In 1963, a 23 year old mother of two transcribed her great grandfather's Civil War diary from 1863. Her local newspaper published a series of 52 weekly articles of the Union soldier's musings, trials & tribulations. It's called:
The Centum Diary www.amazon.com/Centum-Diary... #AmericanHistory
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January 31, 2026 at 1:01 PM
In 1963, a 23 year old mother of two transcribed her great grandfather's Civil War diary from 1863. Her local newspaper published a series of 52 weekly articles of the Union soldier's musings, trials & tribulations. It's called:
The Centum Diary www.amazon.com/Centum-Diary... #AmericanHistory
The Centum Diary www.amazon.com/Centum-Diary... #AmericanHistory
The Lone Ranger wasn’t just fiction—he was inspired by Bass Reeves, one of the Wild West’s greatest lawmen. 🐎
Host Dom Flemons uncovers the real stories behind outlaws, legends, and myths in The Real Wild West, streaming on #CuriosityStream.
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Host Dom Flemons uncovers the real stories behind outlaws, legends, and myths in The Real Wild West, streaming on #CuriosityStream.
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January 31, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The Lone Ranger wasn’t just fiction—he was inspired by Bass Reeves, one of the Wild West’s greatest lawmen. 🐎
Host Dom Flemons uncovers the real stories behind outlaws, legends, and myths in The Real Wild West, streaming on #CuriosityStream.
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#TheRealWildWest #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory
Host Dom Flemons uncovers the real stories behind outlaws, legends, and myths in The Real Wild West, streaming on #CuriosityStream.
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Trip to Denver for dinner with my son and Supplies - there was a #ThriftScore!! @arcthrift #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #NavGeek #NavalHistory #AmericanHistory #USN #HigginsBoats #ImperialJapaneseHistory #IJN #PacificWar #RoyalNavy #NaziHistory #HistBookChat
January 31, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Trip to Denver for dinner with my son and Supplies - there was a #ThriftScore!! @arcthrift #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #NavGeek #NavalHistory #AmericanHistory #USN #HigginsBoats #ImperialJapaneseHistory #IJN #PacificWar #RoyalNavy #NaziHistory #HistBookChat
'Primary SOURCE for this post is from, #LouisAllen Ambushed and Murdered for Speaking Out in Liberty, Mississippi by eji.org Equal Justice Initiative: A History of Racial Injustice
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Equal Justice Initiative
EJI works to end mass incarceration and racial inequality.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:35 AM
'Primary SOURCE for this post is from, #LouisAllen Ambushed and Murdered for Speaking Out in Liberty, Mississippi by eji.org Equal Justice Initiative: A History of Racial Injustice
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'After Allen was murdered, Sheriff Daniel Jones was the main suspect. Sheriff Jones later told Allen’s widow, “If Louis had just shut his mouth, he wouldn’t be layin’ there on the ground.” No one was ever charged for or convicted of the murder of #LouisAllen.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:35 AM
'After Allen was murdered, Sheriff Daniel Jones was the main suspect. Sheriff Jones later told Allen’s widow, “If Louis had just shut his mouth, he wouldn’t be layin’ there on the ground.” No one was ever charged for or convicted of the murder of #LouisAllen.
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"Allen was ambushed outside his property in Liberty, MS & shot twice in the face with a shotgun the night before he was set to move to Milwaukee, WI." SOURCE: Louis Allen Ambushed and Murdered for Speaking Out in Liberty, Mississippi by eji.org
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Equal Justice Initiative
EJI works to end mass incarceration and racial inequality.
eji.org
January 31, 2026 at 10:35 AM
"Allen was ambushed outside his property in Liberty, MS & shot twice in the face with a shotgun the night before he was set to move to Milwaukee, WI." SOURCE: Louis Allen Ambushed and Murdered for Speaking Out in Liberty, Mississippi by eji.org
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“Allen was targeted for harassment & violence: local white residents cut off business to his logging company; he was jailed on false charges; & on 1 occasion, sheriff Daniel Jones broke Louis Allen’s jaw with a flashlight.” SOURCE: eji.org
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Equal Justice Initiative
EJI works to end mass incarceration and racial inequality.
eji.org
January 31, 2026 at 10:35 AM
“Allen was targeted for harassment & violence: local white residents cut off business to his logging company; he was jailed on false charges; & on 1 occasion, sheriff Daniel Jones broke Louis Allen’s jaw with a flashlight.” SOURCE: eji.org
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“Allen was a WWII veteran who walked proud & was not afraid to stand up for himself. He ran a small timber business, was 1 of few blacks in Liberty to own his own land.” SOURCE: 60 Minutes, Cold Case: The murder of #LouisAllen
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Cold case: The murder of Louis Allen
Steve Kroft investigates the civil rights era killing of Louis Allen in a Mississippi town
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January 31, 2026 at 10:35 AM
“Allen was a WWII veteran who walked proud & was not afraid to stand up for himself. He ran a small timber business, was 1 of few blacks in Liberty to own his own land.” SOURCE: 60 Minutes, Cold Case: The murder of #LouisAllen
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#OTD in History 1964
Jan 31: Louis Allen, Murdered
Context: “In Sept 1961, a local white state legislator named E.H. Hurst shot & killed Herbert Lee in Amite County, Mississippi. Lee was a member of the Amite County, Mississippi, NAACP & worked at a voter registration drive."
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Jan 31: Louis Allen, Murdered
Context: “In Sept 1961, a local white state legislator named E.H. Hurst shot & killed Herbert Lee in Amite County, Mississippi. Lee was a member of the Amite County, Mississippi, NAACP & worked at a voter registration drive."
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January 31, 2026 at 10:35 AM
#OTD in History 1964
Jan 31: Louis Allen, Murdered
Context: “In Sept 1961, a local white state legislator named E.H. Hurst shot & killed Herbert Lee in Amite County, Mississippi. Lee was a member of the Amite County, Mississippi, NAACP & worked at a voter registration drive."
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Jan 31: Louis Allen, Murdered
Context: “In Sept 1961, a local white state legislator named E.H. Hurst shot & killed Herbert Lee in Amite County, Mississippi. Lee was a member of the Amite County, Mississippi, NAACP & worked at a voter registration drive."
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#OTD in #History 1865
Jan 31: Congress Passed 13th Amendment to United States Constitution
The #13thAmendment was supposed to be the formal abolition of slavery in the U.S. It only ended #ChattelSlavery. It exempted ppl convicted of a crime & drafted to serve in the military.
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Jan 31: Congress Passed 13th Amendment to United States Constitution
The #13thAmendment was supposed to be the formal abolition of slavery in the U.S. It only ended #ChattelSlavery. It exempted ppl convicted of a crime & drafted to serve in the military.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:34 AM
#OTD in #History 1865
Jan 31: Congress Passed 13th Amendment to United States Constitution
The #13thAmendment was supposed to be the formal abolition of slavery in the U.S. It only ended #ChattelSlavery. It exempted ppl convicted of a crime & drafted to serve in the military.
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Jan 31: Congress Passed 13th Amendment to United States Constitution
The #13thAmendment was supposed to be the formal abolition of slavery in the U.S. It only ended #ChattelSlavery. It exempted ppl convicted of a crime & drafted to serve in the military.
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Конституційне скасування рабства у Сполучених Штатах
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#історіяСША #13Поправка #скасуваннярабства #громадянськіправа #КонгресСША
#USHistory #13thAmendment #AbolitionOfSlavery #CivilRights #AmericanHistory
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Конституційне скасування рабства у Сполучених Штатах — Сусіди.
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January 31, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Конституційне скасування рабства у Сполучених Штатах
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#історіяСША #13Поправка #скасуваннярабства #громадянськіправа #КонгресСША
#USHistory #13thAmendment #AbolitionOfSlavery #CivilRights #AmericanHistory
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#історіяСША #13Поправка #скасуваннярабства #громадянськіправа #КонгресСША
#USHistory #13thAmendment #AbolitionOfSlavery #CivilRights #AmericanHistory
My Game ‘The Glorious Cause’ Is Now On Steam! – Play Free Now
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The Glorious Cause Demo Is Live on Steam – Play Free Now
YouTube video by The Strategy Wargamer
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January 31, 2026 at 1:42 AM
My Game ‘The Glorious Cause’ Is Now On Steam! – Play Free Now
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Facts: The free-trade agreement between the United States & the Hawai'ian kingdom allowed them to sell the U.S. tax-free sugar, but when renewed in 1887, it granted the U. S. the exclusive right to enter Pearl Harbor.
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January 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Facts: The free-trade agreement between the United States & the Hawai'ian kingdom allowed them to sell the U.S. tax-free sugar, but when renewed in 1887, it granted the U. S. the exclusive right to enter Pearl Harbor.
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Oliver Wolcott (1726–1797) a soldier, judge, and statesman from Connecticut, combined military and political service. As a brigadier general, he fought against the British, and as a delegate, he signed the Declaration. Later, he helped ratify the Constitution and serve as governor of Connecticut.
January 30, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Oliver Wolcott (1726–1797) a soldier, judge, and statesman from Connecticut, combined military and political service. As a brigadier general, he fought against the British, and as a delegate, he signed the Declaration. Later, he helped ratify the Constitution and serve as governor of Connecticut.
Some interesting facts about the man who developed the FBI into what we know today youtu.be/KWBGt8_Z-yM?... #JEdgerHoover #AmericanHistory
Facts About J. Edgar Hoover
YouTube video by Weird History
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January 30, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Some interesting facts about the man who developed the FBI into what we know today youtu.be/KWBGt8_Z-yM?... #JEdgerHoover #AmericanHistory
As the mastermind behind the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol, #Trump knows insurrectionists. #felon #AmericanHistory
Trump calls Alex Pretti an 'insurrectionist' and 'agitator' after new video of ICU nurse emerges share.google/F6as0xjh1a2l...
Trump calls Alex Pretti an 'insurrectionist' and 'agitator' after new video of ICU nurse emerges share.google/F6as0xjh1a2l...
Trump calls Alex Pretti an 'insurrectionist' and 'agitator' after new video of ICU nurse emerges
The president's rebuke of the slain ICU nurse came after a video emerged of a confrontation between Pretti and federal agents days before he was fatally shot in Minneapolis.
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As the mastermind behind the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol, #Trump knows insurrectionists. #felon #AmericanHistory
Trump calls Alex Pretti an 'insurrectionist' and 'agitator' after new video of ICU nurse emerges share.google/F6as0xjh1a2l...
Trump calls Alex Pretti an 'insurrectionist' and 'agitator' after new video of ICU nurse emerges share.google/F6as0xjh1a2l...
@tadstoermer.bsky.social is a great educator for our #Resistance struggle today, by looking back at where we’ve already been. We don’t need comparisons to 1939 Germany. We need to look at our own past. Like he says, we’ve been here before.
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Force the Fight: A Resistance History Lesson from the Anti-Federalists
YouTube video by Tad Stoermer
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January 30, 2026 at 2:43 PM
@tadstoermer.bsky.social is a great educator for our #Resistance struggle today, by looking back at where we’ve already been. We don’t need comparisons to 1939 Germany. We need to look at our own past. Like he says, we’ve been here before.
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From star showboat singer to pirate prey on the wicked river. 🎭⚓
Guest Post: SHOWCASE SOUBRETTE by BRODIE CURTIS.
@brodiecurtisauthor @coffeepotbookclub #HistoricalFiction #AmericanHistory #KindleUnlimited
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Guest Post: SHOWCASE SOUBRETTE by BRODIE CURTIS.
@brodiecurtisauthor @coffeepotbookclub #HistoricalFiction #AmericanHistory #KindleUnlimited
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January 30, 2026 at 2:34 PM
From star showboat singer to pirate prey on the wicked river. 🎭⚓
Guest Post: SHOWCASE SOUBRETTE by BRODIE CURTIS.
@brodiecurtisauthor @coffeepotbookclub #HistoricalFiction #AmericanHistory #KindleUnlimited
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Guest Post: SHOWCASE SOUBRETTE by BRODIE CURTIS.
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Jackson himself treated the incident as proof of resilience rather than vulnerability. He continued to appear publicly with minimal guard and dismissed concerns about his safety.
#OnThisDay #AndrewJackson #AmericanHistory #PresidentialHistory #USPresident #AssassinationAttempt
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January 30, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Jackson himself treated the incident as proof of resilience rather than vulnerability. He continued to appear publicly with minimal guard and dismissed concerns about his safety.
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Henry Clay Frick: The ruthless "Coke King" who built the steel empire, survived an assassination attempt, crushed the Homestead Strike, and forged a legacy of wealth, art, and violent labor controversy. #History #HenryClayFrick #GildedAge #AmericanHistory #Pittsburgh #Connellsville #IndustrialRevolu
Henry Clay Frick: A Story of Wealth and Violence
Henry Clay Frick: The ruthless "Coke King" who built the steel empire, survived an assassination attempt, crushed the Homestead Strike, and forged a legacy of wealth, art, and violent labor controversy. #History #HenryClayFrick #GildedAge #AmericanHistory #Pittsburgh #Connellsville #IndustrialRevolution #USSteel
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January 30, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Henry Clay Frick: The ruthless "Coke King" who built the steel empire, survived an assassination attempt, crushed the Homestead Strike, and forged a legacy of wealth, art, and violent labor controversy. #History #HenryClayFrick #GildedAge #AmericanHistory #Pittsburgh #Connellsville #IndustrialRevolu
#OnThisDay, 30 Jan 1913, Ida B Wells forms the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago, Illinois, to give a voice to Black women who had been excluded by national suffrage organisations because of their race.
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January 30, 2026 at 10:56 AM
#OnThisDay, 30 Jan 1913, Ida B Wells forms the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago, Illinois, to give a voice to Black women who had been excluded by national suffrage organisations because of their race.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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Currently reading this ARC. About half way through. All about the mostly forgotten Seminole War. #nonfiction #AmericanHistory
January 30, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Currently reading this ARC. About half way through. All about the mostly forgotten Seminole War. #nonfiction #AmericanHistory
Fact: The 1883 ruling legitimizing state-level bans on interracial marriage held for more than 80 years, until 1967 when the #SCOTUS overturned the decision in Loving v. Virginia. SOURCE: Interracial Marriage Laws History and Timeline by Tom Head for ThoughtCo.
#PaceVsAlabama
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Fact: The 1883 ruling legitimizing state-level bans on interracial marriage held for more than 80 years, until 1967 when the #SCOTUS overturned the decision in Loving v. Virginia. SOURCE: Interracial Marriage Laws History and Timeline by Tom Head for ThoughtCo.
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