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R.J. Atkins

@rjatkins.com

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🎖️Veteran, Educator, Advocate, Thespian. 📚🎭 Brewing coffee, laughs, & inspiration. ☕️🧡 Epic Vibe! 🚀

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R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Aug 5

Day 1 is officially in the books! To all my fellow educators out there: Here’s to an incredible 2025–26 school year! Let’s rise, thrive, and make some magic in those classrooms. We’ve got this! 💪🏾📚🔥
#TeacherLife #EducationMatters

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Jul 24

281-330-8004

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Jul 5

Me when I find out kids eat free at the buffet...

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Jun 19

Happy Juneteenth! 💚❤️🖤

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Jun 10

Thank You, Lord for 47 years on this Earth... 🎉🎉🎉

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Apr 2

No cap! 🤣

#TeacherLife 🍎

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Mar 31

Things that make you go hmm...🤔

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Mar 28

It has come… and it wants your moist membranes! 😱

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Mar 14

SPRING BREAK TIME!!!!!!!! #TeacherLife 🍎

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Mar 5

This...right..here!!!!! 🍎💯

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Mar 2

When the rooster uses a condom...

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Feb 28

Bishop Charles Harrison Mason founded the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), building a powerful legacy of faith, perseverance, and spiritual transformation that endures to this day.

#COGIC #FaithLeader #ChurchFounder #BlackChurch #BlackHistoryMonth

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Feb 28

1970’s:
• Get a degree
• Get a 9-5 job
• Get a suit & tie
• Get a promotion
• Get Married at 21
• Buy a House at 25
• Have 4-5 Kids & 1 dog
• Retire at 60 with pension

2025:
• Survive

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Feb 27

Jack Holley, a trailblazing Slocum, TX entrepreneur, survived the 1910 massacre, forged ahead, and kept his family legacy thriving strong.

#BusinessTitan #BlackResilience #SlocumMassacre #FamilyLegacy #BlackHistoryMonth

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Feb 27

I'z tired, boss...dog tired! 🤣🤣🤣

#TeacherLife 🍎

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R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Feb 26

Charles Henry Turner discovered animal behavior patterns as a groundbreaking Black zoologist.

#SciencePioneer #BlackScientists #AnimalResearch #STEM #BlackHistoryMonth

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Feb 25

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Feb 24

Hattie McDaniel became the first Black Oscar winner for her role in Gone with the Wind.

#HollywoodPioneer #BlackActors #Oscars #BreakingBarriers #BlackHistoryMonth

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Feb 23

The first Bad Boys

two men in a car with the words bad boys bad boys what you gonna do on the bottom

ALT: two men in a car with the words bad boys bad boys what you gonna do on the bottom

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R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Feb 23

Madam C.J. Walker built a haircare empire, becoming America’s first self-made woman millionaire.

#BlackEntrepreneur #SelfMade #HaircarePioneer #BusinessLegend #BlackHistoryMonth

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Feb 22

Alonzo Marion Story, a dedicated educator, was honored with a school in his name in Palestine, TX, in 1953. The original building was destroyed by a tornado in 1987, but his legacy lives on through the rebuilt A.M. Story Intermediate School.

#Legacy #Leader #AMStory #PalestineTX #BlackHistoryMonth

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Feb 21

Paul L. Dunbar, a pioneering poet, gained national recognition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Renowned for his versatility, he wrote in both standard English and African American dialect.

#LiteraryPioneer #BlackPoets #HarlemRenaissance #VoiceOfResilience #BlackHistoryMonth

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Feb 20

Octavius V. Catto was martyred advocating for voting rights as an educator and activist in Philadelphia.

#Activist #VotingRights #BlackEducators #MartyrForJustice #BlackHistoryMonth

R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Feb 20

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R.J. Atkins @rjatkins.com · Feb 19

Bessie Stringfield rode her motorcycle across segregated America, earning fame as the “Motorcycle Queen of Miami."

#RoadWarrior #BlackWomenAdventurers #MotorcycleHistory #FearlessSpirit #BlackHistoryMonth