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The story of the quilters of Gee’s Bend begins with America’s last slave ship and ends with a legacy of art, beauty and resilience that the Black women in this Alabama community have preserved for more than a century
Parable of the Sewers
For generations, the Black women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, have used quilts to chronicle the history of their community.
dlvr.it
March 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The story of the quilters of Gee’s Bend begins with America’s last slave ship and ends with a legacy of art, beauty and resilience that the Black women in this Alabama community have preserved for more than a century
a reminder on this last day of black history month
that black people have survived everything this empire has thrown at us and our transmutation powers remain unparallelled.
you're welcome
that black people have survived everything this empire has thrown at us and our transmutation powers remain unparallelled.
you're welcome
Marvin Sapp performs “Never Would Have Made It” for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert: youtu.be/wVbZzgybaJ4?...
February 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
a reminder on this last day of black history month
that black people have survived everything this empire has thrown at us and our transmutation powers remain unparallelled.
you're welcome
that black people have survived everything this empire has thrown at us and our transmutation powers remain unparallelled.
you're welcome
easy toner : bring a pot of cold water & witch hazel leaves/flowers/twigs to a boil (or inner bark if you're extra) 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
easy toner : bring a pot of cold water & witch hazel leaves/flowers/twigs to a boil (or inner bark if you're extra) 🧵
can't stop thinking about how at these DOGE chuckleheads' age, Stevie Wonder was doing *this*
i swear this country doesn't deserve us, and it knows it
youtu.be/S59i6ssh4ss?...
i swear this country doesn't deserve us, and it knows it
youtu.be/S59i6ssh4ss?...
1977 HITS ARCHIVE: Another Star - Stevie Wonder (stereo 45 single version)
YouTube video by AnotherProf
youtu.be
February 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
can't stop thinking about how at these DOGE chuckleheads' age, Stevie Wonder was doing *this*
i swear this country doesn't deserve us, and it knows it
youtu.be/S59i6ssh4ss?...
i swear this country doesn't deserve us, and it knows it
youtu.be/S59i6ssh4ss?...
ok now we cookin with gas
Congratulations to @flashes.blue for their official launch on the App Store 🎉🎉🎉
It’s an instagram alternative built on the AT protocol 🙌 all the visual scrolling with none of the Meta algorithm
It’s an instagram alternative built on the AT protocol 🙌 all the visual scrolling with none of the Meta algorithm
February 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
ok now we cookin with gas
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But white folks want it to be Nazis so they can distance themselves further
Because they conveniently refuse to remember that the Nazis patterned themselves DIRECTLY on America's genocides of Indigenous peoples and its also genocidal chattel slavery
Because they conveniently refuse to remember that the Nazis patterned themselves DIRECTLY on America's genocides of Indigenous peoples and its also genocidal chattel slavery
This isn’t Nazi shit.
This is straight up slave shit .
It’s deeper in America than Nazis
This is straight up slave shit .
It’s deeper in America than Nazis
This is a social media video edited to highlight the sounds of chains. Real Nazi shit from the White House
February 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
But white folks want it to be Nazis so they can distance themselves further
Because they conveniently refuse to remember that the Nazis patterned themselves DIRECTLY on America's genocides of Indigenous peoples and its also genocidal chattel slavery
Because they conveniently refuse to remember that the Nazis patterned themselves DIRECTLY on America's genocides of Indigenous peoples and its also genocidal chattel slavery
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I think one of the biggest issues we’re running into right now is that people cannot possibly conceptualize a life without the essential government services we’re losing.
I keep watching people’s brains default to some version of, “But they CAN’T” or, “Someone else will step in, right?”
I keep watching people’s brains default to some version of, “But they CAN’T” or, “Someone else will step in, right?”
February 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I think one of the biggest issues we’re running into right now is that people cannot possibly conceptualize a life without the essential government services we’re losing.
I keep watching people’s brains default to some version of, “But they CAN’T” or, “Someone else will step in, right?”
I keep watching people’s brains default to some version of, “But they CAN’T” or, “Someone else will step in, right?”
Y'all know how Octavia tried to tell us? So did Claudia Jones. See example A, from 1942. FORTY TWO.
also, listen to Black women
also, listen to Black women
February 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Y'all know how Octavia tried to tell us? So did Claudia Jones. See example A, from 1942. FORTY TWO.
also, listen to Black women
also, listen to Black women
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All the years of "but are you SURE it's a racism?" have gotten you to "are you SURE it's a coup?"
Set yourselves up for this because you didn't want to have uncomfortable discussions, before.
The answer was and is "yes."
Set yourselves up for this because you didn't want to have uncomfortable discussions, before.
The answer was and is "yes."
February 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
All the years of "but are you SURE it's a racism?" have gotten you to "are you SURE it's a coup?"
Set yourselves up for this because you didn't want to have uncomfortable discussions, before.
The answer was and is "yes."
Set yourselves up for this because you didn't want to have uncomfortable discussions, before.
The answer was and is "yes."
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🥹... this country never, ever deserved us, but MOST fortunately for them?
We. Are. HERE!
We. Are. HERE!
Nobody is telling me nothing this Black History Month, you hear?
February 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
🥹... this country never, ever deserved us, but MOST fortunately for them?
We. Are. HERE!
We. Are. HERE!
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what YOU are doing NOW is exactly what you would have done during the civil rights mvmnt, post-pearl harbor, or in antebellum times. 👀
meanwhile, @heykellyjensen.bsky.social is a real one 📚💛
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
meanwhile, @heykellyjensen.bsky.social is a real one 📚💛
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
$467 left to go to fund our 19th classroom!
Use BHM at checkout to double your donation–for free–and help get this classroom a Black history month literature collection.
www.donorschoose.org/project/insp...
Use BHM at checkout to double your donation–for free–and help get this classroom a Black history month literature collection.
www.donorschoose.org/project/insp...
Inspired, Moved, and Forever Changed by These Incredible Literary Treasures, a project from Mrs. Leake
Help me give my students Black history reading resources that will captivate and educate them in equal measure. I am thrilled about the impact that Black History reading resources will have on my s...
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February 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
what YOU are doing NOW is exactly what you would have done during the civil rights mvmnt, post-pearl harbor, or in antebellum times. 👀
meanwhile, @heykellyjensen.bsky.social is a real one 📚💛
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
meanwhile, @heykellyjensen.bsky.social is a real one 📚💛
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
"Black women’s shift inward isn’t an ending; it’s a beginning. It’s a chance to build a future where saving America isn’t our responsibility alone...
"If America truly wants to be saved, it must first learn to save itself...
"This isn’t defeat; it’s self-preservation."
"If America truly wants to be saved, it must first learn to save itself...
"This isn’t defeat; it’s self-preservation."
Black Women Have Been Saving America for Generations—But Now Many Are Saying, ‘Get Someone Else to…
For centuries, Black women have been the backbone of American progress.
aishakstaggers.medium.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Black women’s shift inward isn’t an ending; it’s a beginning. It’s a chance to build a future where saving America isn’t our responsibility alone...
"If America truly wants to be saved, it must first learn to save itself...
"This isn’t defeat; it’s self-preservation."
"If America truly wants to be saved, it must first learn to save itself...
"This isn’t defeat; it’s self-preservation."
In the late 80s at Hampton U, I had the honor to sing with the concert choir, under the direction of Dr. Roland Carter himself. I can still sing my Alto 2 part on demand anytime anyplace, idc 😄
Hearing our next generations sing this one has me sooo proud!
Happy Black History Month, yall 🖤✊🏿
Hearing our next generations sing this one has me sooo proud!
Happy Black History Month, yall 🖤✊🏿
Lift Every Voice and Sing arr. Roland M. Carter | 105 Voices of History National HBCU Concert Choir
YouTube video by 105 Voices of History TV
youtu.be
February 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In the late 80s at Hampton U, I had the honor to sing with the concert choir, under the direction of Dr. Roland Carter himself. I can still sing my Alto 2 part on demand anytime anyplace, idc 😄
Hearing our next generations sing this one has me sooo proud!
Happy Black History Month, yall 🖤✊🏿
Hearing our next generations sing this one has me sooo proud!
Happy Black History Month, yall 🖤✊🏿
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Nine months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her Montgomery bus seat to a white person, 15yo Claudette Colvin was arrested for doing the same. A member of the NAACP Youth Council, Colvin was outspoken. "You have to take a stand and say, ‘This is not right.’ And I did." 1/3
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Nine months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her Montgomery bus seat to a white person, 15yo Claudette Colvin was arrested for doing the same. A member of the NAACP Youth Council, Colvin was outspoken. "You have to take a stand and say, ‘This is not right.’ And I did." 1/3
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
💥DOECHII💥
February 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
💥DOECHII💥
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🧵 Here's the thing. To really "resist" you have to do more than rant on social media. You need to change your consumer habits. Start with tech:
-boycott Meta and Twitter
-install an operating system like Ubuntu
-use open source software like LibreOffice
-use Firefox and Duck Duck Go
-boycott Meta and Twitter
-install an operating system like Ubuntu
-use open source software like LibreOffice
-use Firefox and Duck Duck Go
January 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🧵 Here's the thing. To really "resist" you have to do more than rant on social media. You need to change your consumer habits. Start with tech:
-boycott Meta and Twitter
-install an operating system like Ubuntu
-use open source software like LibreOffice
-use Firefox and Duck Duck Go
-boycott Meta and Twitter
-install an operating system like Ubuntu
-use open source software like LibreOffice
-use Firefox and Duck Duck Go
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