@Miss_Kassia @dstluke @patriciaglane @talk_elfy_to_me @gideonemery @KarinWeekes @KierstenWarren Response to folks who say shit about my weight usually ends w/ me saying ok lets go work out, but let's swing by a library 1st to help w/ your ignorance which hurts society more than my weight🤓On the way lets talk through your need to project ur self hate onto others😏 #helping

My mother, Coretta Scott King, is Black history. She was more than the wife of my father, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She was the founder of The King Center, a global peacemaker, and a steadfast architect of justice. Her courage, discipline, and unwavering commitment to

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This is Linda Davis, a special education teacher who was killed in a car crash involving ICE agents The agents didn’t render aid. She was minutes from her school and bled to death in her car. They didn’t offer aid to Renee Good or Alex Pretti either. Say her name too.

"Being Black is not a problem for a Black person. Being Black is a problem for the community that doesn't understand that you are a human being." Diahann Carroll

In 1946 WWII veteran Maceo Snipes was shot in his back by the KKK the day after he became the first Black person to cast a vote in Taylor County, Georgia. After he was shot, Mr. Snipes walked three miles to the hospital with his mother. For six hours doctors left him waiting

It’s official. Laila Edwards has made history as the first Black woman to win Olympic gold as a member of the U.S. women’s hockey team. In a sport where we rarely see ourselves on the ice, she didn’t just compete, she won at the highest level. This moment is about more than a

In 1998, Chadwick Boseman was accepted into a prestigious summer theater program at Oxford University, but couldn't afford to go. He secured funding through a private benefactor, who turned out to be Denzel Washington. Over 20 years later Chadwick thanked him in person at the

“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” —James Baldwin

Tuskegee Airmen, 332nd Fighter group, Ramitelli, Italy. Circa 1945.

Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori was an African prince spent 40 years enslaved in America. Born in the late 18th century in what is now Guinea, Abdulrahman was the son of a powerful ruler of the Futa Jallon region. He was educated, multilingual, and trained in leadership. While

Debutante Ball in Harlem 1940’s. #BlackHistoryMonth

On this day in 1960, four black college students staged a sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, NC. They sparked a national movement across the country. Instructions were simple: sit quietly and wait to be served. #BlackHistoryMonth

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Nina Simone on why we need to celebrate ourselves when others don't.

#OnThisDay, the 40th anniversary of the King national holiday, we commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and remember his beliefs in the “great chain of humanity,” connecting neighborhoods and communities across the globe: https://t.co/GdpZ1Sy92J.

Thousands of people have been arrested during ICE operations in Minnesota over the past two weeks. Multiple attorneys allege that for some of those detained, including at least one U.S. citizen, DHS is denying their constitutional right to see an attorney.

We honor the life of Claudette Colvin, whose courageous refusal to surrender her seat as a teenager in Montgomery, Alabama was one of several acts of resistance that challenged segregation before the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Ms. Colvin later became one of the plaintiffs in Browder

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