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I’m Black…They NEVER let me forget it. I’m Black alright...I’ll never let THEM forget it. ~ Jack Johnson (1878-1946)

Pain & perseverance are synonymous ~ Me

Strong Black Lead. 40+. Neurodivergent. Music Head. Long Covid. Enigmatic. #SafeBlackSpace
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Anybody who knows me well knows that music is a huge part of my life (fun fact: it's a dream of mine to be tasked with compiling the soundtrack for a movie or TV series)

Here's a thread of some of my favorite playlists: different genres, different moods, great music

Enjoy! 💜🎶
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If Love music video with my ole band
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 AM
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I don't know what these Patriots jerseys are called, but I'm fuckin' wit' 'em (even though I don't fuck with the Patriots lol)
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Fuuuuck these racist bitches, this is par for the course for A&M though. Anybody who thinks different is lying/not from TX.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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7. Rumor got out that the police had killed their comrades, and infuriated began to plot their revenge.

Soon a rumor came out that a large lynch mob was marching on Camp Logan where the soldiers were stationed.

Undeterred, they armed themselves ready for battle.
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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6. When a Black soldier offered to take custody of the woman, he was pistol whipped and arrested himself.

When another soldier came to inquire where they'd taken their comrade, they pistol whipped and shot at him as he fled into a nearby home.

They followed him, beat him, and arrested him
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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5. In August, two HPD officers interrupted a gathering in a Black neighborhood by shooting into the air. Some of the Black soldiers fled and were chased by the officers.

Not finding them, they dragged and arrested a Black woman from her home they thought was hiding one of the soldiers.
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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4. They were forced to move off the sidewalk for white people, put in segregated cars, and regularly physically harassed by the Houston PD.

On the backdrop of the violent massacre that had occured in E St Louis that same year and Waco the previous year, racial tensions were on high.
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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3. Houston was strictly segregated city as were most cities in the South in 1917.

Despite guarding the camp, the Black soldiers were forced to endure the worst indignities from both the Houston police department & regular citizens.

Black men in uniforms offended the Jim Crow South
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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2. In 1917, the United States had just formally entered WWI. The war department had rushed to create two new military training facilities, both in Harris County, Texas.

The 24th Black infantry was ordered to guard one of the sites called Camp Logan in Houston.
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
French Quarter Fried Rice >>>>>>>
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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108 years ago, the US military carried out the largest mass execution in American history. In December 1917, the military hanged 13 soldiers. Another 6 were hanged less than a year later.

Yes...they were all Black soldiers.

It's best known as the Houston Riot of 1917

🧵
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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As I have long maintained, at the end of the day it’s lawyers, not police nor military, who actually protect and safeguard your “freedom” and civil rights.
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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I hate when parents expect their children to be wholesome and pure when they are they the most far from it, you don’t even project the qualities you expect your children to have-and they come from you so what gives?
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I registered this domain in '23, but I think today is actually the anniversary of when I 'joined' bluesky 👇🏾

Confetti, or whatever 🎉
Anybody who knows me well knows that music is a huge part of my life (fun fact: it's a dream of mine to be tasked with compiling the soundtrack for a movie or TV series)

Here's a thread of some of my favorite playlists: different genres, different moods, great music

Enjoy! 💜🎶
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
@mrsherwo0d.blacksky.app welcome back, dawg✊🏽
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Hundreds of thousands of Virginians impacted by the pausing of SNAP benefits during the government shutdown received partial payments early Thursday morning, according to the governor's office.
Virginia SNAP recipients receive partial benefits after government shutdown ends
Hundreds of thousands of Virginians impacted by the pausing of SNAP benefits during the government shutdown received partial payments early Thursday morning, according to the governor's office.
www.wtvr.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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A man who was set to be executed — for a killing his brother admitted to — has been granted clemency at the last minute
Tremane Wood Spared From Execution In Shocking Decision
His case marks only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2019.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma governor spares life of death row inmate Tremane Wood just before scheduled lethal injection.
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Today, Oklahoma is set to execute Tremane Wood even though a state panel recommended his life is spared
Tremane Wood is currently on death row, despite his older brother admitting to killing victim Ronnie Wipf in 2002.

Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.

Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
His Brother Admitted To A Murder. He Is Set To Be Executed For It.
Next week, Tremane Wood will have the chance to make his case for mercy. Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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#Nottingham, #MD: 16y/o Morgan Mackall
was last seen on November 7 in the area of Poplar Mill Rd.

Have you seen her?

Please SHARE to #HelpUsFindMorganMackall #MorganMackall #HelpUsFindUs
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