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yagirlkat

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Family First ❤️ 🙎🏿‍♀️🙎🏾‍♂️🙍🏿🙇🏾‍♀️ 🐕 "A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just." Proverbs 13:22

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Jun 13

Tomorrow 👇🏾
June 14th 2025

Please Repost ♻️

#June14th
#NO_KINGS_DAY
#ObamaDay2025
#BarackObama

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Jun 11

📆 June 14 No Kings Day 🚫

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Jun 11

Mood 🚬

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Jun 10

Good m🦋rning 💐🌼💠🌸🏵🌻🌹

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Jun 9

Sly Stone - the funk pioneer who music changed everything—and it still does.

In honor of his legacy here’s an incredible clip of Sly and the Family Stone performing “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”

Rest in peace to an icon 🙏🏾 🕊️

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · May 25

A moment of silence for George Floyd. 5 years later 🙏🏾🕯🙏🏾🕯🙏🏾

#GeorgeFloyd
#icantbreathe
#NeverForgotten
#BlackLivesMatter

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · May 19

Remembering Malcolm X on his birthday (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) 💙🕊

“The most disrespected woman in America, is the Black woman.

The most un-protected person in America is the Black woman.

The most neglected person in America, is the Black woman.”

#MalcolmX100

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · May 19

Harlem’s Schomburg Center Celebrates 100 Years Of Black Culture Despite Anti-DEI Backlash
www.blackenterprise.com/schomburg-ce...

Harlem's Schomburg Center Celebrates 100 Years Of Black Culture Despite Anti-DEI Backlash

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is celebrating its 100th anniversary amid growing concerns about anti-DEI crackdown

www.blackenterprise.com

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · May 5

It's the 1st time Met Gala will exclusively focus on Black designers and the first menswear-focused exhibition in over 2 decades

The 2025 Met Gala's theme, "Superfine Tailoring Black Style" and the accompanying Costume Institute exhibition, promise to be a groundbreaking moment

#MetGala
#Dapperdan

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 21

9 years ago today, we lost Prince 🙏🏾

"I believe that where there is an ending, there is a new beginning... You're alive. You get to see tomorrow, to make changes for the better. If we gotta go, so what? Let's leave it better than it was when we got here." 💜

#Prince
#Restinpower

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 12

Black maternal health does not get the attention and care it deserves. Black women in America are still 3x more likely to die from preventable pregnancy complications than white women.

shorturl.at/AQYIJ

#blackmaternalhealth
#blackwomen
#blackculture

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 12

He said what he said...
‘China analyst, Victor Gao, say that ‘China will fight to the very end’

China has been here for 5000 years. Most of the time, there was no United States and we survived’

#China #US #Trump #TradeWar #Tariffs

yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 11

We are incredibly special people. So much so that the threat of our greatness makes them (M🅰️G🅰️ people) create an entire movement designed to dismiss our contribution to the world.

🔅@trinitychgo

#Blacksky

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 11

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 8

🚨 This is Virginia's GOP governor Glenn Youngkin, He aligned himself with the devil and he's not seeking re-election. But Lt. Governor Winsome Sears is running. She is BLACK, but is aligned with him and MAGA.

The next election is Tuesday, November 4, 2025 📆

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 8

After a backlash, National Park Service restores old Underground Railroad webpage that prominently features Harriet Tubman.

The agency said the reduced mention of Tubman had been made without approval by top leadership.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/...

National Park Service restores references to Harriet Tubman to Underground Railroad webpage | CNN

The National Park Service on Monday returned an image of and quote from Harriet Tubman to a webpage about the Underground Railroad, following backlash after her presence on the page was dramatically r...

amp.cnn.com

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 8

💯 years ago, the Harlem Renaissance started in New York but was a global cultural revolution that reshaped art, music, literature, and activism.

#Blacklegacy
#BHM365 #HarlemRenaissance100 #GlobalImpact #BlackExcellence

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 8

Happy Heavenly Birthday to singer, songwriter, and actress, Billie Holiday. One of the most influential distinctive vocalists in music 🌹

Known as “Lady Day,” her impact on music, beautiful voice, lyrics that had a powerful meaning, and legacy will live forever. 🕊

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 8

On this day applause breaks out in Senate chamber as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman ever confirmed to sit on the nation’s highest court 🇺🇸

It was an incredible honor to watch @KamalaHarris preside over the vote

History was made that day 👩🏿‍⚖️⚖️🙏🏾

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 7

Good morning 🤎

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 4

“I’m not here to say I told you so.” 🤷🏾‍♀️

#KamalaHarris

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 2

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Thank you 💙
Cory Booker 🇺🇸

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 1

Senator Cory Booker has officially delivered the longest Senate speech in US history, surpassing Strom Thurmond’s filibuster against the Civil Rights Act.

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 1

Guinness World Record set while standing up for our democracy!

Congratulations Sen. Booker 🏁🇺🇸

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · Apr 1

A message from• @senbooker It’s been over 13 hours since I started speaking, and I intend to stay on the Senate floor as long as I’m physically able. I’m here to do my job, as a Senator from New Jersey, to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed by President Trump. I'm am speaking up. 🇺🇸🙏🏾💙

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