"There is no form of protest against racism that is acceptable to racists."
Bernice King
#blackwomen #the92percent #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacklawyers #blackministers #blackmastodon
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Yet another attack on Black women.
So goddamn sick of this shit.
#newark #newjersey #blackmastodon https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-lamonica-mciver-charged-doj-incident-ice-agents/story?id=121971746
Because they're Black.
And they spoke out.
Fuck these racists.
#newyork #blackmastodon https://www.amny.com/news/summerstage-concert-cancellations-kehlani-noname/
When he died, there were no flags, no procession, no cannon fire. William “Billy” Lee was always there—riding with Washington in war, walking beside him in peace. He served at Cambridge, Valley Forge, Yorktown—silent, indispensable. But when the story of Washington was told, Billy was left out of the frame. His life was one of duty without recognition, loyalty without reward.
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#history #histodons #education #Politics #BlackMastodon
"Billy Lee, Portrait in Tar." 2016. Titus Kaphar.
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America's largest remaining antebellum plantation, Nottoway Plantation in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, has burned to the ground. The cause is still under investigation but Parish President Chris Daigle says the building is "a total loss." In recent years, the plantation had been rebranded as Nottoway Resort, a luxury hotel described on its website as "restored to her days of glory." Sharing a video of the burning building on Facebook, a local man named Brad Gordon wrote: "If you don't understand why Black Americans are celebrating the symbolic dismantling of this monument to bondage and generational oppression — well, today, we simply don't care." Here's more from @AxiosNews.
#BlackHistory #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon #USHistory #USNews
Did you watch the show “Good Times”?
50 years ago, Norman Lear brought the first nuclear Black family to prime-time television in 1974. It continues to garner appreciation for the way the show featured strong female characters, and gave Black women agency – on and off the set.
https://theconversation.com/good-times-50-years-ago-norman-lear-changed-tv-with-a-show-about-a-working-class-black-familys-struggles-and-joys-219567
#history @histodons @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon
Episode 192 of the Air Adam Podcast has just been released, with selections from Meth & Red, Rapsody, Xzibit, Supastition, and many more!
Get the show now at;
- http://podcast.airadam.com
- https://www.mixcloud.com/airadampodcast/
- Apple Podcasts
- Pocket Casts
- etc
Have a listen, let me know what you think, and if you like it, please do spread the word - I have a lot of things, but no financial backing or advertising budget 😆
This past week, 99 years ago, Miles Dewey Davis III was born in Alton, Illinois.
On November 12, 1989, on 60 Minutes, Harry Reasoner asked him if Black musicians were better at jazz and blues because of slavery. The question could’ve gone sideways.
What Davis said—quietly, precisely—was about rhythm, memory, race, and the meaning of swing. #music #Jazz #Histodons #history #blackmastodon #photography #blackandwhite
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Image: Miles Davis, Hackensack, New Jersey, 1954, photo by Francis Wolff.
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They may share a suffix (and a protocol), but Blacksky isn’t hitching its wagon to the Bluesky app or team. Founder and CEO @rudyfraser.com is creating a new, fiercely independent playbook for communities — one made possible because of the flexibility of the open web. We're excited for you to hear the latest episode of @mike's Dot Social podcast:
https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/blacksky-rudy-fraser/
#DotSocial #Podcast #SocialMedia #SocialNetwork #Federation #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #Blacksky #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon #RudyFraser #Technology #Tech #Bluesky
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Racist liar.
He wants apartheid reinstated.
And Black Americans kicked out of the US to South Sudan and Rwanda.
So he can bring back Jim Crow.
And open a whites-only casino and golf course in Johannesburg and Sun City.
Fuck him.
Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”
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The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dei-black-women-minorities-careers-jobs-dismissed?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
@spacecitydad shared the image below detailing some massacres of Black People:
There were more.
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #whitepeople #whitedevil #blackhistory #blackmastodon
Soon to be on Fox News or News Nation as their token Black woman.
All skinfolk are not kinfolk.
#blackmastodon
https://abc7news.com/post/karine-jean-pierre-book-bidens-former-press-secretary-leaves-democratic-party-serving-broken-white-house/16657503/
via ABC7 News App
The story of this exodus—of men and women who had once been enslaved—is one of harrowing survival. The Black Loyalists fled to the British not out of fealty to a distant crown, but because the British offered what the American Republic did not: freedom. And now, in the winter of 1782, they waited. Waited to see whether freedom, once granted, could be taken back.
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Image: Black Loyalist Richard Pierpoint, artist, Malcolm Jones, Canadian War Museum.
#history #canada #Blackmastodon #politics
Meanwhile, Chicago State University,an HBCU 2+ hours away,is about to explode in enrollment as a result of Purdue kissing up to Trump.
#indiana #blackmastodon https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/general_news/board-of-trustees-dei-tuition-purdue/article_bc6701ea-ae82-4b58-8d39-f058ca9420b3.html
Dedicated to #LosAngeles.
My hometown kicking ASS today.
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#blackmastodon #BrownMastodon #latinomastodon #asianmastodon #lgbtq #lgbtqia https://youtube.com/watch?v=mmo3HFa2vjg&si=rJUAlM2Xn3YPqKEe
Last year, Beyoncé became the first Black artist to win Best Country Album at the Grammy Awards. Now, the Recording Academy is ensuring that doesn't happen again by renaming that award Best Contemporary Country Album, and creating a new one, Best Traditional Country Album. It's not gone down well, HuffPost says, with fans suggesting that the new category was meant to appease racists in the industry. Here's more.
#Music #Entertainment #Beyonce #CountryMusic #GrammyAwards #Beyonce #Beyhive #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon
On May 1, 1865, in the 1st spring of freedom, Black Charlestonians held a procession to honor Union soldiers buried in a mass grave.
They came with roses. With hymns. With children.
It was the 1st Memorial Day.
But America gave the credit to others & buried the memory.
#MemorialDay #History #Histodons #Politics #photography #blackandwhite
#blackmastodon
#blackandwhitephotography
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Image: Black American Civil War Memorial, Spirit of Freedom statue by Ed Hamilton 1997, NPS Photo Washington DC.
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Long before the term mutual aid came to mean crowdfunded self-preservation or charity, the Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin systematically explored its meaning to work together for a common good and a fundamental aspect of anarcho-socialist organization and evolution.
My request is for comradeship, real solidarity, not charity, and I'm sharing my journey and a specific need for legal assistance to found an Eco-Village.
Read more about the obstacles I've faced and how you can offer solidarity here:
https://vitrea.space/call-to-action/
#BlackMastodon #MutualAid #LegalAid #EconomicJustice #Trans
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Target has seen plummeting share prices and decreased footfall after consumers started to boycott the chain because of its backdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Now, the church leader who has spearheaded the boycott has a new target: Dollar General. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, says the low-cost chain has both rolled back its DEI initiatives and failed to invest in the Black and low-income communities that are the backbone of its customer base. This time, he's not calling for all customers to stay away from Dollar General, since because of the lack of infrastructure in rural communities it's sometimes the only place people can shop for certain items. Instead, he's proposing an electronic protest: Clog up phone lines and inboxes, and post on social media to pressure the company into reinstating its programs — and boycott the store if you can. Here's more from @USAToday.
#Retail #Lifestyle #Target #DollarGeneral #DiversityEquityInclusion #DEI #Boycott #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon
It goes like it goes - Jennifer Warnes
... Yeah, it goes like it goes like the river flows
And time keeps rolling on
And maybe what's good gets a little bit better
And maybe what's bad gets gone.
#Blackmastodon #Blackfediverse #USAProtest
In 1783, nearly 3,000 Black Loyalists arrived in Nova Scotia—free in name, but not in fate. Promised land and liberty, they built settlements from bark and memory, while the empire marked their freedom with boundaries. It is a story of what they built, what was taken, and what remains. #Juneteenth #Histodons #politics #BlackMastodon #history #photography
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Image: Temporary shelters the Black Loyalists lived in on their arrival in Nova Scotia in 1783. Black Loyalists Heritage Center, NS.
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"Driving home today I saw this gentleman. when I saw the back of his shirt my heart sank to my stomach and I wanted to cry... This is [the US]...."
#blacklivesmatter #blacklivesstillmatter #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #police #whitepeople #whitedevil #blackmastodon
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"My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour and some style."
- Maya Angelou