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“Uh Huh: But How Do It Free Us?”
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georgetakei.bsky.social
A reminder for these times.
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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realchrisjackson.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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hofrench.bsky.social
I'm sorry, but this is quietly amazing—and just. Lots of Garvey in my frthcoming book, The Second Emancipation: apnews.com/article/bide...
Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey as well as 4 others and commutes 2 sentences
President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other Black civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s.
apnews.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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virgoblade.bsky.social
Storm, Blue Marvel, Miles Morales Spider-Man, Blade, Luke Cage, Monica Rambeau, and more at a cookout. I needed to see these Black superheroes hanging out, and Sam brought Steve Rogers, lol.

Sam Wilson: Captain America Issue 1 is my favorite comic of the week.
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January 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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December 10, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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thetriibe.com
On Dec. 4, 1969, Illinois Black Panther Party chapter Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton was assassinated in a coordinated effort by the FBI, Chicago police and Cook County State’s Attorney Office.

This mural in Chicago honors him and Mark Clark, also killed in the raid.

thetriibe.com/2023/06/in-c...
In Chicago, Black history is everywhere • The TRiiBE
Residents, family, and volunteers preserve Black history by creating public art, museums, and fighting for landmark status.
thetriibe.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:19 PM
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haymarketbooks.org
On Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago Police and the FBI
December 4, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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isaiahrmartin.bsky.social
South Korea showed today what happens when people with a backbone stand up to a tyrant and do something about it. Strength, unity, and outright defiance of autocracy. Powerful to watch!!!
December 3, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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jasonaw.bsky.social
South Korea rn is what it looks like when people see democracy as a fragile thing that needs to be defended by all means necessary, and not as their inevitable birthright as citizens of an exceptional nation
December 3, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Illinois has put an end to the injustice of cash bail. And it’s working better than anyone expected.
Illinois Has Put an End to the Injustice of Cash Bail
Amid a national backlash against criminal justice reform, Illinois has achieved something extraordinary. It’s working better than anyone expected.
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December 2, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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magatrigger.bsky.social
Religion does NOT belong in our schools!

Agreed? ✋
An illustration showing a metaphorical “large high wall” separating “Church” and “State.” On the side labeled “Church,” buildings resembling places of worship are captioned “Religion goes here.” On the side labeled “State,” there are government buildings and a public school labeled “Science goes here.” The top of the image displays the text “BUILD THIS WALL.”
December 1, 2024 at 11:52 PM
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sethabramson.bsky.social
The meme I didn't know I needed
November 29, 2024 at 1:06 AM
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November 26, 2024 at 10:34 AM
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theferocity.bsky.social
I think about this often.

“In 2008, Drake appeared in blackface in a photo shoot for the Canadian fashion label Too Black Guys. The photos, taken by David Leyes, were for a line released that year called Jim Crow Couture.” www.businessinsider.com/drake-blackf...
Drake in blackface in a 2008 photoshoot.
November 26, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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devincow.bsky.social
I am so tired of waiting, aren’t you, For the world to become good and beautiful and kind? Let’s take a knife and cut the world in two- And see what worms are eating At the rind. Langston Hughes
November 25, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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November 21, 2024 at 11:12 PM
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realchrisjackson.bsky.social
Black Panther Party Publication: June 14th 1969 📌

Capitalism + Racism = Fascism 🧵

#BlackSky #BVM #BlackBookSky #USPOL

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November 21, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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readwithmamak.bsky.social
OMG S.A. Cosby is dropping a new book on June 10, 2025. Mark your calendar and gather your coins y’all!

#BlackBookSky #BlackReadersSky #BookSky
November 21, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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birdobserver.bsky.social
I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever.

#books #reading #booksky #poetry
A poem by Langston Hughes titled "Tired". It reads as the following: "I am so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife And cut the world in two -- And see what worms are eating At the rind."
November 20, 2024 at 3:34 AM
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theferocity.bsky.social
Strikingly, the only group that responded en mass and IMMEDIATELY to the neo-Nazi march this weekend in Columbus was a group of black men.

Everyone else? Oh, they put out statements. Black men linked arms and marched the NEXT day.

And this is why I say “Godspeed” to everyone who ain’t us.
The only weekend march that mattered – Matter News
Less than 24 hours after a dozen or so masked Nazis walked the streets of the Short North on Saturday, Brian Winston, president of 100 Black Men of Central Ohio, helped lead a counterdemonstration mea...
matternews.org
November 19, 2024 at 5:38 PM