When black people bedded together to defend a black worker from angry white voters, we celebrated.

But the history of the Riverside Park event is even blacker than the brawl.

This is two-minute black history, what you didn't learn in school.

The Alabama boat brawl was nothing short of glorious.

It was a show of black unity and it gave us a wealth of internet means.

However, the fade in the water also reveals a rich source of black history.

Here are three historical facts that make the sweet tea party even blacker.

In 1911, black inventor Nathaniel Alexander patented a folding chair with a book holder.

While not much is known about Alexander, we do know that he intended his chairs to be used in churches

because they had a book rest on the back for Bibles or in books.

The Dox location on the river helped the population of enslaved people in Alabama swell to one of the largest in the nation by 1860.

That discouple happened during August. It's pure serendipity.

Black August was first observed in California's jails in the 1970s following the deaths of black political prisoners and brothers George and Jonathan Jackson.

It has since become an annual recognition of black freedom fights and revolutionaries who fought against oppression or lost their lives defending our liberation.

Our efforts to exist peacefully and gain our liberation span centuries.

As the future unfolds, we know one thing is certain.

We must never forget we are more powerful when we work together.

In order to move towards the future, you've got to look to the past.

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