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History Photographed on Instagram: "In a memorable 1969 episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Fred Rogers deliberately and subtly defied the racial segregation norms of the time by sharing a small wading pool with Officer Clemmons, one of the show's first recurring Black characters. ⁠ ⁠ The episode aired during a period of intense racial tension in the U.S., just one year after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., when many public swimming pools were still segregated and subject to unr

St. John Colony is a powerful piece of Black Texas history and one of the first Texas Freedmen’s towns built after emancipation. Founded by freedmen near Lockhart, it became a thriving Black Texas community, but like so much hidden Texas history, it was left off maps and nearly erased. This is the story of Texas Black excellence they don’t teach in schools. #BlackHistory #BlackLivesMatter #TexasHistory #TexasFreedmensTowns #BlackTexasCommunities