Imani Perry
@imaniperry.bsky.social
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Writer, Intellectual, Professor, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Child of God, nothing more, nothing less: http://imaniperryauthor.com/
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Imani Perry
@imaniperry.bsky.social
· Aug 24
“Why is it the case that whenever they attack ‘wokeness,’ they attack our story?” @esglaude.bsky.social asks in response to Trump’s complaints that the Smithsonian Institution overemphasizes slavery. “We cannot become passive participants in this destruction,” warns @imaniperry.bsky.social.
‘An attack on democracy itself’: Trump wants museums to shut up about slavery
Princeton’s Eddie Glaude describes Donald Trump’s efforts to remove exhibits on slavery from Smithsonian museums as an “an all-out assault on what made my mom and dad and their grandparents possible.” In addition to this being an attack against the Black community, Harvard University professor Imani Perry says it’s also an attack on “deeply democratic knowledge” and “therefore an attack on democracy itself.”
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Imani Perry
@imaniperry.bsky.social
· Aug 24
Look at the gorgeous blue bench and cushions at Harriett's Bookshop! What a great place to get a copy of BLACK IN BLUES by @imaniperry.bsky.social
Imani Perry
@imaniperry.bsky.social
· Aug 24
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Ali Velshi
@velshi.com
· Aug 23
‘An attack on democracy itself’: Trump wants museums to shut up about slavery
Princeton’s Eddie Glaude describes Donald Trump’s efforts to remove exhibits on slavery from Smithsonian museums as an “an all-out assault on what made my mom and dad and their grandparents possible.” In addition to this being an attack against the Black community, Harvard University professor Imani Perry says it’s also an attack on “deeply democratic knowledge” and “therefore an attack on democracy itself.”
www.msnbc.com
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Liliana Segura
@lilianasegura.bsky.social
· Jul 19
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Imani Perry
@imaniperry.bsky.social
· Jul 19
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Sherrilyn Ifill
@sifill.bsky.social
· Jul 14
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
Imani Perry
@imaniperry.bsky.social
· Jul 14
Solomon Northup: From freeman in NY to slave in New Orleans
An account of what it was like for some enslaved people to make the weeks-long journey by ship from the mid-Atlantic states to be sold in the New Orleans slave market of the 1840s.
veritenews.org
Imani Perry
@imaniperry.bsky.social
· Jun 26
Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year
A deep dive on gossip. Revolutionary history. A meditation on muscle. A closer look at the color blue. And memoirs galore. There's something for everyone on this nonfiction summer reading list.
www.npr.org
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Prisonculture
@prisonculture.bsky.social
· Jun 16
President Trump urges all of Tehran to evacuate "immediately" in new social media post as he says Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon.
Iran renews missile attacks on Israel, killing 3 and wounding dozens
Iran has launched a new wave of missile attacks on Israel, triggering air raid sirens across the country as emergency services reported at least three killed and dozens more wounded in the fourth day of open warfare between the regional foes.
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Imani Perry
@imaniperry.bsky.social
· May 11
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Imani Perry
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· May 9