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Happy Birthday, Angela Davis!
January 26, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Happy Birthday, Angela Davis!
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#tdih 1972 Shirley Chisholm launched U.S. presidential campaign. An early childhood teacher, Chisholm advocated for minimum family income, public education, & labor rights; against Vietnam War, militarization of border, police brutality, & carceral state; for birth control & abortion access; & more.
Jan. 25, 1972: Shirley Chisholm Began Historic Campaign for President
Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, opened her historic campaign for President.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:43 PM
#tdih 1972 Shirley Chisholm launched U.S. presidential campaign. An early childhood teacher, Chisholm advocated for minimum family income, public education, & labor rights; against Vietnam War, militarization of border, police brutality, & carceral state; for birth control & abortion access; & more.
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Our country was founded on genocide & slavery.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 24, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Our country was founded on genocide & slavery.
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Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Allen, who were arrested and charged after a demonstration at a Minnesota church, have been released
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 24, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Allen, who were arrested and charged after a demonstration at a Minnesota church, have been released
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Everybody knows Sinners is in theaters again this weekend, right?
You’re welcome!
You’re welcome!
January 22, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Everybody knows Sinners is in theaters again this weekend, right?
You’re welcome!
You’re welcome!
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i realized watching OBAA is a completely different experience as a Black person (this will be a read only thread... you know who you are... you know why)
Was “One Battle After Another” really that good?
a man in a suit is looking at another man in a suit in a room .
ALT: a man in a suit is looking at another man in a suit in a room .
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:29 PM
i realized watching OBAA is a completely different experience as a Black person (this will be a read only thread... you know who you are... you know why)
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January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
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"the most widely accepted definition of the working class" !!!! wow my eyes just bulged out of my head lol
and on MLK Day? right in front of my March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
and on MLK Day? right in front of my March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
January 19, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"the most widely accepted definition of the working class" !!!! wow my eyes just bulged out of my head lol
and on MLK Day? right in front of my March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
and on MLK Day? right in front of my March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. loved America. He loved our country so much that he dedicated his life — and in the end, his life was taken — in a fight for our nation's highest ideal: Freedom.
January 19, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. loved America. He loved our country so much that he dedicated his life — and in the end, his life was taken — in a fight for our nation's highest ideal: Freedom.
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
mlk jr day thread
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 As we celebrate #MLKDay2026, there are plans for a Jan 23, 2026 general strike. The problem is that today's protesters don't know how to shut shyt down.
Pull up a 🪑 and learn how it was done.(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
🧵 As we celebrate #MLKDay2026, there are plans for a Jan 23, 2026 general strike. The problem is that today's protesters don't know how to shut shyt down.
Pull up a 🪑 and learn how it was done.(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
January 19, 2026 at 9:38 PM
mlk jr day thread
in case one missed
This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
in case one missed
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How White Southerners Distorted the History of Ancient Egypt to Justify Slavery in the U.S. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
How White Southerners Distorted the History of Ancient Egypt to Justify Slavery in the U.S.
American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:02 PM
How White Southerners Distorted the History of Ancient Egypt to Justify Slavery in the U.S. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
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Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with music
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with music
Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 295 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you��
www.dailykos.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with music
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
January 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
January 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Postcard of Harriet Tubman, Nelson Davis, and daughter Gertie https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2009.50.13
January 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Postcard of Harriet Tubman, Nelson Davis, and daughter Gertie https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2009.50.13
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I wrote about how MLK Day was won, how Stevie Wonder helped to make it happen, and how King's legacy is being undermined today. capitalbnews.org/stevie-wonde...
Stevie Wonder’s Battle for MLK Day and the New Challenges to King’s Legacy
Forty-five years after Stevie Wonder helped to galvanize support for the holiday, historians warn that King’s legacy is being undone.
capitalbnews.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I wrote about how MLK Day was won, how Stevie Wonder helped to make it happen, and how King's legacy is being undermined today. capitalbnews.org/stevie-wonde...
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Marking MLKs birth by recalling when folks opposed me as the King event speaker so I created a radical critique of white racism and capitalism composed entirely of King’s speeches without telling people until the end that the words were King’s and not mine. Can we say: Sublime.
Elite Club Members Tried To Stop Nikole Hannah-Jones’ MLK Day Speech. So She Schooled Them Using Dr. King’s Words
DOWNTOWN — A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist swapped her words for those of Martin Luther King Jr. after some members of a long-running Chicago club
blockclubchicago.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Marking MLKs birth by recalling when folks opposed me as the King event speaker so I created a radical critique of white racism and capitalism composed entirely of King’s speeches without telling people until the end that the words were King’s and not mine. Can we say: Sublime.
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Sojourner Truth’s name is synonymous with her iconic "Ain't I a Woman" speech given at the 1851 Women’s Convention in Ohio. But how much do we really know about Sojourner Truth? Much of what is widely embraced about the famous activist and orator is mythology, while the truth lives in the shadows.
The Truth and Myth of Sojourner Truth
Much of what is widely embraced about the famous activist and orator, Sojourner Truth, is mythology, while the truth lives in the shadows. This article explores the myths that formed around Truth in w...
picturingblackhistory.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Sojourner Truth’s name is synonymous with her iconic "Ain't I a Woman" speech given at the 1851 Women’s Convention in Ohio. But how much do we really know about Sojourner Truth? Much of what is widely embraced about the famous activist and orator is mythology, while the truth lives in the shadows.
in case you forgot
Slave patrols were the first local police and the origin of policing in America.
January 14, 2026 at 3:05 PM
in case you forgot
Claudette Colvin reflects why segregation and the Civil Rights Movement weren’t “a long time ago.” Rest.
www.wsfa.com/2026/01/13/c...
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Civil Rights legend Claudette Colvin dies at 86
Civil Rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died, her family and foundation confirmed Tuesday afternoon.
www.wsfa.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM