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Alice Marie Coachman Davis (November 9, 1923 – July 14, 2014) was an American athlete. She specialized in high jump and was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal.

McKenzie Avenue, Tuskegee, Alabama.

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Introducing to yall My Great-Great uncle✈️ Shelby Westbrook – Tuskegee Airman

Shelby F. Westbrook (1922–2020) was one of the heroic Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black fighter pilots in U.S. history.

Who he was

• Born in Arkansas, raised in Toledo, Ohio

• Joined the Tuskegee Airmen, an all-Black fighter pilot group during WWII

• Served as a fighter pilot with the 332nd Fighter Group (“Red Tails”)

What he accomplished

• Flew more than 60 combat missions in Europe

• Protected bombers and flew dangerous missions over Germany, Italy, and France

• Survived being shot down in enemy territory

• Helped prove Black pilots were skilled, brave, and fully capable, fighting against both war enemies and American racism

After the war

• Became an engineer and inventor

• Helped design components for early TV broadcasting

• Wrote books about his experiences

• Advocated for education and preserving the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen

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The truth they don't teach. 🩸

Black bodies built American medicine—but not through choice. Through cruelty. Through experimentation. Through theft.

Enslaved women like Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey were forced into repeated, painful surgeries without anesthesia—so doctors could "practice." No consent. No mercy.

At Holmesburg Prison and beyond, Black inmates were used as guinea pigs—exposed to chemicals, drugs, and infections for profit.

The "Mississippi Appendectomy"—Black women sterilized without consent, sometimes during routine procedures. This happened well into the 1970s.

Segregated hospitals meant separate wards, fewer resources, delayed care, and higher death rates. It wasn't about medicine. It was about racism.

Black graves were robbed. Bodies stolen, sold, and dissected without permission—just to teach medical students.

No respect. No permission. No humanity.

This history isn't just painful. It's the foundation of modern medicine. And it was built on Black suffering.

We owe it to them to know. To remember. To never forget.