“It was important that I got the story told through what we had done in this building. My vision was to promote racial equality through education and through all aspects of academics,” said Leona Tate of purchasing the building she helped desegregate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#education

The McDonogh 19 building was renamed the TEP Center, with TEP standing for Tate (Leona), Etienne (Gail) and Prevost (Tessie), the last names of the three girls who desegregated McDonogh 19 on November 14, 1960.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#education #history #BlackHistory #politics

The success of the #TargetBoycott has demonstrated that people of all backgrounds value diversity, equity and inclusion and people support companies that value their communities.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/b...
@us.theguardian.com @economichardship.bsky.social
#Politics #Business #Economics #DEI

In response to my @us.theguardian.com article on Black Americans #boycotting big #retail, an “X” user replied, “It’s not just Black people boycotting Target — and it’s working! Haven’t been there since March and can easily shop other places to find everything we need.”
www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/b...

I sense that there may have been an underestimation of the impact of the #TargetBoycott.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/b...
#Politics #Economics #Business #Retail #DEI

One of the organizers of the #TargetBoycott, @jamalbryantpodcast.bsky.social, pointed to the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott as inspiration. The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted 381 days and crippled the bus system in Montgomery, resulting in the integration of buses.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/b...
#history

Writer Santi Elijah Holley reveals that Gospel music "reached into the hidden, malnourished and underserved parts of my spirit that I so often tried to repress."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/m...
#music #art #culture #healing @santiholley.bsky.social