Great Tweets in Black History

African Americans have overcome unthinkable struggles and reached proud triumphs throughout our history — but imagine what those achievements would look like reflected through the platform of today's social media. Here are some of black history's most famous moments, reimagined in 140 characters or less.

Frederick Douglass

@HonestAbe Good lookin' out on the Proclamation. Now let's talk about those union and border states.

Harriet Tubman

So psyched. I still have three bars even though I'm "underground," LOLz!

Nat Turner

Had a vision from God last night. No way this ends badly.

Sally Hemings

I can't believe @TJefferson is denying paternity. Come on, Tom, you know these are your kids! #yesidid

Sojourner Truth

Got booed at #suffrage convention and had to shut 'em down. Weaker sex? Please.

George Washington Carver

Major #FAIL on potato experiment. Will try peanuts next.

Madam C.J. Walker

Sigh. When are we gonna move past this? RT @RaceMan: @MadamCJ Don't remove the kinks from your hair; remove them from your brain!!!

Marcus Garvey

Just unveiled our red, black and green @UNIA flag. Hope it catches on!

Zora Neale Hurston

#FollowFriday My fellow Harlem artists! @LangstonHughes @ClaudeMcKay @BillieHoliday @PaulRobeson @RomareBearden @LenaHorne @LouisArmstrong

Dizzy Gillespie

#MusicMonday Check out my girl, Ella Fitzgerald — "(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)" http://goo.gl/0Indn

W.E.B. Du Bois

A man was lynched today, and #AmosnAndy is a trending topic? Let's step our game up, Talented Tenth.

Josephine Baker

Just tried on my new banana skirt. They're gonna love it @FoliesBergere!

Marian Anderson

Crowd of 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial. Nervous, but determined.

Hattie McDaniel

So happy I won! (But side eye goes to the #oscars for making me use the back entrance.)

Jackie Robinson

Named MVP with 124 runs this year. Suddenly hearing fewer claims that baseball is a white man's game. #howyoulikemenow

Rosa Parks

If I never read another description of me as a "tired, dignified seamstress," it will be TOO SOON.

Malcolm X

I just checked into Mecca (Saudi Arabia w/ @AbdulAzziz and 596,544 others) on @foursquare.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Rally at the Lincoln Memorial on Wed! Plan to come early — we're expecting a pretty big turnout. #jobsandfreedom

Thurgood Marshall

I just became the mayor of the U.S. Supreme Court on @foursquare!

Jimi Hendrix

For the record, y'all: The lyric is "Excuse me while I kiss THE SKY."

Huey P. Newton

Manned the free breakfast program and patrolled the neighborhood for police brutality — all while keeping the Afro fresh!

Shirley Chisholm

Ready or not, America: I'm running for president! Are my sisters with me? #chisholm72