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OurAncestors hashtag performance

#OurAncestors: Reverence for heritage, honoring elders, exploring lineage, celebrating cultural traditions, remembering resilience, sharing history, connecting generations, embracing identity, fostering community, seeking wisdom, and appreciating legacies.
The Charles family grapples with family legacy and difficult decisions as they determine the fate of their heirloom piano, exploring deeper themes along the way.  #foryou #thepianolessons #movietok #blackmovies #augustwilson #pulizerprize #moviescene #movieshowsclips #moviestowatch #movierecommendation #filmtok #filmtiktok #blackfilmsmatter #blackfilmtok #blackfilmclassics #fypシ #ancestors #ourancestors #helpme #blackpeople #africanamerican #familtheritage #blackfamily #dramafilm #foryourpage #malcolmwashington #virgilwilliams #danielledeadwyler #lloydrichards #alfrewoodard #blackfilmtok #blackfilmclassics #thepianolessonsnetflix #thepianolessonbroadway #thepianolessonscreening #pianolessons #fyp
The Untold Suffering at Monticello Atop the rolling hills of Virginia, Monticello stood as a symbol of enlightenment and democracy. But beneath its grandeur lay the brutal reality of those who toiled under bondage—the enslaved men, women, and children whose hands built the estate, whose backs bore the weight of its prosperity, and whose humanity was stripped away in the name of power and privilege. Thomas Jefferson, a man who penned the words “All men are created equal,” held over 600 souls in captivity throughout his lifetime. He championed liberty but denied it to those who served him. They rose before the sun, their days consumed by toil—tending his fields, crafting his luxuries, cooking his meals—while they themselves endured hunger, beatings, and the unrelenting grip of oppression. Their names, often lost to history, remain the true architects of Monticello’s legacy. Among them was Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman who bore Jefferson’s children. She was stripped of choice, her life entangled in a power dynamic that left her voiceless in the annals of American history. Hemings was just 14 when Jefferson took her to France, a land where she could have claimed freedom. But freedom was not truly hers to take—bound by circumstance, coercion, and the unbreakable chains of enslavement. She bore at least six of his children, who lived under the paradox of being both the offspring of a Founding Father and the property of a nation that refused to see them as free. Yet, in the depths of suffering, there was resilience. The enslaved at Monticello resisted in the ways they could—through quiet acts of defiance, through preserving their culture, through the unyielding belief that one day, their descendants would rise. We remember them. We speak their names. Because history is not just the story of those who ruled—it is the story of those who endured. #BlackHistory #WeBuiltThis #Monticello #SallyHemings #ThomasJefferson #HiddenTruths #OurAncestors #AmericanHistory #NeverForget
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The Untold Suffering at Monticello Atop the rolling hills of Virginia, Monticello stood as a symbol of enlightenment and democracy. But beneath its grandeur lay the brutal reality of those who toiled under bondage—the enslaved men, women, and children whose hands built the estate, whose backs bore the weight of its prosperity, and whose humanity was stripped away in the name of power and privilege. Thomas Jefferson, a man who penned the words “All men are created equal,” held over 600 souls in captivity throughout his lifetime. He championed liberty but denied it to those who served him. They rose before the sun, their days consumed by toil—tending his fields, crafting his luxuries, cooking his meals—while they themselves endured hunger, beatings, and the unrelenting grip of oppression. Their names, often lost to history, remain the true architects of Monticello’s legacy. Among them was Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman who bore Jefferson’s children. She was stripped of choice, her life entangled in a power dynamic that left her voiceless in the annals of American history. Hemings was just 14 when Jefferson took her to France, a land where she could have claimed freedom. But freedom was not truly hers to take—bound by circumstance, coercion, and the unbreakable chains of enslavement. She bore at least six of his children, who lived under the paradox of being both the offspring of a Founding Father and the property of a nation that refused to see them as free. Yet, in the depths of suffering, there was resilience. The enslaved at Monticello resisted in the ways they could—through quiet acts of defiance, through preserving their culture, through the unyielding belief that one day, their descendants would rise. We remember them. We speak their names. Because history is not just the story of those who ruled—it is the story of those who endured. #BlackHistory #WeBuiltThis #Monticello #SallyHemings #ThomasJefferson #HiddenTruths #OurAncestors #AmericanHistory #NeverForget
It’s officially Black History Month y’all!!! Let’s kick off the 3rd year of our series, Lesser Known Facts & People of the Culture, with the phenomenal Mrs. Raye Montague ✊🏽❤️✊🏾🖤✊🏿💚 #blacktherapist #womanist #fortheculture #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory365 #blackhistoryfacts #blackhistorytiktok #blackandproud #blackgirlmagic #blackwomen #dei #hiddenfigures #hillmantok #hillmantokuniversity #educate #spreadtheword #sharethis #forusbyus #ourancestors #foryou
Day 3 of Black History Month!!! Today in our series of Lesser Known Facts & People of the Culture, we’re learning about someone crucial to Black language & African American studies: Lorenzo Dow Turner ✊🏽❤️✊🏾🖤✊🏿💚 I’m also going to tag someone y’all should follow who is currently doing the work he does because Mr. Turner laid the foundation; @Sunn m'Cheaux 🦔  #blacktherapist #womanist #fortheculture #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory365 #blackhistoryfacts #blackhistorytiktok #blackandproud #blackboyjoy #blackmen #dei #hiddenfigures #hillmantok #hillmantokuniversity #educate #spreadtheword #sharethis #forusbyus #ourancestors #foryou
It’s day 2 of Black History Month!!! Today in our series of Lesser Known Facts & People of the Culture, let’s learn about Ms. Alice H. Parker ✊🏽❤️✊🏾🖤✊🏿💚 #blacktherapist #womanist #fortheculture #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory365 #blackhistoryfacts #blackhistorytiktok #blackandproud #blackgirlmagic #blackwomen #dei #hiddenfigures #hillmantok #hillmantokuniversity #educate #spreadtheword #sharethis #forusbyus #ourancestors #foryou
#duet with @Kevin R. Johnson #weaintscared #ourancestors #harriettubman #martinlutherking #natturner #reatalk #community
BHM SERIES 2025: Lesser Known Facts & People of the Culture✊🏽✊🏿✊🏾❤️🖤💚 Day 4: The Tignon Law Let’s learn a little about a law put in place to attempt to keep Black women in their place by policing their dress/hair…something we still deal with in certain ways today! #blacktherapist #womanist #fortheculture #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory365 #blackhistoryfacts #blackhistorytiktok #blackandproud #blackgirlmagic #blackwomen #ourancestors #blackcodes #hillmantok #educate #spreadtheword #sharethis #repost #forusbyus #foryou

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