RECORDthe names are real and deliberate. Memphis TN was named in 1819, and Cairo IL was planned in 1818 for the Egyptian city. Southern Illinois has been called "Little Egypt" since the 1800s. "Theros" is really Thebes IL; Luxora is in Arkansas; Alexandria LA is real. Wrong in the meme: Alexandria LA is in central Louisiana, not at the delta (New Orleans is); Egyptian Memphis sat near the head of the delta, not "south of the middle."
LENSthe founders chose to rename the Mississippi valley as a new Egypt (Pattern; this ties to P151, Napoleon in Egypt and Louisiana). OPEN, needs deep research: who did the naming, and whether lodges were involved. (b) "Typsy son of Black Hawk."
RECORD (Wisconsin Historical Society IM61427)"Tapsy, Son of Blackhawk," a carte-de-visite by James F. Bodtker of Madison, 1867. The museum calls the Potawatomi tie "presumptive" and says the moccasins are Winnebago-style. Black Hawk himself was Sauk. Turban, plaid shawl worn toga-style, dark skin: the archive's own photo shows a look the meme reads as Moorish (Pattern). (c) Tahlequah photo, "Indian American reclassified in 1924."
RECORDthe Indian Citizenship Act was 1924. The term "Native American" came into use in the 1960s–70s. In 1924 Virginia passed the Racial Integrity Act; Walter Plecker, the state registrar, reclassified Virginia Indians as "colored" on records, and in 1943 he sent out lists of surnames by county. This is the strongest receipt for an Accomack family. The Cherokee Female Seminary burned in 1887 and the Male Seminary in 1910; a school "demolished in 1880" and the identity of the people in the photo need deep research. (d) D'Soulaan / Oklahoma
RECORDOklahoma had 50+ historically all-Black towns, more than any state; Boley, Langston, Rentiesville, Tullahassee and Red Bird were founded largely by Creek and Cherokee Freedmen and their families. This ties to the freedmen rolls. (e) Black bishop statue
RECORD"San Zeno che ride" (the laughing St. Zeno), Basilica di San Zeno, Verona, a painted marble from the 1200s; St. Zeno was bishop of Verona in the 300s and came from North Africa (Mauretania/Africa Proconsularis). The fish hanging from his crozier is his symbol. He is the city's patron saint, shown dark-skinned in its main church. Add to P162 (Europe's Black nobility). (f) "Egyptians fled America." Community belief, needs deep research. Get the object number (22912) and the museum to identify the mask. (g) Trump memorandum (Apr 9, 2025) directing agencies to repeal regulations that conflict with 10 Supreme Court decisions, under EO 14219 (Feb 19, 2025). Record; what the creator connects it to is not clear yet.