
#NativeLivesMatter, too 🇵🇸
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You cannot separate Blackness from being African. Your lineage doesn’t begin in America. It began in Africa.
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe is credited as the Godmother of Rock ‘N’ Roll. Before Elvis, Johnny Cash or Little Richard, there was Sister Tharpe- A Black woman who forged her own sound in a male dominated industry. She does not get the credit she deserves. —Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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"The Jews are never accused of teaching hate when they remind the world of the crimes that were committed against them."
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Her name is Dr. Shirley Jackson. Her work involved developing fiber optic cables, touch-tone telephones, caller ID, and call waiting. Some sources also credit her with the invention of the portable fax machine. 🎥 historyn3 #BlackWomen #BlackWomenInSTEM #BlackInventors
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The kindness of Native and Black people is unmatched.
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James Baldwin with activist James Meredith, Jackson, Mississippi, in 1963, a year after Meredith became the first African American student admitted to the University of Mississippi. James H. Meredith, in 1962, became the first African American to attend the University of
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Las Vegas Aces rookie Aaliyah Nye (Pottawatomi) receives high praise from A'ja Wilson and head coach Becky Hammon. #NativeAthlete #Pottawatomi #GunLake #WNBA #Aces
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#Columbus, #OH: Thurs marked 12yrs since then 26y/o #ShanieceBriggs went missing from her apt in the 900blk of E Long St in King-Lincoln Bronzeville neighborhood of east Columbus on Jun 19, 2013. She was last seen in a pink/gray shirt & black sweatpants. She walked out the back
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Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Is Africa's Largest Producer Of Wheat 🌾 Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Is Africa's Largest Producer Of Honey 🍯 Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Is Africa's Largest Producer Of Cattle ( Cattle Population Of About 70.3 Million) Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Is Africa's Largest Producer Of Coffee ☕ Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Is
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"Love yourself, appreciate yourself, see the good in you... and respect yourself." - Dr Betty Shabazz ❤️💚🖤✊🏾
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They're not trying to erase our history because they hate us. They're trying to erase it because they fear us.
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The Great Walls of Benin, spanning roughly 16,000 km, were the world’s largest man-made earthwork, surpassed only by China’s Great Wall in length. They required 100 times more material than the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Tragically, the British destroyed much of Benin City in 1897.
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Carmelo Anthony was blackballed out of the league for 376 days between 2018 and 2019 Portland signed Melo and he won player of the week within 2 weeks of returning (🎥: @UsherNBA) https://t.co/lHSqStRuYI
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"...we (Asians) learned that to survive in this country, we needed to align ourselves with whiteness and not Blackness because we didn't wanna catch that smoke."-Diana Barbadillo
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In 1926, thirteen black men put together their savings and founded Safe Bus Company, making it the largest black owned bus company at that time. It was formed in Winston-Salem to serve the black neighborhoods due to segregation and operated till 1972. Thirteen Black men put
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