The Lindy Hop scene in Hellzapoppin' (1941) in full color. -History Of The Lindy Hop Dance- On May 21st 1927 the Lindy Hop dance was publicly introduced to the world. The Lindy hop is an African American dance which was born in Harlem, New York City. On that date, the

Singer, songwriter, producer, actress and Icon Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter turns 43 today. Happy Birthday, Beyoncé!

Did you know Sesame Street was originally created for black and brown inner city kids? A THREAD

I’m not joking when I say Twitter has taught me so much. I never knew this.

Wonderful thread. Please read! Sesame Street taught me the basics of English growing up as a refugee child who arrived in the United States-early 90s. I'm grateful. ❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🤎

On this day in 1848, Lewis Latimer, an inventor and patent draftsman, was born. Although Thomas Edison is recognized as the inventor of the light bulb, Lewis Latimer played an important role in its development. In 1881, he patented a method for making carbon filaments,

This show was easily the most diverse TV show on air back in the 70’s.

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"You're a hard man to reach, Willie Dynamite" Yeh, cuz that boy was on SESame Street. 😂

Ian go lie I always appreciated Sesame Street & that shit came on basic cable to make sure we could see it!! But ima Arthur nigga fareal I’ll watch that shit rn matter fact

Yes 🙌🏼 I was one of those urban kids in the projects watching it.

i was always jealous of sesame street as a kid because our town was totally white - the kids on sesame street were playing with other kids of all sorts of ethnicities and i wanted that!

YUP! 💯‼️& I was one of them ! Now I need to get my AARP card 🤗 cuz, either you get older or younger end up in the ground #Stillhangingin 🤠

Sesame Street ... more than ABC's & for that we should be eternally grateful.

Yup. Turn up this thread as a reminder!