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#OnThisDay, 19 Apr 1967, Katherine Switzer becomes the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon as a registered runner, despite the organiser physically trying to stop her.

She ran it again in 2017, 50 years later.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory

Katherine Switzer running along a road in a grey tracksuit. She is a white woman with dark hair. There are several other men running alongside her, also in running gear. They are protecting her from a man in a blazer who is attempting to rip off the number pinned to her back.
#history #otd #onthisday #americanhistory #womeninhistory

Kamoinge is a group of black Photographers who formed in 1963.
Their mission statement: "Honour, document, preserve, & represent the history & culture of the African Diaspora with integrity & respect for humanity through the lens of Black Photographers"
This wonderful work is important to counterbalance the whitewashing of #History by mainly white, middle-class historians/reporters throughout time.
#BlackHistory #Photography #BlackMastodon #AmericanHistory #BlackTwitter

kamoinge.com/history

4 black & white photos: 1. Group of Kamoinge Photographers. 2. black man wearing large hat & woman wearing beret. 3. Group of young black people wearing leather, carrying umbrellas in rain. 4. Mourning black woman with veil & photo in hand

History — Kamoinge

Kamoinge Collective - Working Together (Formerly The Kamoinge Workshop)
Kamoinge
#history #photography #BlackTwitter #blackmastodon #blackhistory #americanhistory

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