𝑳𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒏𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏, 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒑 𝒖𝒑 #Liberia #Leadership #LPOTP #LiberiaPortraitOfThePast

2/3 Juah Nimley refused silence. The telegram named him. The files preserved him. Sasstown did not ask for grandeur, only dignity: safe paths home, waters to fish, lives unburned.

2/3 - Villages burned. - Beaches guarded. - Families slept with sandals beside the mat. Far away, Geneva read affidavits. Nearby, Sasstown lived the cost.

1/3 Sasstown kept its own time: sea light at dawn, canoe shadows at noon, drum talk at dusk. When officials came with orders disguised as promises, the town asked: what is authority without fairness? Enter 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐚𝐡 𝐍𝐢𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐲 #LiberiaHistory #KruCoast #JuahNimley

SASSTOWN: From Surf to Ballot A village on Liberia’s coast refused silence. From chiefs to classrooms, from rifles laid down to ballots cast, Sasstown showed that real authority is only fairness made visible. #Liberia #Sasstown #History #Justice #Democracy #FromSurfToBallot

Benson rose from VP under Roberts (1856) to President, ensuring smooth transitions. He oversaw Maryland’s annexation (1857) with care, building schools, missions & settlements, valuing stability, habit, and infrastructure over titles or hype. #Liberia #Leadership #Annexation1857

Boston Jenkins Drayton, Chief Justice from 1861, led with clarity and steady law. He ran for president in 1863 but returned to calm tensions on the bench. In Dec 1864, he tragically died off Cape Palmas. Legacy: method over noise, rule as remedy. #ThreadsOfCourage #Liberia

From Maryland in Liberia to the Bench In the 1850s, Gov. Boston Jenkins Drayton led a tiny republic under pressure. By 1857, war & negotiation brought annexation to Liberia. He carried forward one principle: measure first, decide next, explain clearly. #History #Liberia #Leader

Method before medals . . . #LPOTP #Liberia #History

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐫 Martin Henry Freeman transformed classrooms into tools for civic life, teaching math and moral philosophy from the U.S. to Liberia. His legacy: firsts that opened doors, and lessons that became policy. #MartinHenryFreeman #BlackHistory

Martin Henry Freeman, the Scholar Who Crossed the Sea #TheThreadOfCourage #MartinHenryFreeman #Middlebury #AveryCollege #LiberiaCollege #UniversityOfLiberia #BlackHistory #EducationHistory #HigherEd #PublicScholarship

Martin Henry Freeman: Middlebury grad (1849). First Black U.S. college president (1856, Avery). Later shaping Liberia College. His legacy? Method, promise, and doors kept open. #LPOTP #Middlebury #AveryCollege #LiberiaCollege #UniversityOfLiberia #BlackHistory

Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912), refused by US seminaries, he built his legacy in Liberia. His vision: Africa must grow from its own languages, schools & faiths. "A mirror, not a mask." Identity as truth, not imitation. #LPOTP #Liberia #Africa #History

Coming Next

In 1969, Angie Elizabeth Brooks became the first African woman to lead the UN General Assembly, urging reality over ritual. She later broke barriers again as Liberia’s 1st female Supreme Court Justice. #HerStory #AngieBrooks #UNGA #LPOTP #Liberia #WomenInLeadership

𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑰𝑬 𝑬𝑳𝑰𝒁𝑨𝑩𝑬𝑻𝑯 𝑩𝑹𝑶𝑶𝑲𝑺 #AngieBrooks #LPOTP #Liberia #WomenInLeadership #UNGA

From midnight typing in Liberia to presiding over the UN General Assembly, Angie Elizabeth Brooks turned quiet determination into history, the 1st African woman to hold the gavel in 1969. Greatness often begins softly. #UNGA #Liberia #LPOTP #AfricanHistory #WomenInLeadership

a jurist who set standards while the ink of the law was still drying, and a president who stitched a fragile republic together. Read them as chapters that call to one another. The line holds because courage refuses to die. 3/3

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 follows five Liberians whose choices reached forward in time: a girl who learned to type and spoke to the world, a scholar who insisted Africa think on its own terms, a teacher who crossed an ocean to build minds, 2/3

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Some stories stand alone. Others bind themselves to the next life, the next classroom, the next courtroom. 1/3 #LPOTP #Liberia #Liberianheritage #LiberiaHistory