Great Tweets in Black History
TheRoot.com compiled a list of what black history’s most memorable moments would look like through social media today. It is a fun way to look at black history through the scope of the digital age.
Here are some of what black history’s legends what be tweeting if they had Twitter:
George Washington Carver:
Major #FAIL on potato experiment. Will try peanuts next.
Zora Neale Hurston:
#FollowFriday My fellow Harlem artists! @LangstonHughes @ClaudeMcKay @BillieHoliday @PaulRobeson @RomareBearden @LenaHorne @LouisArmstrong
W.E.B Du Bois:
A man was lynched today, and #AmosnAndy is a trending topic? Let’s step our game up, Talented Tenth.
Thurgood Marshall:
I just became the mayor of the U.S. Supreme Court on @foursquare!
The list consist of 24 history makers, check the rest of them out on TheRoot.com.
