Thank goodness #BlackHistoryMonth has an extra day cuz @VAMNit just sent me this. Loud as you can...LAFAYETTE! nymag.com/daily/intellig…
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) February 29, 2025Remembering Beau Biden → WhiteHouse/remembering-beau-biden-e1beac049489"> medium.com@WhiteHouse/re… http://t.co/HlyVIubLV8
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 02, 2025Biden family establishes Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children. beaubidenfoundation.org
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PETER MAER (@petermaer) June 02, 2025****
Read the full transcript of @KaiRyssdal's interview with President Obama: mktplc.org/1FuQR4O http://t.co/hvk3sn9WF6
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(@Marketplace) June 03, 2025The First Lady with students who helped harvest the White House kitchen garden today http://t.co/wwugMrV45V
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 03, 2025****
Obama will win ObamaCare showdown buff.ly/1KyuIpL
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Amy Lynn Smith (@alswrite) June 03, 2025A Pragmatic Progressive’s Response to Hair-on-Fire Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership — The People's View thepeoplesview.net/main/2015/6/2/…
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Pretty Foot (@PrettyFootWoman) June 03, 2025****
There are now fewer backlogged @DeptVetAffairs disability claims than when President Obama took office. http://t.co/nR6B5kmwfG
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Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) June 03, 2025Houston Just Became the Biggest City in America to Eradicate Veteran Homelessness mic.com/articles/11993…
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Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) June 02, 2025****
Dad photographs his daughter like famous black heroines, the 📷s will absolutely blow you away: cosm.ag/6013hbU1 http://t.co/oq2Tsa9Tus
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(@Cosmopolitan) June 01, 2025Akon is taking a bold step to bring electricity to 600 million people in Africa bit.ly/1JqD6Zu http://t.co/Cs9lGSnqgE
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Mic (@micnews) June 03, 2025****
CNN has assembled a diverse panel to discuss the challenge posed by ISIS: http://t.co/1QIKYYceGw
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Arif Rafiq (@ArifCRafiq) June 03, 2025@FelicityMorse Grey-haired white men in suits got us into this mess & God dammit grey-haired white men in suits are going to get us out!
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Dean Rutland (@Herne_TheHunter) June 03, 2025****
Income disparity in America in one shocking chart.
More tax breaks for the wealthy, anyone? @GOP @TheDemocrats http://t.co/OobvSvX3Mv
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meta (@metaquest) June 03, 2025A full-time minimum-wage job won't get you a 1-bedroom apartment anywhere in America vox.com/2015/5/28/8679… http://t.co/hj0uUcEkfV
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deray mckesson (@deray) May 30, 2025****
Days after being acquitted in 137 bullets case, Cleveland officer Michael Brelo charged with assaulting his brother clevescene.com/scene-and-hear…
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 03, 2025I guess b/c he punched his bro, Brelo's regarded as a violent malcontent.
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Tiffany, Obviously (@TiffAmI0308) June 03, 2025****
MUST READ: Cleveland Police officer Michael Brelo faces assault charge in Bay Village cleveland.com/bay-village/in… http://t.co/8BHiMSnroY
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deray mckesson (@deray) June 03, 2025Brelo expected to turn himself in later today at Bay Village. Most likely face a misdemeanor charge.
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Peggy Gallek (@PeggySinkovich) June 03, 2025****
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Our march is not yet finished, but we're getting closer.
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 09, 2025I traveled to Selma with John Lewis & 100 members of Congress. Here’s what I learned & saw thenation.com/blog/200753/ho… http://t.co/3o0IZb630E
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 09, 2025****
FACT: America has about 5 million job openings, more than at any point since 2001 → wh.gov/TechHire #TechHire http://t.co/PbH0mxJ5vm
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 09, 2025Tomorrow, @ShaneSmith30 is sitting down with President Obama: bit.ly/1BZXfD5 #vicemeetsobama http://t.co/dR3HkMrjKH
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VICE News (@vicenews) March 09, 2025****
Mae Jemison: First black women in space, went to college at 16yo & holds 9 doctorates #InternationalWomensDay http://t.co/0rOQaQy8sO
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Civil rights icon Diane Nash refused to march at #Selma50 because George W. Bush was there buff.ly/1F3WuK9 http://t.co/u6HNhjNG0K
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The Root (@TheRoot) March 09, 2025****
My son William Bruce James II today Last black member from OU's 'racist' fraternity talks about time in SAE link.kfor.com/1GkzZ1K via @kfor
Bruce James (@JamesBjames0303) March 09, 2025
At UC Davis, SAE members went to a Take Back the Night march, called the women bitches and dykes, and spit on them. http://t.co/t9VEwhqNCr
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Soraya N. McDonald (@SorayaTWP) March 09, 2025****
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Racist video not the first scandal for troubled fraternity ti.me/1wUEYXt
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TIME.com (@TIME) March 09, 2025This is circulating: From several weeks ago, a Redditor shares similar SAE lyrics for Texas. reddit.com/r/Austin/comme… http://t.co/TWqsNsrERy
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Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) March 09, 2025****
The steadily shrinking cost of Obamacare:
· March 2010 price tag: $710 billion
· March 2015 price tag: $506 billion
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) March 09, 2025CBO’s updated budget projections — including updates on the cost of Obamacare through 2019. cbo.gov/sites/default/… http://t.co/xCEndtV1j0
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) March 09, 2025****
Wisconsin protesters fill Capitol over #TonyRobinson shooting; Madison Police Chief says 'I am sorry" lat.ms/1AbwFSH now @latimes
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James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) March 09, 2025Missouri seizes control of Ferguson's court system as judge who pushed aggressive fees policy resigns gu.com/p/46f7a/stw
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Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) March 10, 2025****
Students take over OUR HOUSE #BlackLivesMatter #justice4tony #FergusonToMadison http://t.co/4MsMcFbHGC
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Charity Schmidt (@MadtownCharity) March 09, 2025100s enter Wisconsin Capitol to protest fatal police shooting of Tony Robinson. abcn.ws/1x91hTU - @LinzieJanis http://t.co/DfTVjR81Vd
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World News Tonight (@WNTonight) March 09, 2025****
Just read smart Zarif response to Cotton letter to see Iranians understand process and law better than GOP senators. wpo.st/F0h70
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David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) March 09, 2025To Cotton-sticking Senate GOP: If Ds had done under a Republican POTUS what you did today, you would have been the first to cry "treason!"
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David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 09, 2025****
The First Lady is teaming up with @PeaceCorps to help girls #LetGirlsLearn around the world: letgirlslearn.peacecorps.gov #LetGirlsLearn
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) March 03, 2025"Every girl deserves an education." —President Obama #LetGirlsLearn http://t.co/9L7MTiYog6
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 03, 2025****
FACT: 70% of the 1 billion people living in extreme poverty are women and girls. Education can change that → u.pw/1B5bSmx
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) March 03, 2025It's time to help more girls around the world get the education they deserve → wh.gov/LetGirlsLearn #LetGirlsLearn http://t.co/Bs8Dz2UzsE
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) March 03, 2025****
Justice Department finds Ferguson police routinely violated the civil rights of the city's black residents: on.wsj.com/1AWz1bU
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Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 03, 2025NPR source: Ferguson cops, officials traded racist e-mails about Obama - bit.ly/1NdjFoR http://t.co/2CNEfB8dCF
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Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) March 03, 2025****
#BREAKING Department of Justice: Ferguson police engaged in racially biased policing usat.ly/1BDXyTN
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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) March 03, 2025Official: Justice Department concludes Ferguson police engaged in a “pattern and practice” of discrimination. cnn.it/1GgDXMh
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CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 03, 2025****
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.@Talkmaster You should be ashamed. The Floor of the House shouldn't be used as a tool to re-elect a foreign leader.
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) March 03, 2025It is not fully understood just how big a deal it is that several Jewish members of Congress are boycotting a speech by an Israeli PM.
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Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) March 03, 2025****
Agree w them or not, the Obama admin has begun laying out substantive case for Iran deal. latimes.com/world/middleea…
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David Lauter (@DavidLauter) March 03, 2025Newly available, once-classified documents show senior Bush officials & lawyers repeatedly approved the CIA torture. trib.al/BfNa5C6
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Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) March 03, 2025****
White House Proposes Broad Consumer Data Privacy Bill nyti.ms/1C6Zwx7
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The New York Times (@nytimes) February 28, 2025LOVE This!!! => Obama's post-presidential slogan: 'Eight years is only the beginning': chicago.suntimes.com/politics/7/71/…
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Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) February 02, 2025****
Hungry slaves were put in iron masks to keep from eating cane during the harvest #BlackHistoryYouDidntLearnInSchool http://t.co/GrXEN3mulQ
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BΛD HΛBITS. (@BlvckNostalgia) February 07, 2025Five you should know: AA Freedom Fighters - bit.ly/1BJkHWG #nmaahcheroes http://t.co/F0UjCM6uuT
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Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) February 28, 2025****
NYT ad is reprehensible & wrong. @SusanRice has tirelessly fought for human rights & for the state of Israel. I thank her for her service.
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Steny Hoyer (@WhipHoyer) March 01, 2025Ad in NYT is vile and contemptible and has no place in legitimate discourse. Susan Rice is owed an apology.
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Nita Lowey (@NitaLowey) March 01, 2025****
Ad in today's NYT slandering Susan Rice is wrong on the facts -- she's a fierce defender of human rights and Israel's security.
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Rep. Keith Ellison (@keithellison) February 28, 2025Susan Rice has been and remains a great defender of human rights globally. I strongly reject tasteless ad in NYT impugning her service.
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John Conyers (@repjohnconyers) February 28, 2025****
US Jewish groups voiced outrage at NYT ad calling Susan Rice “blind” to genocide,saying statement was revolting...
timesofisrael.com/jewish-groups-…
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Danielle (@Dani4Peace) March 01, 2025This NYT ad, accusing Susan Rice of blindness to genocide, is disgraceful. MT @BarakRavid: http://t.co/q6gHWlOgbq
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Roland Paris (@rolandparis) March 01, 2025****
Susan Rice dared criticize Bibi & got Schmuley Boteach (Dermer affiliated, Adelson funded) to run an ad against her http://t.co/scdZAjaPfv
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Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) February 28, 2025Black woman has to work an additional seven months to match the salary her white male counterpart earns in a work year #BlackWomenLead
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HigherHeights (@HigherHeights4) March 01, 2025****
US marine who remembers #IwoJima invasion, 70 years ago bbc.in/1AJTuAM http://t.co/xQeOFzF8bB
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BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 01, 2025Iran authorities say they're ready to let in Google, other Internet firms yhoo.it/18ddKza
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Yahoo News (@YahooNews) March 01, 2025****
Full list of US delegation traveling to Montreux, Switzerland on March 2nd for Iran nuke talks. Moniz joins again http://t.co/kj11CTLfKW
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Arash Azizzada آرش (@87films) February 28, 2025Iran nuclear talks advancing, no deal likely next week: U.S. official reuters.com/article/idUSKB…
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Kelsey Davenport (@KelseyDav) February 28, 2025****
Throughout Black History Month, I’ve included tweets in ‘A Tweet Or Two’ about African-American heroes who with brains, love, strength, blood, sweat, tears, and death; built this nation to what it is today. As Black History Month draws to a close, we celebrate the known and unsung heroes who gave everything and continue to give everything to make this country live up to its promise of “all men are created equal.”
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Carter G. Woodson was founder of Negro History Week precursor to #BlackHistoryMonth… When did #BHM begin? #AfAmEdChat http://t.co/kaiX9FAmzv
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 02, 2025Mary McLeod Bethune was a founder of a prominent women’s rights organization. What is it’s name? #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/bYkSJKQ0Ul
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 06, 2025****
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Stuart Scott fought. He won. And he salute him. Booyah! Day 2 of #28days28photos #becauseofthemwecan #BHM @espn http://t.co/TlddVLgO4I
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 02, 2025Day 4 of 28 - Nobel Peace Prize recipient for his role in ending apartheid in South Africa.
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 05, 2025****
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Day 5 of 28: Lorraine Hansberry - 1st Black woman playwright on Broadway with A Raisin in the Sun #becauseofthemwecan http://t.co/ImyDpA987S
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 05, 2025Day 6 of 28: We salute @JohnLegend as an artist & 4 using his voice 2 shed light on justice & equality @chrissyteigen http://t.co/M2EJ4OXEVN
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 06, 2025****
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Phillis Wheatley, 1st AA woman published in the US... At what age did she publish her first poem? #BHM #AfAmEdChat http://t.co/CIyGAaziGT
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 04, 2025Day 8 of 28: The 1st Lady of song & the Queen of Jazz. Ella Fitzgerald was the 1st Black woman to win a Grammy! #bhm http://t.co/K6W3HcW7IP
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 08, 2025****
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Day 9 of 28days: There are ppl who have marched & sacrificed whose names we may never know. To the unsung heroes #BHM http://t.co/6vWoG4axKH
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 09, 2025Day 10 of 28days - Mo'ne Davis. The 1st girl to pitch a shutout in the history of the Little League World Series #bhm http://t.co/QOu42L1FiD
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 10, 2025****
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Day 11 of 28: @iJesseWilliams for advocating for truth/justice/equality whether the cameras are rolling or not. #BHM http://t.co/xqCFuSIcYk
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 11, 2025Day 12 of 28: These trailblazing women epitomized strength & bold actions! Betty. Dorothy. Shirley. Marian. #BHM http://t.co/ZDMYgCy5Df
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Day 13 of 28 - Dr. King described him as "the greatest preacher to ever live." #becauseofthemwecan #bhm http://t.co/pGRyi0Qlbu
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 13, 2025Day 14 of 28: Michelle Alexander is a civil rights advocate & author of the book,The New Jim Crow #becauseofthemwecan http://t.co/8NEsR1IM54
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Lucy Parsons was a radical labor organizer born in Texas. In the early 1870s, she and her husband had to flee Texas because of intolerant reactions to their interracial marriage. Throughout her subsequent career in Chicago, she wrote for various leftist and labor publications. In 1905, she participated in the founding of the Industrial Workers of the World. In 2004, the city of Chicago named a park after her.
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Day 15 of 28 - Chuck Stone! A founder of #NABJ who combined his passion for justice with the power of his pen! http://t.co/PAvipY9Eby
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 16, 2025Day 16 of 28: Grace Jones. She redefined Black & Beautiful when pop culture's definition of it didn't look like her http://t.co/SGRXg7wxbb
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Day 17 of 28: Sadie T. M Alexander. 1st Nat'l Pres of DST, 1st AA woman in US w/Ph.D in Econ & 1st AA woman to PA bar http://t.co/IzgbWGGzhT
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 17, 2025Day 18 of 28: @neiltyson author & award-winning astrophysicist. One of the most visible & well known scientist living http://t.co/XsYaLyFtTB
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Day 19 of 28: @Lupita_Nyongo = Black is Beautiful. 1st Blk African to win an Oscar & 1st Blk ambassador of Lancôme http://t.co/PLC5A7AJpo
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 19, 2025Happy birthday to a LEGEND! Day 20 of 28 - Sidney Poitier. 1st Black person to win an Oscar for Best Actor #bhm http://t.co/afintOKzMm
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 20, 2025****
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Day 21 of 28: The first African American to produce a full length feature film - Oscar Micheaux! #bhm #blackhollywood http://t.co/fxS86KphBw
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 21, 2025Day 22 of 28: Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1st American to win Olympic gold for long jump & 1st woman w/7000 in heptathlon http://t.co/MbXpHf4j3h
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 23, 2025****
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Day 23 of 28: @AVAETC for reawakening our history, humanity & appreciation for Freedom Fighters. We salute YOU #Selma http://t.co/9wtqfpKwke
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 23, 2025Day 24 of 28 - The Dean of the Civil Rights Movement - Rev. Joseph Lowery. #BecauseOfThemWeCan #BHM http://t.co/QYOzjDnZ3B
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 26, 2025****
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Day 25 of 28: The Miss Black America pageant. Born in 1968 to give Blk Women a platform to show their talent & beauty http://t.co/Z9Ccif4Mdk
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 26, 2025Day 26 of 28: Paul Robeson - one of the most talented souls of the 20th century. More here m.facebook.com/becauseofthemw… http://t.co/BwEwhSAZZp
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 26, 2025****
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Randolph is one of the most important figures in both black history and labor history. In addition to his work with the Pullman porters (see No. 2, above) and the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, he prominently pushed for civil rights during World War II. He planned a 100,000 person march on Washington during the war, which led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sign an executive order ending discrimination in defense industries. After the order was signed, the march was canceled.
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Day 27 of 28: Selma. The people & the march that shifted the landscape of the civil rights movement cc @AVAETC @Oprah http://t.co/alKcIRehLv
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 27, 2025Joseph Searles was the first African American member of what economic powerhouse? #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/UlL44rq03K
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 28, 2025****
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Jean-Michel Basquiat 1st achieved notoriety for work as a graffiti artist named what? #BlackHistoryMonth #HipHopEd http://t.co/9y9pESOnnf
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 27, 2025John Johnson, the 1st Black person to appear on the Fortune 400 founded what media empire? #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/HUDVhHj6M6
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In the late 1860s, George Pullman hired former slaves to work on his railroad sleeping cars. He exploited their labor, with each porter making the equivalent of about $22,000 a year (in today’s dollars) while working under unfair conditions, including 100-hour workweeks. These workers formed a union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; in 1925, it became the first African-American labor union to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor.
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Richard Allen helped start the Free African Society, precursor to what pillar in the AA community? #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/pA16LlBGiW
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 24, 2025How did lifelong educator Septima Poinsette Clark help people access the voting booth? #BlackHistoryMonth #AfAmEdChat http://t.co/kvAmaPLdz4
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 23, 2025****
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Ralph Bunche was the first African American to be awarded what international honor? #BlackHistoryMonth #AfAmEdChat http://t.co/FD14pp4ifX
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 22, 2025Gwendolyn Brooks was the first Black person to be awarded what honor for her writing? #BlackHistoryMonth #AfAmEdChat http://t.co/zLnvw6FfEm
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 21, 2025****
Annie Easley helped make modern spaceflight possible engt.co/1ApPG9F http://t.co/1E9RLxE17A
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Engadget (@engadget) February 15, 2025Lonnie Johnson, the rocket scientist and Super Soaker inventor engt.co/1zmG8p6 http://t.co/yLJE2Sz2Vz
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Engadget (@engadget) February 27, 2025****
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Jerry Lawson, a self-taught engineer, gave us video game cartridges engt.co/1LkWtkK http://t.co/cF714FQhX7
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Engadget (@engadget) February 21, 2025🍃Anna Julia Cooper, author, educator. Fourth AA woman to earn a doctorate. Univ of Paris-Sorbonne
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Cynthia (@cynthia4877) February 28, 2025****
#Bronx woman 1st #AfricanAmerican female to pilot #U2 aircraft #BlackHistoryMonth welcome2thebronx.com/wordpress/2015… http://t.co/wWI2xOFrsk
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Welcome2theBronx (@Welcome2theBX) February 13, 2025145 years ago today, Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African-American to serve in Congress. #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/k7c8fxNzWd
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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) February 25, 2025****
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Rosina Tucker was an important figure in the foundation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Tucker was married to a railroad porter and became involved in the union. She visited the homes of over 300 workers to secretly collect their union dues, and in 1938 she was elected secretary-treasurer of the union’s auxiliary. She continued her union involvement, helping organize teachers, laundry workers and railway clerks in Washington, D.C.
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On this 25th day of #BlackHistoryMonth, we salute Mary McLeod Bethune--known as "The First Lady of the Struggle" ow.ly/i/8MvEw
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NAACP (@NAACP) February 25, 2025In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, an interactive history of the fight for racial justice: thenat.in/17B9WHE http://t.co/YeJ4kxznYr
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The Nation (@thenation) February 21, 2025****
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In the 1920s, the Chicago Flat Janitors were an integrated local union, which was considered radical at the time. The union worked to include black members in leadership roles, including its vice president, Seymour Miller. The union eventually grew and today is known as the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU.
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Frederick Dumas was the 1st director of the LA County Head Start Program when it launched in 1966. #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/Ba6y2iBGnl
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Crystal Stairs, Inc. (@CrystalStairsLA) February 21, 2025Black history inspires and reminds us to stay on track. TOGETHER WE are strong #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/jgmnZWPbQM
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Antonio ⌚ (@AntoniosTweet) February 20, 2025****
"I loved Spock." —President Obama #RIPLeonardNimoy #LLAP http://t.co/vmwjnQ3Zm3
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 27, 2025Rest in peace with the stars, my dear friend. http://t.co/D2dVG6I9Xi
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George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) February 27, 2025****
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP
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Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) February 23, 2025"Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy." —President Obama #LLAP
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 27, 2025****
The spirit of Spock will live long and prosper. #RIPLeonardNimoy #LLAP http://t.co/WyqQgTNDod
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 27, 2025RIP Leonard Nimoy. So many of us at NASA were inspired by Star Trek. Boldly go... go.nasa.gov/10F4Ci0 http://t.co/nMmFMKYv1L
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First black NBA player Earl Lloyd dies at 86 buff.ly/1LRYGpX http://t.co/UwdgxSAHne
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The Root (@TheRoot) February 27, 202555 years ago today, I was arrested for the first time for protesting segregated lunch counters in downtown Nashville. http://t.co/qxkB6B81Gb
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) February 27, 2025****
On this day in 1967, KKK bomb killed NAACP leader Wharlest Jackson in Natchez, Mississippi. clarionledger.com/story/journeyt… http://t.co/5viYaXs3M2
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Jerry Mitchell (@JMitchellNews) February 27, 2025#BlackLove RT @DavidNelsonNews: Husband, 108, wife, 105, celebrate 82 years married usatoday.com/story/news/nat… http://t.co/HugNLjpr4C
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EBONY (@EBONYMag) February 27, 2025****
#BHM Marian Anderson, celebrated opera singer and goodwill ambassador was born today in 1897 afrovoices.com/anderson.html http://t.co/5H7pDXpKBI
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The Crisis Magazine (@thecrisismag) February 27, 2025#BHM2015 Dexter Gordon, Academy Award-nominee and bebop pioneer was born #OnThisDay in 1923 pbs.org/jazz/biography… http://t.co/jzEqMJNEXJ
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The Crisis Magazine (@thecrisismag) February 27, 2025****
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Pres. Obama to take daughters to Selma, remind them of "obligations" to fight for justice cbsn.ws/1DyQdnz http://t.co/bANJOyLQ6Y
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CBS News (@CBSNews) February 27, 2025Holder: Standard in federal civil rights cases is 'too high' usatoday.com/story/news/201…
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deray mckesson (@deray) February 27, 2025****
The @FCC just voted to keep the internet open & free. That's the power of millions making their voices heard. Thank you! #NetNeutrality -bo
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 26, 2025RT to share the news: The @FCC just voted to keep the internet open and free → wh.gov/net-neutrality #NetNeutrality http://t.co/n5Uec5mqLU
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 26, 2025****
Three years ago today, young Trayvon Martin was murdered.
May he forever Rest in Peace. http://t.co/xVxlL3nQ0H
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meta (@metaquest) February 26, 2025President Obama marks the third anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death: ow.ly/JHDi8 http://t.co/v1fU3egtTr
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The Hill (@thehill) February 27, 2025****
Trayvon. http://t.co/1arBRiS7w0
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deray mckesson (@deray) February 26, 2025big push to undo "Stand Your Ground laws" post-Trayvon Martin. As @alicesperi notes: laws survived in 22 states washingtonpost.com/news/post-nati…
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 26, 2025****
Trayvon Martin was shot and killed 3 years ago today washingtonpost.com/news/post-nati… http://t.co/Tqd5ui2MPn
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 26, 2025February 26, 2012. We haven't forgot about you, Trayvon. http://t.co/WgWg7jaL17
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Aristotle Jones (@Stotle_9) February 26, 2025****
Jimmie Lee Jackson died 50 years ago today at 26. First martyr of Selma struggle thenat.in/1EaHiub http://t.co/XPcMCttqaN
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 26, 2025Tragic anniversaries today: Trayvon Martin died exactly 47 years after Jimmie Lee Jackson thenat.in/1EaHiub http://t.co/5nmyRZ0Byw
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 26, 2025****
These 19 photos of Black activism through the years are so eerily similar, they'll stun you huff.to/17VGpK7 http://t.co/lb69nOCy12
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HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) February 18, 202534 Vintage Photos of Those Who Fought The American Civil War
#BlackHistoryMonth bzfd.it/1Ddby6S http://t.co/nfRAm0Z1ru
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(@BuzzFeed) February 09, 2025****
13 Famous Black Americans Whose Ancestors Endured Slavery #BlackHistoryMonth
bzfd.it/1AcLJOM http://t.co/gX70L4tBqf
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(@BuzzFeed) February 26, 2025110 Days: Loretta Lynch has waited longer for a confirmation vote than any AG in modern history. Time to #ConfirmLynch
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Marcia L. Fudge (@RepMarciaFudge) February 26, 2025****
Great to see @TJMaxx, @Marshalls and @HomeGoods raising wages. It's time for Congress to #RaiseTheWage for America. http://t.co/k0uaopQFfK
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 25, 2025We can't play politics with our national security. It's time to #FundDHS with no strings attached. http://t.co/FEqoKJjicA
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 25, 2025****
President Obama implores Congress to fund the Department of Homeland Security. #ObamaTownHall
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(@msnbc) February 26, 2025President Obama issues an immigration reform challenge to former Gov. Jeb Bush. #ObamaTownHall
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(@msnbc) February 26, 2025****
RT if you're ready to work out with @Beyonce! #GimmeFive of your workout drills (or you'll disappoint the Beygency). http://t.co/BC8Pu0RRRw
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) February 25, 2025Hey @FLOTUS: Excited to show off our moves at the Easter Egg Roll!! And now we challenge @ShawnMendes to #GimmeFive! youtu.be/ebQThbI5ySQ
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Fifth Harmony (@FifthHarmony) February 25, 2025****
On this day (Feb 25) in 1870 Hirman R. Revels of Mississippi is sworn in as the first Black U.S. Senator #BHM http://t.co/rEWqyq6d6X
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Lizzuendo (@Lizzs_Lockeroom) February 25, 2025ICYMI: RT @INAFLCIO: Black History Month Labor Profiles: Fannie Lou Hamer ow.ly/JD80u #1uBHM http://t.co/Pyo01frx9H
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AFL-CIO (@AFLCIO) February 25, 2025****
Colin Powell shows how you answer the religion question - from @meetthepress in 2008, one of my favorite moments: http://t.co/mz7XbDK7E6
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Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 22, 2025Hard to believe. On today's front page, TX legislators cutting cake to celebrate ban on same-sex marriage. http://t.co/F04zIHD51O
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Addie Broyles (@broylesa) February 25, 2025****
Mother of Trayvon Martin says she still believes George Zimmerman got away with murder: abcn.ws/1ERbvfS http://t.co/APVnixSO3T
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ABC News (@ABC) February 25, 2025#GeorgeZimmerman has been arrested every year since murdering #TrayvonMartin and no one has called him a thug ? http://t.co/EXwDP4nSaT
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Etan Thomas (@etanthomas36) February 24, 2025****
Heartbroken by the news of Dori Maynard's death. A fierce, unrepentant advocate for media diversity. An amazing woman mije.org/richardprince/…
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 25, 2025Dori's genius was she understood that actions have consequences. Years of inaccurate & biased media coverage of minorities has consequences
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 25, 2025****
Media diversity isn't some progressive ideal, feel good idea. It's journalistic imperative for anyone who takes fairness/accuracy seriously
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 25, 2025Read Dori's words. Impossible to say you care about accuracy if you don't care about media diversity contracostatimes.com/opinion/ci_237…
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 25, 2025****
"We’re a nation of laws, but we’re also respecting the fact that we’re a nation of immigrants." —Obama #ObamaTownHall http://t.co/rv3elfwllz
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 26, 2025Dori Maynard, telling media to “look at what our distorted coverage of communities of color is doing to the country.” pocket.co/sodEob
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 25, 2025****
Well this is embarrassing...
Netanyahu Invites Arab Diplomats to His Speech—and Gets Rejected theatlantic.com/international/… http://t.co/YYPgzSztBG
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Trita Parsi (@tparsi) February 25, 2025Kerry Blasts Netanyahu: He's 'Wrong' On Iran Deal Like He Was On Iraq War #BibiFail Both GOP & Bibi only want #War talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kerry…
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Tracy (@taiping2) February 25, 2025****
Today In Karma
"Revenge porn boss wants Google to remove his “identity related” info" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… http://t.co/Ummr2q8p2V
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(@pourmecoffee) February 25, 2025Presented without comment. cc @Polygon http://t.co/6NuJu5FXnP
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Peter Curry (@peterc_nz) February 20, 2025****
Yeah @fashionpolice been bashing my fro for years, @intouchweekly compared it to a dog...and u know what I say? http://t.co/OBvkpw4Vdn
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solange knowles (@solangeknowles) February 25, 2025“@Zendaya: http://t.co/HJ3RZbNCli”. Been showing this to people all day. My new hero.
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shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) February 25, 2025****
Kerry restates that US, Iran have 'mutual interest' in defeating ISIS yhoo.it/1DrubmO #Iran @AFP http://t.co/rob62tGM78
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Arthur MacMillan (@arthurmacmillan) February 25, 2025No, you will NOT be speaking for me or "the entire Jewish people" before Congress, Netanyahu. dailykos.com/story/2015/02/… http://t.co/acvraZ1GJO
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David Harris-Gershon (@David_EHG) February 25, 2025****
"It's time to end the era of manufactured crises." —President Obama on #ImmigrationAction ofa.bo/j37r
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 24, 2025Breaking News: As Republicans Concede, F.C.C. Is Expected to Enforce Net Neutrality
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The New York Times (@nytimes) February 24, 2025****
Why President Obama will ultimately win on immigration: on.msnbc.com/1adGHgf op-ed by @SimonWDC (Gregory Bull/AP) http://t.co/7sVRKETc8W
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(@msnbc) February 24, 2025Obama vetoes Keystone XL bill wapo.st/1B9OupE
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Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 24, 2025****
US Postal Service Honors Maya Angelou With Forever Stamp nbcnews.to/1Gmu64B http://t.co/W4o23BOcdd
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NBC BLK (@NBCBLK) February 23, 202510-year-old math prodigy studying to complete university degree bit.ly/1D87CAU http://t.co/YIB0LeKWOu
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Global Grind News (@GlobalGrindNews) February 24, 2025****
Remembering Jimmie Lee Jackson, whose death 50 years ago led to "Bloody Sunday" & VRA thenat.in/1EaHiub http://t.co/GgZfFFYMtH
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 24, 2025Family of Trayvon Martin "disappointed" in findings of DOJ invest, but "it has steeled our resolve" - @SeniABC http://t.co/yJKzc2Z7ny
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ABC News (@ABC) February 24, 2025****
The First Lady is challenging you, @NancyODell & @KevinFrazier. #GimmeFive ways the stars stay fit, and pass it on:
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) February 24, 2025Hey @FLOTUS, I see your #GimmeFive challenge and pass it on to @NickJonas! #LetsMove
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Ryan Seacrest (@RyanSeacrest) February 24, 2025****
Every economic indicator performs better under Democrats. america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/… http://t.co/9uPHWgkIQf
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Sean McElwee (@SeanMcElwee) February 24, 2025If you fail to recognize Obama's intelligence, integrity & sincerity, you may lack those qualities #ObamaLovesAmerica http://t.co/5vBoEE0efB
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Casey (@pari_passu) February 20, 2025****
#BHM Rebecca Lee Crumpler graduates from the New England Female Medical College the first Black woman as an MD #TDIH http://t.co/F5CpsQVaYJ
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The Crisis Magazine (@thecrisismag) February 24, 2025This black man owns the ONLY #sequin manufacturing company in the US. ow.ly/JxtjP #BEHighSociety
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Black Enterprise (@blackenterprise) February 24, 2025****
John Lewis: Giuliani's Comments Show 'Scars and Signs of Racism' Still Present in U.S. bit.ly/1JInh2Q (VIDEO) http://t.co/2okNkNTXLz
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(@Mediaite) February 24, 2025Four arrested on terror charges. What is it about their faces that'll keep this story buried? m.heraldextra.com/news/local/cen… http://t.co/3TALalRAjJ
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CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) February 23, 2025****
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(@Zendaya) February 24, 2025Zendaya Wrote A Powerful Defense Of Her Dreadlocks After Racist Comments On Fashion Police bzfd.it/1Fmy7ou http://t.co/xtn8e75nn8
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(@BuzzFeed) February 24, 2025****
when Kylie Jenner got dreads they were "edgy" and "urban". Yet when Zendaya got them, they smell like "weed & oil". THIS IS WHY WE GET MAD.
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aquatic mistress (@momodamermaid) February 24, 2025So don't sit up here and say "people should be able to experiment with whatever style they want" BECAUSE CLEARLY THIS RULE FAVORS WHITE PPL
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aquatic mistress (@momodamermaid) February 24, 2025****
President Obama is taking action to #ProtectYourSavings from a conflict of interest → go.wh.gov/YCUui6
Watch → youtu.be/dBs6H1P7Wd0
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 23, 2025Dem Rep: Obama 'One Of The Best Presidents Our Country Will Ever Have Seen' bit.ly/1FM1Fj9 (VIDEO) http://t.co/HYpmoErDrx
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(@Mediaite) February 22, 2025****
5 sit-ups ✓
5 mile run ✓
5 veggies ✓
Share how you’re getting healthy, then tell your friends to #GimmeFive: go.wh.gov/ZiwwHe
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) February 23, 2025Two First Ladies: Mrs. Obama hosts Mrs. Ghani of Afghanistan for tea at the @WhiteHouse → flic.kr/p/rkjMNP http://t.co/8yvQs0169b
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) February 23, 2025****
Obama Wants Rules That Force Brokers To Put Clients' Interests First n.pr/1a63aLU
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NPR News (@nprnews) February 23, 2025"Since 2013, 17 states have joined companies like Gap and Walmart to raise their minimum wage" —Obama #RaiseTheWage http://t.co/CeBzHXnunj
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 23, 2025****
FACT: More Jobs are Created When Democrats are in Power tinyurl.com/oo4a42z #UniteBlue #ObamaLovesAmerica http://t.co/DzMw8XRaPC
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Blue Nation Review (@BlueNationRev) February 21, 2025VA #hiring 19,000 doctors, nurses, other personnel in 2015 bit.ly/1yXpr38 via @federaltimes http://t.co/TtcVxkqQ2m
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Veterans Affairs (@DeptVetAffairs) February 21, 2025****
Congratulations to @common & @johnlegend on their #Oscar win! Such a powerful performance & impactful speech. #Glory http://t.co/g6Bdi2TxcC
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Viola Davis (@violadavis) February 23, 2025Viva Mexico! http://t.co/wWCnrOsKSZ
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Mario Lopez (@MarioLopezExtra) February 23, 2025****
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In 1773 Phyllis Wheatley published the 1st book by a black woman, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral #BHM http://t.co/dgj00wKPoQ
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Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) February 22, 2025Valerie Smith of Princeton to become Swarthmore's first African American president po.st/Bjxmi6 via @phillydotcom
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Alycee (@jazziz2) February 22, 2025****
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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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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 21, 2025****
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@WesleyLowery my favorite was “two other negroes.”
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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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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 21, 2025****
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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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Mateo Sewillo (@mateosewillo) February 21, 2025****
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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Len Elmore (@LenElmore) February 21, 2025****
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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rula ☪ رولا (@jnoubiye_) February 21, 2025****
@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
Every day is #LoveYourPetDay. http://t.co/yxrIDz3gU6
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 20, 2025Puppy love. #LoveYourPetDay http://t.co/cFBJ3m1agn
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) February 20, 2025****
Best buds. #LoveYourPetDay http://t.co/BvD1WTW8Y8
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 20, 2025The U.S. economy has grown faster when the President of the United States is a Democrat rather than a Republican. princeton.edu/~mwatson/paper…
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VP Biden strongly condemns the offensive by Russia-backed separatists in the Ukrainian town of Debaltseve. whitehouse.gov/the-press-offi…
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Vice President Biden (@VP) February 20, 2025Portland raises minimum wage for city workers to $15 thkpr.gs/3625092
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 20, 2025****
#BlackHistoryMonth: Ruby Bridges was the 1st black child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the South http://t.co/JZg6CYqk2U
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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) February 18, 2025#BlackHistoryMonth: Madam Walker invented hair-straightening formula & the hot comb, and was the 1st self-made female millionaire in America
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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) February 20, 2025****
whoever decided to have a photo booth at essence's 2015 black women in hollywood event is such a kind, generous human http://t.co/KF7f4VYgaS
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Hannah Giorgis (@ethiopienne) February 20, 2025Jerry Lawson, a self-taught engineer, gave us video game cartridges engt.co/1zU62Ap http://t.co/mMgYcr6fto
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Engadget (@engadget) February 20, 2025****
Honoring the strength and power of Black women everywhere #BlackHistoryMonth huff.to/187F571 http://t.co/sSctXcqRZV
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HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) February 20, 2025Nelson Mandela spent how many years behind bars resisting apartheid in South Africa? #BlackHistoryMonth #AfAmEdChat http://t.co/3zzyZJ87BS
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 20, 2025****
Pres. Obama to host town hall on #immigration on Feb. 25 with @jdbalart. on.msnbc.com/1zTfvb5 #ObamaTownHall http://t.co/DbSQ6U98J1
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Voto Latino (@votolatino) February 20, 2025White House extending 2015 Obamacare enrollment for those who owe penalty for being uninsured in 2014. cnnmon.ie/1DArPon
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CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) February 20, 2025****
James Jameson once bought a 10-year-old slave girl for six handkerchiefs so he could sketch cannibals eating her. modernnotion.com/james-jameson-…
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Saeed Jones (@theferocity) February 16, 2025****
James Jameson, heir to the Jameson Irish Whiskey company, once bought a 10-year-old slave girl for six handkerchiefs because he wanted to sketch the event as cannibals killed, mutilated, and finally, ate her According to a report from The New York Times, Jameson had a fascination with cannibalism and wanted to experience the act firsthand. Jameson was on a trip in Africa in 1890 when an opportunity to fulfill his sick fantasy presented itself because he and his translator happened upon a cannibalistic tribe. Jameson consulted the tribe’s chiefs who told him if he wanted to witness the event, he’d have to buy a slave girl to be killed. Jameson returned a few minutes later with a 10-year-old girl he bought from a nearby slave trader for six handkerchiefs. The translator then approached the chiefs and said, “This is a present from a white man who desires to see her eaten.” According to an eye witness report of the scene, the cannibals tied the girl to a tree and stabbed her twice in the belly. The natives then cut pieces off of her body as Jameson sat sketching in his notebook. Jameson and his translator then made their way to chief’s hut where Jameson finished his sketches in watercolor.
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America's Forgotten Mass Lynching: When 237 People Were Murdered In Arkansas thebea.st/1FRPXAC http://t.co/iGbncGnahV
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The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 16, 2025****
In 1919, in the wake of World War I, black sharecroppers unionized in Arkansas, unleashing a wave of white vigilantism and mass murder that left 237 people dead. The visits began in the fall of 1918, just as World War I ended. At his office in Little Rock, Arkansas, attorney Ulysses S. Bratton listened as African American sharecroppers from the Delta told stories of theft, exploitation, and endless debt. A man named Carter had tended 90 acres of cotton, only to have his landlord seize the entire crop and his possessions. From the town of Ratio, in Phillips County, Arkansas, a black farmer reported that a plantation manager refused to give sharecroppers an itemized account for their crop. Another sharecropper told of a landlord trying “to starve the people into selling the cotton at his own price. They ain’t allowing us down there room to move our feet except to go to the field.” No one could know it at the time, but within a year these inauspicious meetings would lead to one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history. Initiated by whites, the violence—by any measure, a massacre—claimed the lives of 237 African Americans, according to a just released report from the Equal Justice Initiative. The death toll was unusually high, but the use of racial violence to subjugate blacks during this time was not uncommon. As the Equal Justice Initiative observes, “Racial terror lynching was a tool used to enforce Jim Crow laws and racial segregation—a tactic for maintaining racial control by victimizing the entire African American community, not merely punishment of an alleged perpetrator for a crime.” This was certainly true of the massacre in Phillips County, Arkansas.
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Justice Department to seek emergency stay to allow immigration action reut.rs/1Eep37b
Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 20, 2025
An arrest has been made in last month's Colorado NAACP bombing. thebea.st/1EdQ4b1 http://t.co/F7n9o2j0Mp
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World Health Organization approves 15-minute test for detecting Ebola bit.ly/1AYNTqB
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 20, 2025UN team investigates Saudi surge in cases of deadly MERS virus reut.rs/1Gd36Vk
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Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) February 20, 2025****
My column today on guns and "reasonable-person" tests, two terrible ideas for addressing rape on college campuses. on.tnr.com/1BqyTD0
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 20, 2025Bills to legalize recreational marijuana introduced in House: ow.ly/JpJJk http://t.co/GI4ZWUl2AN
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The Hill (@thehill) February 20, 2025****
#BREAKING Dow, S&P 500 hit records after Greece earns bailout extension
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Agence France-Presse (@AFP) February 20, 2025Moody's downgrades Russia sovereign debt to junk » cnb.cx/1Ln2iQC http://t.co/XCkcyLqNKr
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(@CNBC) February 20, 2025****
.@AlfreWoodard hosts Oscar's sistahs soiree variety.com/2015/scene/awa… http://t.co/uMjdAFK2vV
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(@Variety) February 20, 2025Teaching Ferguson: How colleges are incorporating race cases in the classroom wapo.st/1vl7gZY
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Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 20, 2025****
Rudy during meltdown: "This isn’t racism. This is socialism or possibly anti-colonialism.” nyti.ms/1FAuUFs
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Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 20, 2025The most EPIC take down of Rudy. EVER. m.nydailynews.com/wayne-barrett-…
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Goldie Taylor © (@goldietaylor) February 20, 2025****
Read @jbouie's fascinating look at the assertion by Rudy Giuliani that President Obama doesn't love America. slate.me/1BvcgNM
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 20, 2025White House spokesman: "I feel sorry for Rudy Giuliani" huff.to/188FlSY http://t.co/1W13r1Tf2P
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HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) February 20, 2025****
Our first-ever Chief Data Scientist wrote a memo to Americans on unleashing the power of data. Read it on @Medium → WhiteHouse/unleashing-the-power-of-data-to-serve-the-american-people-198534d009a2"> medium.com@WhiteHouse/un…
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Kori Schulman (@ks44) February 20, 2025If you’ve recently bought a Lenovo Windows laptop, READ THIS. Preferably, on a different computer. slate.com/articles/techn…
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Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) February 20, 2025****
Amidst all the noise, a very smart take from Fareed Zakaria washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-l…
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Ben Rhodes (@rhodes44) February 20, 2025Legal move limits AG Ken Paxton's options to void Travis County same-sex marriage: statesman.com/news/news/lega… #ssm #gaymarriage
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Chuck Lindell (@chucklindell) February 20, 2025****
“American Sniper” is not a war movie: It’s a revisionist western about "frontier masculinity" slnm.us/XwbZPeC
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Salon.com (@Salon) February 20, 2025Britain says Libya needs unity government before arms embargo change reut.rs/1EbHysT
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Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 20, 2025****
That no Republican of any stature feels compelled or feels the need to forcefully condemn Giuliani is disgraceful. wapo.st/1w5EGN2
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Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) February 20, 2025How can America tolerate Rudy Giuliani when he says moronic and offensive things like this? politico.com/story/2015/02/… http://t.co/8JYMpNxf6O
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Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 19, 2025****
Obama’s Economic Report Focuses on Income Inequality nyti.ms/1Ebrrvz
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NYT First Draft (@nytpolitics) February 20, 2025Bill O'Reilly's Falkland Island war story is being called into question: mm4a.org/1BrVAHd http://t.co/BTKeKHdkUD
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Media Matters (@mmfa) February 19, 2025****
There is only one true King. #unitetheseven http://t.co/RDFG8jbuI6
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(@ZackSnyder) February 20, 2025I hope you enjoy my new book "Rudy Giuliani is an Asshole and Other Things We've Known For 20 Years"
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billy eichner (@billyeichner) February 20, 2025****
Canadian politician says tight, cheap underwear caused him to miss anti-terror vote: apne.ws/1GcFtfA
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The Associated Press (@AP) February 20, 2025Fifty shades of grey is romantic only because the guy is a billionaire. If he was living in a trailer it would be a Criminal minds episode.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (@IostinheII) February 20, 2025****
Relationship status: I shout "PIZZA'S HERE" so the delivery guy doesn't think I'm eating two pizzas by myself.
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Slightly funny Jew (@Dani_Feld) August 29, 2025put a wig on the dog and frightened the crap out of the postman. http://t.co/CkReJX0jfU
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Steve Joy (@AnnoyedWasp) February 16, 2025
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The President's launching a new effort to give every 4th-grader in America free access to public lands. #FindYourPark http://t.co/cpLVFYBTl6
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 19, 2025Obama doesn't refer to Bin Laden, Awlaki, Gaddafi, Godane or Hakimullah Mehsud as "islamic terrorists."
You know what he can call them? Dead
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Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) February 19, 2025****
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Day 19 of 28: @Lupita_Nyongo = Black is Beautiful. 1st Blk African to win an Oscar & 1st Blk ambassador of Lancôme http://t.co/PLC5A7AJpo
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 19, 2025Kids depict inspiring African American leaders for Black History Month, and all year round on.mash.to/19zRYHi http://t.co/yt7w1jjpFr
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Mashable (@mashable) February 19, 2025****
Dr. Charles Drew, is widely known for what life saving invention? #BlackHistoryMonth #BecauseOfThemWeCan http://t.co/Pl6Z2SIOCu
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 19, 2025Day 17 of 28: Sadie T. M Alexander. 1st Nat'l Pres of DST, 1st AA woman in US w/Ph.D in Econ & 1st AA woman to PA bar http://t.co/IzgbWGGzhT
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 17, 2025****
Daisy Bates made a pathway for which group of young people to obtain a quality education in 1957? #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/M6TeRSvHxA
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 16, 2025If you’re reading this you have Lewis Latimer to thank… Read about him here blackinventor.com/lewis-latimer/ #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/6ygsRyar8n
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 15, 2025****
If you like the electric guitar, you should thank Sister Rosetta Tharpe. on.mash.to/1FYhQXR #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/NUZfiUoCYQ
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Mashable (@mashable) February 19, 2025Today we celebrate and salute "Tuskegee Airmen" 4 their successful mission in WWII.
Never lost a bomber to enemy
#BHM http://t.co/YWHqXgyfkf
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Kasai™ (@Kahsai) February 19, 2025****
This same sex couple just got legally married in Austin via court order. http://t.co/HBdb3zTq4k
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Chuck Lindell (@chucklindell) February 19, 2025As the proud grandpa of a transgender grandchild, I hope she can feel safe at school without fear of being bullied. http://t.co/NDIfOdW9sk
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Rep. Mike Honda (@RepMikeHonda) February 18, 2025****
Can you pass the #BoehnerTest? Who is our Commander in Chief - Obama or Netanyahu?
niacouncil.org/niac-runs-full…
@johncusack http://t.co/o8aoKjBDKb
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Trita Parsi (@tparsi) February 19, 2025Jeb and Bibi teaming up on Twitter http://t.co/PFKQEbF10p
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Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) February 19, 2025****
And now, the state's first legal gay marriage is registered. http://t.co/p8xF0ZEvri
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Chuck Lindell (@chucklindell) February 19, 2025Suzanne Bryant and Sarah Goodfriend, partners of 30 years, got married this morning. texasobserver.org/austin-couple-… http://t.co/GVFXVl9u5u
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The Texas Observer (@TexasObserver) February 19, 2025****
President Obama this morning: "The notion that the West is at war with Islam is an ugly lie." nyti.ms/1G863GH http://t.co/yHp4ZPT83B
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NYT Photo (@nytimesphoto) February 19, 2025MORE: US Embassy: Turkey, US sign deal to train, arm Syrian rebels: apne.ws/1G8FbGi
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The Associated Press (@AP) February 19, 2025****
After stops in Iowa and South Carolina, Biden is heading to New Hampshire: ow.ly/Jl4xK http://t.co/dDlFsQIdE7
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The Hill (@thehill) February 19, 2025"Dear Rudy, at the height of US/Russian tensions, you were the one who declared Vladimir Putin a great leader" goo.gl/aWXctQ
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Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 19, 2025****
Something you don't see every day - deep red state (Nebraska) kills voter ID bill msnbc.com/msnbc/voter-id… via @zackroth
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 19, 2025LBJ’s condolence letter to Coretta Scott King to be auctioned buff.ly/1FuQDi0 http://t.co/weBd8cIocW
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The Root (@TheRoot) February 19, 2025****
Rudy Giuliani's big accomplishment on 9/11 was being the only elected executive not in a bunker. Because his bunker/fuck shack was on fire.
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Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) February 19, 2025And why was it on fire? Because he put NYC's Emergency Command Center inside the only building in New York terrorists had attacked before.
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Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) February 19, 2025****
NYPD and others all opposed decision to put NYC's ECC in the WTC. Rudy did anyway, and used it as a place to meet his girlfriend on the DL.
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Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) February 19, 2025Think I'm making this up? Here ya go! villagevoice.com/2007-07-31/new… nytimes.com/2008/01/26/us/…
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Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) February 19, 2025****
Obama picks the State Department's Jen Psaki to lead White House communications bit.ly/1CNk499
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 19, 2025Honored to be rejoining the team @WhiteHouse in April, exciting two years for @BarackObama ahead. Wil miss incredible colleagues @StateDept
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Jen Psaki (@statedeptspox) February 19, 2025****
Walmart Gives 500,000 Employees A Pay Raise n.pr/1CNxKmR
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NPR News (@nprnews) February 19, 2025First @Aetna now @Walmart boosting employee wages. Good first starts & models for others. nbcnews.to/1DEC0Xa http://t.co/atMzjEpU4b
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Areva Martin, Esq. (@ArevaMartin) February 19, 2025****
UCLA Health System says 100 patients possibly exposed to potentially deadly "superbug": reut.rs/1CNrU5b http://t.co/QPxr5tl8c6
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Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) February 19, 2025Texas Ebola quarantine success depended on help with daily needs: CDC reut.rs/1E9H0DK
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Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) February 19, 2025****
What signal does it send the more hateful and violent elements of society when a public figure says our President doesn't love America? Sick
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Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 19, 2025Malcolm X on the media. http://t.co/7YTuTTqjef
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(@3ChicsPolitico) February 19, 2025****
Not sure the Kochs have thought through this plan to beat Dems with a major economic stimulus msnbc.com/msnbc/democrat… http://t.co/g6lPOwiu6a
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Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) February 19, 2025Man behind soldier beheading plot was caught carrying this knife, a hammer & an Islamic flag bbc.in/1AWWYQU http://t.co/SE45myPcuZ
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BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) February 19, 2025****
MORE: Applications for US unemployment benefits fall to 283,000, latest sign of improving job market: apne.ws/1A990pq
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The Associated Press (@AP) February 19, 2025The Growing Effort To Protect LGBT People From Discrimination Under The Civil Rights Act Of 1964: bzfd.it/19zDAPp
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Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) February 19, 2025****
6 ways ‘Jane the Virgin’ is destroying Latino stereotypes bit.ly/1LeCbv4 http://t.co/MblLj94C0Q
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Mic (@micnews) February 19, 2025For the 1st Time, the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards Will Be Broadcast on TV - on OWN blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/f… http://t.co/r4lQjwzxBB
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Shadow And Act (@shadowandact) February 19, 2025****
Just so everyone understands, Giuliani called Obama un-American at Walker fundraiser; Walker still refuses to denounce the hate speech.
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Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) February 19, 2025Walker on @SquawkCNBC re: Rudy: "The mayor can speak for himself. I'm not going to comment on whether -- what the president thinks or not"
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Carrie Dann (@CarrieNBCNews) February 19, 2025****
Still surprised that Bin Laden's writings didn't move us from tired debate about CT language to one about CT policy: http://t.co/OB0thgFESg
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Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) February 19, 2025Tens of thousands of people march in Argentina, demanding answers in the mysterious death of a prosecutor. aje.io/ftrr
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AJE News (@AJENews) February 19, 2025****
This Chicago cop became a torturer at Guantanamo Bay. Here's what he was doing in police interrogation rooms first. theguardian.com/us-news/2015/f…
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Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) February 18, 2025The food stamp capital of the country is Owsley County, KY. It's 99.22% white & 95% GOP. politicalblindspot.com/the-food-stamp… @cenkuygur @davekoller
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Steven Oh (@stevenoh88) February 15, 2025****
Carnival is originally a French tradition and it was brought to the Caribbean by colonisers
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Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025The word carnival originally means something along the lines of "no meat" and the carnival season is always before lent
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Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025****
The enslaved Africans and Tainos/Kalinago were banned from taking part in carnival celebrations
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Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025They then too what they saw the Europeans doing and fused it with their own native traditions.
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Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025****
The headdresses and "Red Indian" costumes in the West Indies are a tribute to the Kalinago and Taino people who first inhabited the region.
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Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025A lot of the time they're forgotten about and glossed over (they're still here) and we honour their history through carnival
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Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025****
The "Jab Jab" costume originates from the story of a slave who died after drowning in a sugar vat http://t.co/ZKsDYfEVq6
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Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025"jab/ djab" is Creole French for devil. The Jab wears horns, chains and is covered in tar, engine oil or black paint. http://t.co/VhcbA6lp5s
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Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025****
Jab Jab can be seen as a reappropriation of slave imagery. His chains and tar covered skin are used to mock the white enslavers.
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Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025"Moko Jumbie", the stilt walker. 'Jumbie' is a Caribbean word meaning ghost that originates from The Congo region http://t.co/ZbciRTM6fk
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Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025****
The "Shortknee" costume. It has been linked back to West African masquerade and Nigerian Egungun festivals. http://t.co/8DRgua3kf8
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Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025Finally, one of the best things about Carnival is body acceptance! People of every size enjoy it, and get involved! http://t.co/u0nd0DDwlq
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Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025****
Obama loves America because there's no other reason any human being would ever be willing to put up with this much bullshit.
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Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) February 19, 2025After I shoveled my Republican neighbor's driveway, he said "U can do or say no wrong in my eyes!" I said, "Really? Ok, fuck Ronald Reagan."
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(@HumanityCritic) February 19, 2025
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