Oh, an excuse to talk about Beyoncé AND Black history?? Count me in. Paul McCartney’s inspiration for the song Blackbird was actually the images of “black girls” integrating schools across the American south during the civil rights era. More specifically, he was inspired by the images of the Little Rock 9 in Arkansas, being assaulted and jeered by an angry mob. Beyoncé’s rendition takes this idea of Black girls being free and pushes it to the next level.

Here’s your Women’s History Month reminder that the “Aint I A Woman?” speech you learned in school NEVER HAPPENED.

The year 1968 was absolutely insane. One of the craziest things to come out of it was a report written by officials who actually listened to the Black community — so here’s a short documentary on the history of the *one time* America listened to Black people. #history

This is one of history’s craziest “what if” moments that you’ve probably never heard of.

People love to twist MLK’s legacy to fit whatever agenda they have at the moment. But, in this instance, we don’t have to guess what he thought. He spoke for himself.