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On February 26, 1869 Congress passes the 15th Amen

On February 26, 1869 Congress passes the 15th Amendment granting African Americans the right to vote. Almost a year later, on February 3, 1870, it secured the three-quarters majority state approval for ratification. This was just the first step on a long road. Read about the road to ratification and the challenges faced at the link in bio. 📷 History.com
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Madam C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, was the f

Madam C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, was the first African American woman to become a self-made millionaire. This achievement was made through the creation of a line of hair care products designed for African American women. Walker was born in 1867 to newly freed slaves. She had one child, A’Leila, with her first husband in 1885. Following his death, they moved to St. Louis where she would meet her second husband, Charles J. Walker. He worked in advertising and helped her to promote her business. He also encouraged her to sell her product under the more recognizable name of “Madam C.J. Walker”. Over time the company grew, and Walker opened a factory and beauty school in Pittsburgh, PA. She would later move operations to Indianapolis, IN where the training of sales beauticians was added to the operation. Business continued growing and she became an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Read more about Madam C.J. Walker, her life, and legacy at the link in bio. 📷 Smithsonian Magazine
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One year ago today, on February 24, 2020, the worl

One year ago today, on February 24, 2020, the world lost a true mathematical genius at the age of 101. Katherine Johnson was instrumental to NASA during the Space Race. It was her calculations that aided Alan Shepard and John Glenn’s historic flights into space. She proved invaluable on countless other missions and projects throughout her career at NASA. Johnson was fascinated with and showed an aptitude for numbers at an early age. Because public schools in her hometown of White Sulphur Springs, WV did provide public education past the eighth grade for African American children, her family moved so that she could attend high school and college. She graduated high school at the age of 14 and college (West Virginia State College) at 18. She joined NASA, what was then the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), in 1952. Soon after she went to Langley Research Center in VA with the job of checking calculations for flight tests. She did not let gender or racial barriers deter her. She quickly proved herself an important member of the NASA team. Not only was the role that she and her fellow Black colleagues played in space science highlighted in the 2016 book Hidden Figures (William Morrow and Co.), but in 2015 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2016 the NASA Langley facility renamed the building in which she worked after her. Read more about Katherine Johnson and her contributions to the space program and the world at the link in bio. 📷 NASA #ducknc #doducknc #blackhistorymonth #katherinejohnson #nasa #womeninscience #spacerace #stem #womeninmath

Abraham Galloway is just one of the many former sl

Abraham Galloway is just one of the many former slaves that found their freedom with the help of the Underground Railroad. His journey to freedom began when he hid in the cargo area of a departing ship to Philadelphia, PA from Wilmington, NC. He then made his way to Canada with the help of the Underground Railroad. He would go on to become a Union spy, militant abolitionist, advocate for Black suffrage, State Senator and more.
Find out more about Galloway’s life and achievements at the links in bio. 📷 NC Museum of History
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Harriet Tubman was instrumental in the success of

Harriet Tubman was instrumental in the success of the Underground Railroad. With her help, many people found their way to freedom. Growing up a slave and working outside in an area with many swamps, wetlands, and forests, she became very comfortable with nature. It was this intimate knowledge of nature that aided her in helping others escape their servitude. “We don’t really think about what knowledge and skills she had to have in order to accomplish the impossible.” – Eola Dance, former coordinator for the National Park Service’s Network to Freedom program. Read more about Harriet Tubman and how she used nature to help people to freedom at the link in bio. 📷 Biography.com
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Richard Etheridge was born a slave on Roanoke Isla

Richard Etheridge was born a slave on Roanoke Island, gained his freedom during the Civil War, served in the Union Army as one of four sergeants in Company F, and would work his way up to the appointment of Keeper at the Pea Island Lifesaving Station. After the Civil War ended Etheridge returned to Roanoke Island and joined the Unites States Life Saving Service (USLSS) when they opened stations on the Outer Banks in 1874. As a Black man he held the position of number 6 surfman, the lowest position at the station. He worked extra hard to master the drills, equipment, and procedures of the USLSS. This hard work paid off. The Outer Banks stations went under investigation following many failed rescues, resulting in lives and money lost. Investigators found corruption among the keepers and surfmen which resulted in firings and position openings. After a recommendation from the inspectors, Etheridge was promoted by appointment to Keeper of Station 17 in 1880. Almost immediately, all the white crew left the station and were replaced with an all-Black crew, making it the first and only all Black Life Saving Station in the country. This crew would prove their skills and bravery time and time again. We only touch on the history and achievements of Richard Etheridge and his crew with this post. Read more about Richard Etheridge, his crew, and his extraordinary life at the link in bio. 📷 Outer Banks Coastal Life
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Lifesaving stations were established in the 1870s

Lifesaving stations were established in the 1870s and were staffed by six crewmembers, known as surfman, and a keeper. The Pea Island Lifesaving Station, officially Life-Saving Station 17, became the first all-Black station in the country. In the beginning, the Pea Island station had a mixed crew with the Black crewmembers holding the lowest ranks. A man by the name of Richard Etheridge, who will be featured tomorrow, rose in the ranks and in 1879 was named the keeper of the station. Almost immediately the white crewman left and were replaced with an all-Black crew, the first and only station with an all-Black crew in the country. Under Etheridge’s leadership the Pea Island crew became the best in the nation. Their most notable rescue took place on October 11, 1896 when the E.S. Newman was run aground after being caught in a hurricane. The surf was so bad that they ended up swimming out to the ship to rescue its passengers. The ship was lost, but every soul on the ship was saved by these brave men. Despite their reputation as the best lifesaving station, it would not be until 100 years after the Newman rescue that the crew would be recognized for their efforts. A high school student researching the station for a project pushed for recognition of these brave men. She was aided in her efforts by a Coast Guard Commander who was also seeking recognition for the crew. In 1996 the crew was awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal of Honor. The Pea Island Preservation Society, based in Manteo, NC, is a non-profit organization whose main focus is “to preserve and interpret the history of The Pea Island Life Saving Station and the only African American Keeper in the USLSS, Richard Etheridge and the African Americans of Roanoke Island.” Learn more about the Pea Island Lifesaving station, the crew, their heroic saves, and more at the link in bio. Learn more about the Pea Island Preservation Society at the links in bio. 📷 OBX Stuff
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Get out your waders or at least roll up your pants

Get out your waders or at least roll up your pants legs... Joking aside, please continue to monitor the weather and road conditions over the next few days. Make sure you know how to get alerts from @nwsmoreheadcity If you haven’t signed up for OBXAlerts yet, check it out! Www.townofduck.com/emergency-alerts #ducknc #doducknc #obxnow #duckobx
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