WHAT WE DON'T KNOW

Mary McLeod Bethune 1875-1955

Black History We No Longer Teach:

James Armistat was a black spy who is credited by Lafayette (a great defender of liberty) with ending the American Civil War.  

A black man was the hero of The Battle of Bunker Hill - his name was Peter Salem.

Prince Whipple, A black minute man soldier under George Washington was the first black man to receive a higher ed degree. 

Blanch Kelso's signature can be found on currency from 1880 - he was the first black man to be nominated for the Vice Presidency.  He also served as a US senator. 

The Hoozier State got its nickname after a black man named Harry Hoosier, an evangelist whose converts gathered in Indiana. 

Mary Mcleod Bethune started her own school (which grew to over 150 kids) from nothing but ingenuity and determination.  Then she started a hospital and the National Council of Negro Women.  President Franklin Roosevelt named her director of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration where she fought to end lynching and discrimination.  Bethune's achievements are so numerous you should probably read about them here: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-mcleod-bethune

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Every racist I've ever known cannot explain to me with facts why it is they believe what they believe.  Every argument they have has been a lie - from the very beginning.

It's time we start calling them out.

Publicly.

*If you are a white person - you have enjoyed privileges your black neighbors and brown neighbors paid for.  It is time  you put your butt on the line for people who have been marginalized while you stood back and reaped the rewards.  Black history - is everyone's history - and we all have a right to learn it.


Namaste,
The Storyteller




Resources:

#DidYouKnow #History #BlackHistory #StateOfIndiana #BlackHeroes. (n.d.). Www.youtube.com. Retrieved May 22, 2026, from https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_31Jehhd_bE

‌Michals, D. (2015). Mary McLeod Bethune. National Women’s History Museum; National Women’s History Museum. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-mcleod-bethune
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“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.” Thurgood Marshall

“I want you to understand that your first duty is to humanity.” Madam C.J. Walker

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

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