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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participate in a community service project at Leckie Elementary school in celebration of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service and in honor of Dr. King’s life and legacy
Pete Souza: The President reacts after getting beat in Rock Paper Scissors while participating in a service project at a local school on MLK day.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was my friend, my mentor, my brother. He represented the very best in all of us. #MLKDay https://t.co/38FgIrIyTu
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) January 18, 2025#MLKDay is a day on, not a day off. It is a day of service so we may seek progress in our communities & create a world at peace with itself.
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#MLK was a proponent of peace, but not 'false peace.' True peace includes the presence of justice. #MLKDay2016 https://t.co/Lauo2kopIx
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The King Center (@TheKingCenter) January 18, 2025“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” #MLK #MLKDay2016 #Nonviolence365 https://t.co/3fUXZlOujl
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2016 1st presidential election since SCOTUS gutted Voting Rights Act. Honor MLK's legacy by protecting voting rights thenation.com/article/honor-…
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 18, 2025Right to vote under most sustained attack since MLK marched from Selma to Montgomery 50 years ago #MLKDay https://t.co/nqJgCpvy7K
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 18, 2025****
11 forgotten Martin Luther King quotes that show he was a revolutionary bit.ly/1Ow30uI https://t.co/8fQawIgiUK
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Vox (@voxdotcom) January 18, 2025Dr. King once said, "Everyone can be great because everyone can serve.” This #MLKDay be great & #volunteer. @MLKDay https://t.co/t3OnjIHfWX
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For #MLKDay I'm serving food to those in need & talking #NoWastedFood. Find a way to serve your community at MLKDay.gov.
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Gina McCarthy (@GinaEPA) January 15, 2025Can't make our #MLKDay experience via #MLKNOW? Enjoy the livestream starting at 3PM EST: bit.ly/1JThVCA. xo https://t.co/KkitdTUYUR
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Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) January 18, 2025****
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” #MLK #MLKDay2016 https://t.co/9d2rimiRJV
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The King Center (@TheKingCenter) January 18, 2025"And there comes a time when one must take a position
that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular." #MLKDay2016 https://t.co/m5oSsL5ctb
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"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman." #MLKDay https://t.co/CQj6bx601J
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U.S. Surgeon General (@Surgeon_General) January 18, 2025“We become heroes when we stand up for what we believe in.” #MLKDay https://t.co/TQpYIn2Hv1
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Muhammad Ali (@MuhammadAli) January 18, 2025****
This is one of my favorite images of Dr. King. Unburdened. With the future in front of him. I'm glad he chose us. xo https://t.co/QDViFLpOYC
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Julian Bond, a former chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a charismatic figure of the 1960s civil rights movement, a lightning rod of the anti-Vietnam War campaign and a lifelong champion of equal rights for minorities, died on Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75. Mr. Bond died in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., after a brief illness, the center said in a statement Sunday morning. He was one of the original leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, while he was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta. He moved from the militancy of the student group to the top leadership of the establishmentarian N.A.A.C.P. Along the way, he was a writer, poet, television commentator, lecturer, college teacher, and persistent opponent of the stubborn remnants of white supremacy.
He also served for 20 years in the Georgia Legislature, mostly in conspicuous isolation from white colleagues who saw him as an interloper and a rabble-rouser. Mr. Bond’s wit, cool personality and youthful face became familiar to millions of television viewers during the 1960s and 1970s; he was described as dashing, handsome and urbane. On the strength of his personality and quick intellect, he moved to the center of the civil rights action in Atlanta, the unofficial capital of the movement, at the height of the struggle for racial equality in the early 1960s. Moving beyond demonstrations, he became a founder, with Morris Dees, of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal advocacy organization in Montgomery, Ala. Mr. Bond was its president from 1971 to 1979 and remained on its board for the rest of his life.
When he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1965 — along with seven other black members — furious white members of the House refused to let him take his seat, accusing him of disloyalty. He was already well known because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s stand against the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War. That touched off a national drama that ended in 1966, when the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision ordered the legislature to seat him, saying it had denied him freedom of speech. He went on to serve 20 years in the two houses of the legislature. As a lawmaker, he sponsored bills to establish a sickle cell anemia testing program and to provide low-interest home loans to low-income Georgians. He also helped create a majority-black congressional district in Atlanta.
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Julian Bond, a former N.A.A.C.P. chairman and civil rights leader, has died at 75 nyti.ms/1Nyin6h http://t.co/w3qHEqfT9G
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The New York Times (@nytimes) August 16, 2025The NAACP mourns the passing of Chairman Julian Bond, civil rights titan and our brother. May he rest in eternal peace.
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Julian Bond was one of a kind. We worked together in the Civil Rights Movement and he became one of my closest and dearest friends.
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) August 16, 2025We went through a difficult period during our campaign for Congress in 1986, but many years ago we emerged even closer.
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) August 16, 2025****
Julian was so smart, so gifted, and so talented. He was deeply committed to making our country a better country.
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) August 16, 2025Julian Bond's leadership and his spirit will be deeply missed.
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"Julian Bond helped change this country for the better. And what better way to be remembered than that." —@POTUS: http://t.co/Td1ig20iSz
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 16, 2025Julian Bond & @repjohnlewis registering black voters in the South in early 1970s with the Voter Education Project http://t.co/UDdPDQeQCA
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Julian Bond at the GA State House when the assembly voted to bar him from his seat due to his anti-war stance, 1966. http://t.co/JagdvAeNtg
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Robert Greene II (@robgreeneII) August 16, 2025Julian Bond's lifetime can't be summarized in a Tweet. All we can say is thank you & a job well done. Rest in power. http://t.co/3tJlOxEEX5
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We’re very sad to announce the passing of civil rights icon Julian Bond. We’ve lost a champion sp.lc/QX8aB http://t.co/FIuuSnL8lz
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SPLC (@splcenter) August 16, 2025Remembering Julian Bond: profile of the civil rights leader before his 30th birthday in 1970. nyti.ms/1DVg4dC http://t.co/qI1dBmJk9C
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1989: Julian Bond delivered the dedication speech at the @CivilRightsCntr in Montgomery. Read: sp.lc/QXshR http://t.co/ftZygctUZm
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SPLC (@splcenter) August 16, 2025Civil Rights Icon & Longtime @NAACP executive Julian Bond has passed. MLK to President @BarackObama #inspiration http://t.co/a1lz60uBlK
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#JulianBond, a friend & fellow traveler who with courage, set the moral & academic tone of our generation. RIP http://t.co/V2OKZMYNiW
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Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@RevJJackson) August 16, 2025Sad to hear that Julian Bond (civil rights activist/NAACP board chairman) has passed away. Condolences to his family. http://t.co/1ORiclI6p0
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See civil rights leader Julian Bond's life in photos ti.me/1HPsgr7
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TIME.com (@TIME) August 16, 2025So profoundly sad to learn of the passing of the great Julian Bond. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/j… - he was equal parts kind, brilliant and fierce.
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Civil rights icon Julian Bond dies age 75 - cbsn.ws/1JZPHnP http://t.co/5z3kaWT5CX
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CBS News (@CBSNews) August 16, 2025Civil rights activist Julian Bond is dead at 75 ti.me/1UM1PvR
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Farewell to Julian Bond. http://t.co/zreHheBFyy
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Yakyu Night Owl (@YakyuNightOwl) August 16, 2025And here's an image of Paul Robeson with Julian Bond as a young boy. http://t.co/1ctmHi6oBV
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We have lost a civil rights giant in Julian Bond. And the best way to honor his memory is to pass the Voting Rights Act.
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Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) August 16, 2025Julian Bond, Civil Rights icon, has passed away at the age of 75. RIP. http://t.co/nkZMLUGwKX
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President Barack Obama, surrounded by Cabinet officials and members of Congress, signs a series of bills during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Included in the bills signed is the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015
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President Barack Obama’s signature is seen on H.R. 1295 Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015. The president signed into law two hard-fought bills giving him greater authority to negotiate international trade deals and providing aid to workers whose jobs are displaced by such pacts
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The two trade bills @POTUS signed today will put American workers first → go.wh.gov/gMn4fm #LeadOnTrade snpy.tv/1JtpxdM
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 29, 2025President Obama's trade deal will lock in the strongest labor protections ever → go.wh.gov/gMn4fm #LeadOnTrade http://t.co/6ASH30MPqS
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President Obama's trade deal will:
Protect our oceans.
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Combat illegal logging. http://t.co/e3xxmqMy3X
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 29, 2025"The second bill...renews and expands the Trade Adjustment Assistance program" —@POTUS #LeadOnTrade http://t.co/tdDdVJTWyE
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President Barack Obama and President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at 2015 MORE Impact Awards Luncheon at The Newseum
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President Barack Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and the bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in the Oval Office at the White House
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Dr. King, always in our hearts
We celebrate his singular life each time we
think of his good works
and the hope and change he brought.
We commemorate his birth in January.
We visit his memorial on the mall
Year-round.
We tell his remarkable story
to the little children of today.
We’d rather leave the marking of the date
he was assassinated in Memphis
to the history books.
But all of it is what we were given
and what he was given.
And, this year, as we recall it was
forty-seven years ago on April 4
that his “four little children”
lost him …
Let us not forget about them
as we rejoice that he belonged to the world
for as long as he did
as we examine the “content of his character”
around the globe, as long as we all still do.
In our minds, we will remember him
and that our voices must keep
challenging the injustices
as we keep yearning for equality for all.
That night,
Robert Kennedy suggested
we dedicate ourselves
to what the Greeks had written
many years before:
“To tame the savageness of man and
make gentle the life of this world.”
A man named Barack Obama,
also in our hearts,
who later
became our President,
surely has dedicated himself to
“taming the savageness of man”
throughout the world
and to a “more perfect union”
here at home.
This year, no matter our religious beliefs
or non-beliefs,
it seems quite fitting somehow,
if only for the history books,
that the date we recall sits between
Good Friday and Passover and Easter
while prayers from other faiths are also
being said,
around the clock,
all over the globe,
in the interests of the human race.
Dr. King, always in our hearts.
Hope and change, always on the horizon,
to “make gentle the life of this world.”
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King was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Today marks the 47th anniversary of his death. http://t.co/LZmQMF6ydw
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deray mckesson (@deray) April 04, 2025Today marks the 47th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. May he rest in peace 👑 http://t.co/zOsKGtyR2p
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Part of Dr Martin Luther King Jr's last speech, night before 4-4-68: "I've Been To The Mountaintop": youtu.be/Oehry1JC9Rk via @YouTube
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(@JOBoomr) April 04, 2025Today, we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His example pushes us to keep fighting for justice. http://t.co/fo7XnyvJtX
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Continue reading ‘Martin Luther King Jr: Always In Our Hearts’
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After a life filled with transformation, Malcolm X found himself in February 1965 in the throes of yet another. He had been a fringe figure, known mostly to a small circle of black Muslims and big-city sophisticates, but now he was branching out — seeking allies at home and abroad to help him become a part of the Southern civil rights movement. He had plans to take the cause to the United Nations, charging the U.S. government with failure to protect its black citizens from racist white terrorism. 50 years after he was gunned down by an assassin in Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom, Malcolm X is getting another look. His issues — particularly those that occupied the last year of his life — and his tactics speak to the current conversation.
Police brutality? Malcolm would have been on point amid the protests in Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island. “Whenever something happens, 20 police cars swarm on one neighborhood,” Malcolm told an interviewer during his crusade against anti-crime bills. “This force . . . creates a spirit of resentment in every Negro. They think they are living in a police state and they become hostile toward the policeman.” Voting rights? Once again in the spotlight, as activists challenge photo ID laws that they say hinder minority voters, and definitely a preoccupation for Malcolm. “When white people are evenly divided, and black people have a bloc of votes of their own, it is left up to them to determine who’s going to sit in the White House and who’s going to be in the doghouse,” he said in 1964.
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As people across the world commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, EBONY asked some of our favorite thought leaders to reflect on how “our Black shining prince” impacted their worldview, cultural identity and work: “He taught me what it meant to publicly be a work in progress, to publicly admit when you were wrong, all in a lifelong effort to be the best person he could be for his people, his family, and himself. I take him with me everywhere I go.“-Rembert Browne, writer. “I remember the first time I heard Brother Malcolm’s speech when he asked, “Who taught you to hate yourself?” I was 15. For me, there was a healing in his truth-telling. His words gave me permission to always call it as I see it. And without apology. “-Yaba Blay, scholar/author
“As a Black man, Malcolm X was one of my first glimpses into what it meant to be proud of your Blackness on your terms; as a storyteller, his book taught me the value in honesty and owning your truth, no matter how messy it might look in the rear view mirror.”-Michael Arceneaux, writer. “The more I learned the truth about Malcolm X, the more I began to love myself. His unwavering courage is how I attempt to show up in the world and in my work.” -Wade Davis, former NFL player/Executive Director, You Can Play Project. “Malcolm wasn’t perfect, but he strived to be, and do, better—to be his best possible self for his people. That is the true worth of a freedom fighter.” -Jason Parham, writer/editor. “Malcolm X’s life taught me that being angry about injustice is an opportunity to use my voice to speak out and use my gifts to spark change.”-Ebonie Johnson Cooper, philanthropist
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“Malcolm died advocating for teenaged, single Black mothers. He died for not remaining silent about the abuse of Black girls.” -dream hampton, writer/activist/educator
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Malcolm X was assassinated 50 years ago today. Read @Krissah30 on his (still-changing) legacy wapo.st/1vksW8G http://t.co/uX8z173udt
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 21, 2025This is the telegram MLK sent Malcolm X's wife after her husband's assassination vox.com/2015/2/21/8078… http://t.co/9iZ4aJOWEq
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deray mckesson (@deray) February 21, 2025****
Modern consciousness casts Malcolm as MLK foil, as a series of catchphrases. He was much more wapo.st/1vksW8G http://t.co/FjrVPIKcWM
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 21, 2025Here's the NYT article from paper the morning after "bearded extremist" Malcolm X was assassinated partners.nytimes.com/library/nation…
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Bomani Jones (@bomani_jones) February 21, 2025@bomani_jones I'm torn between being impressed about how many inches they wrote with my disdain for their "open and shut case" attitude
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 21, 2025****
"Malcolm, a slim, reddish-haired six-footer with a gift for bitter eloquence against what he considered white exploitation of Negroes"
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 21, 2025So basically, the day after Malcolm is killed the NYT writes: "he was an angry black man who could talk good"
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Here's @washingtonpost front page from day after Malcolm X killed. Carried @AP story (ht @masumaahuja) http://t.co/s0wBBXURnj
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 21, 2025WaPo's staff-written obit for "articulate, able and dynamic orator..." Malcolm X ran on A3 http://t.co/i6WBt9xL5k
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 21, 2025****
Striking here is that obit keeps referring to the Nation of Islam as a "black Muslim cult."
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 21, 2025@WesleyLowery not to mention the degrading trope of referring to an African American man as 'articulate'
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On the anniversary of his death, EBONY asks "What has Malcolm X taught YOU?" #MalcolmTaughtMe bit.ly/1DAL4hu http://t.co/AciR0KwLEE
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EBONY (@EBONYMag) February 21, 2025Having my son march beside me as we affirm that #BlackLivesMatter means the world to me! #Malcolm50 http://t.co/oug52OBfaU
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Doug Moore (@DMooreUDW) February 21, 2025****
I wouldn't have been anywhere near as informed about institutional and structural racism as a 15 year old without him. #MalcolmTaughtMe
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melanincholy (@riotersbloc) February 21, 2025"I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whatever benefits humanity as a whole." #MalcolmTaughtMe http://t.co/gJYxRLzIxE
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Christopher Peach (@MinouNoireLover) February 21, 2025****
NEVER bite your tongue, even in the company of those who oppose you #MalcolmTaughtMe
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Damani McNeil (@dmalcolm_) February 21, 2025This picture is among my most valued possessions. #MalcolmTaughtMe @MuhammadAli and others self respect, principle. http://t.co/HBODQ44guo
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RIP brother Malcolm. Your legacy lives on. Love this message. #Malcolm50 #MalcolmTaughtMe http://t.co/hnolHyiYUH
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Harry Shotton (@HarryShotton) February 21, 2025"You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it." #MalcolmTaughtMe
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@EBONYMag #MalcolmTaughtMe my TRUE history, and to love myself, and to love my people.
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M. Washington (@meagfw) February 20, 2025#MalcolmTaughtMe that being proud of who I am and committed to justice is a daily choice we all can make.
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Nicole Lee (@nicoleclee) February 21, 2025
Dr. King was my friend, my brother, my hero. We honor him through service. Today is a day on, not a day off. http://t.co/i3CDvaRwpA
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) January 19, 2025Those who quote Dr. King for right-wing causes should read his Letter From A Birmingham Jail. africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/L… http://t.co/SoXM2VSwWm
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Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) January 18, 2025****
This MLK weekend, discover the man who changed a nation. SELMA is now playing everywhere. bit.ly/SelmaMovieTix
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Selma Movie (@SelmaMovie) January 16, 2025"Dr. King demonstrated time and again, labor rights and civil rights are two sides of the same coin." #MLKDay http://t.co/3iYnRG8VAE
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US Labor Department (@USDOL) January 19, 2025****
From Rep. John Lewis to St. Louis, here's how how America honored Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. nbcnews.to/1J0yZ52 http://t.co/ab6FwgetjR
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NBC News (@NBCNews) January 19, 2025Die in on Lexington bet 60 and 59 stretching the whole block. #DREAM4JUSTICE #ReclaimMLK http://t.co/aL9gY9ZvGX
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Civil rights protesters 2 be exonerated of 1961 ‘crime’ of sitting-in S Carolina lunch counter rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/civ… http://t.co/CWmk86R9WL
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R Joseph (@rjoseph7777) January 19, 2025And whenever someone echoes the "content of your character" line out of context, give em this http://t.co/K4SN3JOIfl
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W.E.B.B.I.E DuBois (@fivefifths) January 19, 2025****
Martin Luther King Jr w @RepJohnLewis, #CivilRights leaders&Pres Kennedy go.usa.gov/zwHm #MLKDay http://t.co/VjbipACIMn
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Teaching with the LC (@TeachingLC) January 15, 2025I sat down with the @WashingtonPost's @edatpost to discuss the making of #MLKDay, racial politics in America & more: wapo.st/1Cpojsq
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John Conyers (@repjohnconyers) January 18, 2025****
Honor King’s legacy by working to protect voting rights & strengthen the #VRA. bit.ly/1ChTztx via @AriBerman http://t.co/GCCVkTLpLd
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Civil Rights (@civilrightsorg) January 17, 2025If you have not seen the Oscar nominated @SelmaMovie, do it this weekend to celebrate #MLK's birthday! #SelmaMovie http://t.co/xub1Qhkj70
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Jill Cruse (@jillienp) January 17, 2025****
Two things I'm going to revisit today. One is the Letter from Birmingham Jail africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/L…
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W.E.B.B.I.E DuBois (@fivefifths) January 19, 2025the second is the whole "Mountaintop Speech." Many are familiar with the famous sound byte, but the rest is better youtube.com/watch?v=ixfwGL…
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These Rarely Seen Family Photos Of #MLK Will Warm Your Heart huff.to/1yhcbuq #MLKDay
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Bruce P. Knight (@brucepknight) January 20, 2025WATCH: @JoeBiden delivers remarks on #MLKDay politi.co/15omF0m
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Elementary school students lend their small voices to King’s big dream to.pbs.org/1ukKyBf #MLKDay
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(@NewsHour) January 20, 2025Hundreds marched in Boston as leaders gathered for the #MLKDay memorial breakfast: ow.ly/HASys http://t.co/6rnsuErvaX
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Community leaders gathered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta to celebrate Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on.wsj.com/1J2tuAV #MLKDay
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Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 19, 2025These pics give a good sense of how many folks turned out for the #MLKDay March in Austin. via @kdcaballero #atx http://t.co/UWLWs4ss0U
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Joe Deshotel (@joethepleb) January 19, 2025****
Faith and community leaders gathered at an Atlanta church to honor MLK: ow.ly/HAQLu #MLKDay http://t.co/IuoJDjuzCV
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The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) January 19, 2025On #MLKDay, Volunteers Head To A Food Bank To Help The Hungry In South Jersey. @CleveBryan Has The Story: cbsloc.al/14ZFTrS
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Not possible to encapsulate how Dr. King challenged conscious of my generation, made so many of us think about responsibility. #MLKDay
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John Kerry (@JohnKerry) January 19, 2025MLK Jr had a dream. But it’s on us to invest in our kids to see that dream realized #FLOTUS #MLKDay #BoysAndGirlsClub http://t.co/34jmWtm0Zk
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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) January 19, 2025
The cast of the West Wing ✓
@PressSec ✓
Cheese puns ✓
Big Block of Cheese Day is coming back.
Watch → youtu.be/ex_jJlv5HKk #AskTheWH
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 16, 2025Pew poll finds broad support for Obama's #Cuba changes: pewrsr.ch/1KQQaIa
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lesley clark (@lesleyclark) January 16, 2025****
An early look at next week’s cover, by Barry Blitt: nyr.kr/1ylvsww http://t.co/jpZw3K34hB
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The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 16, 2025Leaving K's class. Her journal entry from yesterday. Teacher called me at 8 last night to tell me how powerful it was http://t.co/yySmMkwN7L
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brittany. (@bdoulaoblongata) January 16, 2025****
When people of color talk oppression we are not bluffing. It's never been a game. There is no race card.
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Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) January 16, 2025Stevie Wonder is developing a musical about the Underground Railroad ti.me/1yswALU
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Saw Selma yesterday at Loews on Broadway, the gaggle of schoolchildren were brought to respectful silence and awe as the story unfolded.
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Susan Fales-Hill (@susanfaleshill) January 16, 2025I keep thinking about how casual the officers were around Tamir's still-living self after Tamir was shot. No assistance, no urgency.
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deray mckesson (@deray) January 16, 2025****
Happy to see that tickets are sold out in Philadelphia...still available in NJ
selmastudenttickets.com http://t.co/QA9cXg8qOp
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Pretty Foot (@PrettyFootWoman) January 15, 2025Obama to Host ‘Selma’ Screening at White House on Friday bit.ly/1AW7ndM
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UPDATE: US Supreme Court to decide whether same-sex couples nationwide have right to marry under Constitution: abcn.ws/1sHrmwe
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ABC News (@ABC) January 16, 2025Medicare Chief Marilyn Tavenner steps down nbcnews.to/1ysemf2 http://t.co/ypZmPb734o
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NBC News (@NBCNews) January 16, 2025****
@brandon_weigel: And here’s the Charmington’s staff taking a picture with President Obama.
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Martin Luther King, Jr., (born today 1929) pulling burnt cross from his lawn in presence of his son, 1960: #LOC http://t.co/v3JLvVlh9q
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Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 15, 2025MLK arrested for "loitering," Montgomery, Alabama, 1958: #Moore http://t.co/fqpQzTJpzm
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Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 15, 2025****
.@BethanyMota, @HankGreen & @GloZell are interviewing the President next Thurs. Ask your Q's with #YouTubeAsksObama → youtu.be/awU8M3qVgZQ
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 15, 2025Hey so *nervous cough* I'm interviewing President Obama at the @Whitehouse next week. Any questions you want I should ask? #YouTubeAsksObama
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Hank Green (@hankgreen) January 15, 2025****
To me, Letter from a Birmingham Jail is MLK's finest moment. And I think this is the most powerful thing he ever said http://t.co/Yd7vISK30a
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Larry Beyince (@DragonflyJonez) January 15, 2025MLK"s telegram ("I shudder") to JFK after murders of African-American girls in Birmingham church, 1963:: http://t.co/ao9TQirfIG
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Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 15, 2025****
President signs memorandum directing govt agencies to advance up to 6 wks paid sick leave for parents with new baby ❤ http://t.co/GbXuBvYYeK
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) January 15, 2025US is only developed nation in world that doesnt offer paid maternity leave. Congress shld #LeadOnLeave as POTUS has! http://t.co/Xc5cmIvcsz
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Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) January 15, 2025Take a trip to Washington with @BethanyMota, @hankgreen and @GloZell. goo.gl/Diz2Yk #YouTubeAsksObama http://t.co/PY0SH1MncP
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The Oscar nominations were announced this morning. There will be plenty of analysis regarding good surprises and bad surprises, and I may dip my toes in later today. But the most egregious omission is the sadly not-entirely-surprising absence of Selma’s Ava DuVernay from the five contenders nominated for Best Director. To the extent that one can be “angry” about a certain filmmaker not being nominated for a major award that honors the best in filmmaking, I am angry. I am angry both because she deserved a nomination. I am angry because if the legacy of DuVernay’s Selma becomes shaped by its Oscar-season controversy, I fear that it will affect the artistic opportunities afforded to its African-American female director in a manner different than if Selma would have come under fire under the directorial lens of a white male filmmaker.
Martin Luther King, Jr., was born January 15, 1929—here after arrest, Montgomery Bus Boycott (1956): http://t.co/19SVx0eFDO
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Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 15, 2025"It may well be that the Negro is God's instrument to save the soul of America." - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
#RememberMLK
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MyFeminismRealAF (@FeministaJones) January 15, 2025To support/see @AVAETC work:
Selma is in theaters,
Middle of Nowhere is on DVD/iTunes,
I Will Follow is on Netflix
#fyi
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Whitney (@arieswym) January 15, 2025Ms. DuVernay directed one of the very best films of the year and has been lauded and celebrated accordingly for the last two months and yet she was shoved aside for at least a few contenders who were nowhere near as celebrated. There is a real chance that this terrific and towering achievement that highlights the profoundly heroic and blood-stained work of those who worked with and for Martin Luther King Jr. during the “Civil Rights Era” will be forever defined by the notion that it wasn’t nice enough to a powerful white guy in a supporting role.
More here
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Oscar nominations exposed Academy's lack of diversity variety.com/2015/film/news… http://t.co/70tnrtGVcE
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(@Variety) January 15, 2025#OscarsSoWhite hashtag criticizes the Academy for lack of diversity among nominees: on.wsj.com/151s4u9 #Oscarnoms http://t.co/tZJJIofLfi
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Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 15, 2025****
#Selma should be seen by ALL. It is American history, human history. Take all your kids and show them YOUR history.
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L. Joy Williams (@ljoywilliams) January 15, 2025Maybe Selma didn't get more #OscarNoms because the film doesn't depict white people as saviors. Hollywood LOVES white saviors.
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Baratunde (@baratunde) January 15, 2025****
#OscarsSoWhite we'll see a lot of "Je Suis Charlie" buttons on the red carpet, but no #BlackLivesMatter
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April (@ReignOfApril) January 15, 2025#OscarsSoWhite they can count the number of people of color nominated in major categories every year on one hand.
Oh wait. 😒
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April (@ReignOfApril) January 15, 2025#OscarsSoWhite has owned Twitter this morning. Thanks, @ReignOfApril! cmplx.it/4SPJA http://t.co/RPDuHmYudK
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Complex Pop Culture (@ComplexPop) January 15, 2025****
Today go and see SELMA and you will understand why I am so proud to be a part of this film. #MarchOn http://t.co/jsldsSRV6q
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Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) January 14, 2025If the Motion Picture Academy were a state, you probably wouldn't live there. theatlantic.com/entertainment/… http://t.co/Ssp3st2zYp
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Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) January 15, 2025****
#SELMA was not a perfect film. But the fact that it faced so much backlash b/c white folks were butthurt that they weren't centered in it...
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Awesomely Luvvie (@Luvvie) January 15, 2025Racism exists for a reason, and it's not just because white people enjoy the view from front of the bus. The power is a security blanket.
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Awesomely Luvvie (@Luvvie) January 15, 2025****
"White male filmmakers have the luxury of being mediocre….” forbes.com/sites/scottmen…
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L. Joy Williams (@ljoywilliams) January 15, 2025LBJ nominated our greatest Supreme Court Justice, Marshall, but also burned uncountable children to death. It's an ugly world.
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rootless (@root_e) January 15, 2025****
Why Ava DuVernay's 'Selma' Oscar Snub Matters onforb.es/1zhyi5w
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BWD (@theonlyadult) January 15, 2025The Oscars shut out black actors and directors on.thegrio.com/14DX2qT
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theGrio.com (@theGrio) January 15, 2025****
I don't demand #OscarNoms for PoC every cycle, regardless of work. But in the year of #Selma, #Belle & #BeyondTheLights? #GTFOHWTBS H'wood!
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(@Only4RM) January 15, 2025So, while we don't need "white validation", an Oscar nod/win helps Black ppl who work in the film industry in such tangible ways
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Cocky McSwagsalot (@MoreAndAgain) January 15, 2025****
Fifty Shades of White #OscarNoms
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The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) January 15, 2025One of Oscar's biggest "Selma" oversights is, without a doubt, cinematographer Bradford Young. Rarely has our skin looked so good on film.
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) January 15, 2025****
'See the Oscar news, Barack? If @TheAcademy was in charge, you'd never have been nominated in '08' http://t.co/qofibLBh6A
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) January 15, 2025What, no Oscar nomination for Ava DuVernay?
This is a joke, right? RIGHT? http://t.co/IYuBGsh8xC
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) January 15, 2025****
#Oscarssowhite they can't see a problem in this - The diversity gap in the Academy Awards #Oscars2015 #OscarNoms http://t.co/UOZLOM9Mnl"
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Media Diversified (@WritersofColour) January 15, 2025Back in September, our @KyleBuchanan predicted this would be the whitest #Oscars in decades: vult.re/1Bw72jo http://t.co/AW3Q65TDH8
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Vulture (@vulture) January 15, 2025****
#OscarsSoWhite They didn't see Selma but their housekeeper said it was really good.
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Fed-Up Birthday Girl (@thewayoftheid) January 15, 2025#OscarsSoWhite they don't see race. Or movies with black folks in it, apparently.
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rell (@Awkward_Duck) January 15, 2025****
There are films that win awards, and there are films that leave an indelible mark on our culture. Sometimes they're the same. Sometimes not.
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Mychal Denzel Smith (@mychalsmith) January 15, 2025Last year, there was celebration after celebration of Do The Right Thing's 25th anniversary. Remember what beat it at the Oscars?
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Mychal Denzel Smith (@mychalsmith) January 15, 2025****
Fully expect American Sniper to take it this year. Not b/c it's the best, but b/c white bros want their white-washed white hero narratives.
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Januandrea Grimes (@andreagrimes) January 15, 2025Amazing how only white people can act well.
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Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) January 15, 2025****
#OscarsSoWhite they don’t see the power of black leaders only thugs, victims, slaves or whores. Thanks Academy!
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DanielleMoodie-Mills (@DeeTwoCents) January 15, 2025nominees for best picture:
white man sniper
white man actor
white boyhood
white man at hotel
white man genius (x 2)
white musician
Selma
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kelsey mckinney (@mckinneykelsey) January 15, 2025****
Not a single non-white actor was nominated for an Academy Award this year.
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Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) January 15, 2025Of course, awards aren't everything. CRASH won Best Picture & that film is hot garbage. But it's frustrating when merit isn't acknowledged.
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Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) January 15, 2025****
Honestly, who sees American Sniper then Belle and nominates Sniper?
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Dirk Lester (@Dirk2112) January 15, 2025.@GoodGirlRoxy @Karnythia @ReignOfApril @poetichentai Gugu Mbatha-Raw had a breakout year. Could've earned nods for Belle/Beyond The Lights.
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(@Only4RM) January 15, 2025****
I mean, fine, you don't think SELMA was among the best directed movies of the year? Cool. But Oyelowo gave a phenomenal performance.
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Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) January 15, 2025I'm not sure SELMA was the best movie of the year. But as per @devincf, its Bloody Sunday scene alone should put @AVAETC in "best director."
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Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) January 15, 2025With that scene, @AVAETC makes mass violence personal, terrifying, and strangely beautiful. It's fantastic filmmaking.
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Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) January 15, 2025****
"Selma" was nominated for Best Picture, but nothing in directing or acting categories. Oscar, you've done it again. vult.re/1wdu5ZF
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) January 15, 2025Worth remembering that Oscar voters are 93% white, 76% male with average age of 63.
(h/t @latimes)
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Bill Weir (@BillWeirCNN) January 15, 2025****
#OscarNoms No female directors, screenwriters, or cinematographers. No actors of color. #diversity
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David Daniel (@CNNLADavid) January 15, 2025So ... the Academy includes not a single actor or actress of color in nominations, throws "Selma" in for 10-film Best Pic round. #Hollywood
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 15, 2025****
Thrilled at so much diversity in this morning's Oscar nominations. Really reflects the tapestry of talent in the creative community. #Not
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Nancy Giles (@nancygilesnyc) January 15, 2025It was a big year for white actors in Hollywood. #OscarNoms http://t.co/ut1UK2aquz
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Nu Wexler (@wexler) January 15, 2025****
Oh, film industry. Watch out for women, people of color, and the queers. We're coming for you.
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Ashley Ford (@iSmashFizzle) January 15, 2025And you know, @AVAETC just keeps releasing bangers. I don't think we've seen her best. She's making history.
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Charlene Carruthers (@CharleneCac) January 15, 2025
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