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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

@blklibrarygirl.bsky.social

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7th/Newest book: Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings (June 24). Substack: honoreejeffers

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · Aug 20

No. 2, let’s fix this educational gap on #slavery right now:

Where my Early African American scholars who specialize and/or have a book focused on #slavery ?

Let’s get a roll call—respond to this post w/ your book or article & I’ll quote you.

I’ll 📌 this.

PS Non-scholars, remain silent. 😊🙏🏾

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2h

The older I get the colder I get. I’m always cold now. This one isn’t in any of the guidebooks.

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Nikki Wallschlaeger @nikkimwalls.bsky.social · 2h

www.reuters.com/world/us/off...

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2h

The Louisiana argument is essentially that you CAN use race to be racist but you CAN'T use race to ameliorate racism.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 3h

Locking in for oral arguments on the big voting rights case at the Supreme Court.

The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2h

Republicans want more pregnant women in prisons. A new book describes what it’s like.

Republicans Want More Pregnant Women in Prisons. A New Book Describes What It’s Like.

As pregnancy criminalization is on the rise, Birth Behind Bars offers a rare look at what it’s like to be pregnant behind bars.

www.motherjones.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Voodoo remains my favorite album of all time. I still listen to it constantly. Everything about it was brave, from how it was made to that one note in Devil’s Pie. This is tragic. RIP.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.

Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 17h

Professor, I’m taking this so hard. I thought of him as my baby brother—seven years younger than me. I can’t believe he’s gone!

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 17h

The yr I turned 51, I almost lost my mind. My father had dropped dead on the sidewalk from a massive
brain hemorrhage when he was 51 & I was convinced that such would be my fate. I have blessedly lived two decades & three years since then, and my ❤️ breaks that D’Angelo is gone, too soon, at 51. RIP

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 18h

Sending you the roots, too. The only thing that helps a little bit is knowing he was so very loved. 💜

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 18h

Same. I’m trying to finish these taxes for tomorrow’s late filing and I just have no energy.

Every time I see a new post about him, I just keep saying, “how could this happen?”

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 18h

I guess I’m supposed to be surprised?

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23h

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23h

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 18h

I know. He must be devastated.

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 23h

D’Angelo. 💔💔💔

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 1d

Does anybody have the information for Attorney Tish James’ legal defense fund, if she has one?

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Tish James is an American hero.

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 1d

"I stand on solid rock and I will not bow, I will not break, I will not bend, I will not capitulate, I will not give in, I will not give up."

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks out after being indicted by the Trump DOJ.

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 1d

People organizing in #Chicago to protect children from violent ICE attacks.

"Armed with whistles and know-your-rights pamphlets, community volunteers call themselves “guardian angels.” Together, they secure...elementary, middle and high schools across the city." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

‘Angels’ step in after federal agents use tear gas near Chicago school

Mayor Brandon Johnson said the incident in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood sent students scrambling.

www.yahoo.com

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in Power Miss Major.

I was so fortunate to profile Miss Major for SF Weekly.

From her political education from the leaders of the Attica prison uprising and getting knocked out by a cop at Stonewall to performing in the Jewel Box Revue and founding TGIJP, she led an extraordinary life.

archives.sfweekly.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 1d

This really amounts to taxation w/o representation, and I seem to recall we actually went to war over this once upon a time.

Congress is losing its grip on the power to spend Americans’ money

Congress is supposed to control spending, but increasingly, the White House is dictating how America’s money is used.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 1d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 1d

💯💯💯

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Also the freedom of never having to change your mind about anything or anyone.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

I used to think people just didn’t understand what Columbus did but now I think some are really attached to him (as opposed to other worthy italians to celebrate) because their whole thing is not only getting away with doing horrible things but forcing everyone to praise them for being horrible

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