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Mr GrayFro Mo
@coodiebrown.bsky.social
Cleveland Raised & Settled. Los Angeles Pasa/Altadena Made Me
Husband Brother Son Loyal Friend Co-Worker, Music Fanatic,Foodie
2 Apps I use most YouTube & Spotify. YouTube surprised me with this'n & it Truly is a mirror to my soul & who I am
December 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This Language Lesson
from Chapter 2 of James from @percivaleverett.bsky.social Has to be one of the GREATEST lessons of Code Switching EVER. ❤❤❤❤'d this book & the Jim character. One of my best reads of the year. Deserving of ALL the accolades it'll receive.
March 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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HillmanTok REALLY going all in on HBCU authenticity, ain't it?
February 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Also plotting a boycott on a company for rolling back DEI initiatives on the platforms owned by the FIRST company to proudly announcing they were rolling back all DEI initiatives is like an episode of The Boondocks.
January 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
One of his better known but very early speeches in his career
#MartinLutherKingJr
Martin Luther King Jr. 'Rediscovering Lost Values' February 28, 1954
YouTube video by nicholasflyer
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January 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Here he is at a high school near where I was born less than 2 yrs before #MartinLutherKingJr

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Martin Luther King Speaks! "Rise Up and Say, I am Somebody!" Message to Students
YouTube video by Matthew Siegfried
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January 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy #MartinLutherKingJr Day. Posting a few of my fav Hidden Gem Speeches youtu.be/dOWDtDUKz-U?...
MLK: The Other America
YouTube video by The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
youtu.be
January 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Altadena is one of those rare places in Los Angeles County where people of many backgrounds and ethnicities have been able to afford the American Dream of homeownership. via @laist.com
In Altadena, where many Black families became homeowners, displaced residents grapple with grief and uncertainty
The community has been a sanctuary for Black residents. Homeownership for African Americans in Altadena is about 81% — close to double the national rate.
laist.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Black families settled in the Altadena during the Great Migration starting in the 1930s. The community formed in parts of Altadena exempt from redlining policies, where they have owned homes for generations. via @kcrw.com
Altadena’s historic Black community is determined to rebuild
The Eaton Fire has devastated communities throughout Altadena, including many Black homeowners who have been there for generations.
www.kcrw.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Discovered this beautiful city & its people while living out there 94-95 Found a Church. Found my relationship to God b/c of the Pastor & an Amazing set of people who've become lifelong friends. This community embraced me & made this hood adjacent kid into the man I am today. My Prayers are w/ you
Honoring lives lost in Altadena 🙏🏽
January 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Thank You #nikkigiovanni
The Title alone fascinated me then when I discovered this around 1980 just as it does now after thousands of reads from the book I borrowed from the library then & hundreds of listens on Spotify the last 4 yrs now. Your voice CALMS MY SOUL

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Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day
Nikki Giovanni · Album · 1978 · 36 songs
open.spotify.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Jet REALLY did chronical our times & I looked forwards to getting it in in the mail every week. I LOVE this cover photo of my Literary Hero & Idol #nikkigiovanni
Rest well dear sis🤎 Thank you for your gift to this world. #nikkigiovanni 🕊️
December 10, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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"i hope i die
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live"

RIP #NikkiGiovanni
December 10, 2024 at 4:39 PM
RIp #nikkigiovanni There are not enough words to express how much meeting you & enjoying all your works have meant to me
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Nikki Giovanni - Just A NY Poem
YouTube video by Kosimi Hirato
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December 10, 2024 at 1:05 PM
RIP #nikkigiovanni my Literary Hero🙏🏾 Thanks for the chance meeting during the short drive BGSU to the Detroit airport in 1988. Those boujie who invited you to speak did not understand you so I was tasked to drive you back Short Chat Great Lessons btw my name IS Tommy open.spotify.com/track/4k4wiT...
Tommy's Mommy
Nikki Giovanni · The Reason I Like Chocolate · Song · 1976
open.spotify.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Famous #ReddFoxx Thanksgiving Joke. I've made it a work tradition to remind them every year 🤣😅🤣
REDD FOXX ON THANKSGIVING
YouTube video by wickedlife123
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November 25, 2024 at 4:52 PM
If I cant take this kind of energy into every meeting I have at my job I'm not doing Them Me or my employer justice. "No caffeine needed when you're dealing with me " Best advice EVER !!! Thanks #JameisWinston for validating that ❤ for People Your Craft & God = WINNING
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“WE GONNA MAKE SOME SNOW ANGELS!” Jameis Winston Mic'd Up | Week 12 vs. Steelers
YouTube video by Cleveland Browns
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November 23, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me.

I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
November 19, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

- James Baldwin
November 18, 2024 at 5:15 AM
40 yrs of discovering & loving #nikkigiovanni I promise I did settle up with the local library😂 But these books sit proudly & prominently in my bookcase
November 17, 2024 at 3:52 PM
My ❤& admiration of #nikkigiovanni is like no other. Her poetry calms my soul & this combination recently kept me balanced thru emotionally tough times
Like a Ripple on a Pond
Nikki Giovanni · Album · 2021 · 10 songs
open.spotify.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:43 PM
When I say I love music I mean it. Here's a little piece I recorded for my fsv fb music group

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Tommy Moore
YouTube video by I Forgot About This Song! Est 2016
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November 17, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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I guess I should say this for new folks

I'm S.A. Cosby and I don't like bullies.
That means if you're racist sexist transphobic homophobic my page ain't the place for you . I am not a victim of bigotry
I am the VICTIMIZER OF BIGOTS.
if I am my ancestors dream I am their ancestors nightmare
November 11, 2024 at 4:16 AM