Denise Oliver-Velez 💛
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Feminist, Activist, former Young Lords Party & Black Panther Party member, Iyalorisha Yemaya,#KHive https://t.co/vo1iPFEUEO
Kingston, NY
Joined August 2008
I’m black. Black is my culture; black is my “racial identity” here in the United States, even with all its negative baggage; and, much more importantly (to me), black is beauty.
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I’m black. I’ve been black, and proud to be black, my whole life. My parents raised me like that. They grew up as ‘Negroes.’ They had to drink at water fountains labeled ‘colored.’ They lived long...
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RT @MentallyDivine: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DROPS “DEFINITIVE PROOF” THAT OBAMA COMMITTED TREASON.
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RT @Jazzieeiswhoiam: #OTD Jessie Mae Hemphill joined the ancestors (Oct 18, 1923 - Jul 22, 2006). Guitarist, singer/songwriter, specializin….
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RT @Jazzieeiswhoiam: #OTD Herman "Junior" Cook (Jul 22, 1934- Feb 3, 1992). Hard bop tenor sax player. He gained attention playing with Diz….
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RT @Jazzieeiswhoiam: #OTD Robert Fulton Newhouse joined the ancestors (Jan 9, 1950 - Jul 22, 2014). NFL FB who played for the Dallas Cowboy….
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RT @AfricanArchives: Henrietta Smith Bowers Duterte was the first female undertaker in the United States. She Used Coffins to Help Free Ens….
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RT @RepJasmine: I’m holding a press conference this Wednesday to announce the re-introduction of the Democracy Restoration Act. Folks who’v….
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RT @Jazzieeiswhoiam: #OTD Jul 22, 1899: A white mob abducted Frank Embree from officers transporting him to stand trial and lynched him in….
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RT @NAACP: #RestinPower to NAACP Image Award winning actor, Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Your talent and spirit touched many lives, and your legac….
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RT @Jazzieeiswhoiam: #OTD Jul 21, 1896: Mary Church Terrell organizes the National Association of Colored Women in Washington DC along with….
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RT @Jazzieeiswhoiam: #OTD Jul 21, 1913: 35 Black men at Oakley Farm, a segregated prison camp in Mississippi, burned to death when the negl….
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RT @RepKweisiMfume: In a sad display of blatant racism, the U.S. Department of Justice is recommending only ONE day in prison as punishment….
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Incarcerated People with Mental Illness Face Inhumane Treatment in Puerto Rico.
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The Department of Corrections fails to provide basic mental health care to its prison population while spending $80 million on a psychiatric hospital with no clear plan for staffing, operations, or...
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RT @TheKingCenter: The King Center mourns the tragic passing of our dear friend, #MalcolmJamalWarner. Malcolm was a brilliant, multi-facete….
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