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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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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
I listen to audio recordings of my loved ones who have died. It feels like prayer to me. I cry but I also smile. They really were here, with me. What a blessing.
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New from me — on Mavis Pusey, her survey show open now at ICA Philadelphia (coming next to the Hammer in LA and Studio Museum in NYC) — and the decade of curatorial sleuthing to locate her artworks and fill out her story.

GIFT LINK

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/a...
This Groundbreaking Artist Vanished. A Decade of Sleuthing Reveals Her Greatness.
www.nytimes.com
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He lost his wallet, which had his green card, and made an appointment in Philly to replace it. There he was handcuffed & taken away with no explanation. “His wife, who speaks little English, was left behind and kept in the building for 10 hours until she was released to her granddaughter.” He’s 82.
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Israeli soldiers opened fire near a food distribution site in southern Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 32 people, Gazan health authorities said. The UN said this past week that more than 670 Palestinians had been killed in similar episodes near aid sites.
Gaza Health Ministry Says Israeli Military Killed 32 Near Aid Site
The latest deaths add to U.N. figures showing that more than 670 Palestinians have been killed since May near sites built under a new Israel-backed aid system.
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I was 9 years old when I met Thomas Sayers Ellis. I called him “little Malcolm” then because of his glasses, and knew the “Sayers” was due to him being nice with a football. He was a complicated man (to put it delicately) and a brilliant poet, drummer, and photographer. May his death be peace.
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I have no words. Everyone prepared for the constitutional crisis of the President defying the SCOTUS. The crisis is the SCOTUS being fully aligned with Trump’s vision of presidential power. So here we are.
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:
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This is legitimately terrifying. Almost 10 million people live within the city limits of Tehran with another almost 7 million additional people in the metro area. There are 8 million people in NYC. How the FUCK would we all be able to "evacuate" with no notice??? THIS IS EVIL. PERIOD.
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Textbook stories on CRM focus on segregation. But a bigger issue was daily, random, brutal violence against all African Americans and white allies.

Students need to learn that history -- to see the 🧵& learn how to organize for change.

One example is from SNCC ⬇️
sncclegacyproject.org/legacy/
SNCC: The Importance of its Work, the Value of its Legacy
SNCC Staff singing a Freedom Song in SNCC’s National office (Atlanta,1963). They are wearing coats because there was no heat. L-R: Mike Sayer, MacArthur Cotton, James Forman, Rick Manning, Marion Barr...
sncclegacyproject.org
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“Though her romantic relationships remain, for me, somewhat opaque, it is unquestionable that her desire for women and her love of women was meaningful as part of her politics, her intellectual life, and her aesthetics, as well as her spirit.” — @imaniperry.bsky.social #PrideMonth
Schomburg book festival! (You’re in NYC right?)
My godmother is an elder New Orleans Creole nun. I cannot *wait* to talk to her about Pope Leo. I know she is tickled.