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@JanetJackson
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@JemeleHill
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@LenaWaithe
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.
@chancetherapper
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She gave rhythm to a nation.
She made you realize that you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.
She made you take 🗣CONTROL!
Happy
#JanetJacksonAppreciationDay
to the legend, the icon, the blueprint,
@JanetJackson
(Ms. Jackson if you’re nasty).
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#TakeAKnee
#ImWithKap
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http://t.co/dQlZ2247qP
http://t.co/GykiIXTGIL
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w/ some
#BlackHistory
!
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#WHM
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Mayor
@PeteButtigieg
called
@michaelharriot
about the scathing article and the two actually had a productive conversation.
Ok, maybe there were a few cusswords, but still:
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Oregon man who followed a Black Muslim couple for 20 blocks, yelling racial slurs at them, burst into tears after he was charged with a hate crime:
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On this day in history the great folklorist Zora Neale Hurston was born!
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"I believe that African-American women are the most powerful women in the world."
@KingJames
paid homage to black women and girls during his acceptance speech at Harlem's Fashion Row.
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