Luke LaPresta
@LLaPresta
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Have fun, live life, and make incredible relationships along the way. Also check me out on YouTube https://t.co/vXNbXe1s7Q…
Charlotte, NC
Joined November 2011
Bayard Rustin was a key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and was one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest advisors, especially on techniques of nonviolent resistance.
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Thurgood Marshall was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice.
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Meet James Leonard Farmer Jr. In 1942, Farmer co-founded the Committee of Racial Equality in Chicago along with George Houser, James R. Robinson, Samuel E. Riley, Bernice Fisher, Homer Jack, and Joe Guinn. It was later called the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
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Bessie Coleman was an American aviator and the first black woman to earn a pilot's license. Because flying schools in the United States denied her entry, she taught herself French and moved to France, earning her license from France's well-known Caudron Brothers School.
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W.E.B. Du Bois made his name as an author, academic, and activist in the generation before Rosa Parks and MLK. Du Bois is one of the founders of the NAACP, which remains one of the premier organizations for African American rights and activism.
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Let's take a moment to recognize the late great Jackie Robinson. A man who broke barriers to become the first African American MLB player back in 1947.
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There are so many incredible black people to recognize during Black History Month, and yes, I am biased, but this one is my absolute favorite. Let's take a moment to recognize Lebron Raymone James, the King!
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Let's take a moment to recognize Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to the US Congress.
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Let's celebrate Katherine Johnson a mathematician at NASA who calculated trajectories for the first American space missions, the Apollo Moon landing, and the Space Shuttle program.
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To kick off Black History Month, let's take a moment to recognize a true American Hero. Major Charity Adams Earley. Famous for famous for her work in WW2 in the Six Triple Eight.
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T‑Mobile to Acquire Vistar Media, Fueling Better Ad Experiences for Consumers and More Effective Products for Advertisers via @TMobile
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T‑Mobile to Acquire Vistar Media, Fueling Better Ad Experiences for Consumers and More Effective Products for Advertisers via @TMobile
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T‑Mobile Opens Registration for Direct‑to‑Cell Satellite Service Beta Test with Starlink via @TMobile
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T‑Mobile Opens Registration for Direct‑to‑Cell Satellite Service Beta Test with Starlink via @TMobile
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