, the braiding chair is getting a serious tech upgrade.
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28 Oct 2026
From doing headstands on his bed as a kid to standing on top of the world.
Frederick Richard just won his first individual world title on floor, 20 years after starting gymnastics.
And he literally spoke it into existence. Back in May, @frederickflips said there would be a gold medal from Worlds around his neck somehow.
Five months later, there it is. 🥹
Congratulations, World Champion! 👏🏾
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26 Oct 2026
Black surgeons to the front!
15 years of training led to this moment.
Dr. Matthew Igbinigie, known as @doc.iggy, recently celebrated completing his first solo surgery after years of medical school and surgical training.
And what's better than one medical professional? The fact that he did it alongside an all-Black medical team. :raised_hands::skin-tone-5:
Congratulations, Dr. Iggy!
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23 Oct 2026
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