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Day 22, Black History month! Carter G. Woodson, historian/ documentarian of Black culture & experience; taught Black children & academia alike vital contributions of Black folk to history. Proposed what became Black History month. "You must give your own story to the world." shorturl.at/m98gT

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Hell YES to this energy.

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Day 21, Black History Month! Booker T. Whatley, deeply vested in land ownership profitable for Black farmers as a path to equality: creator of the CSA, forerunner of today's small farm regenerative agricultural mvmnt, u-pick farms & diversified cash crops. www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/y...

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Day 20, Black History Month! Booker T Washington, 1st Tuskegee prez, hoped Black education would end white prejudice; he & WEB DuBois disagreed on how to reach Black equality but both knew it had to happen. "I would permit no man..to narrow & degrade my soul by making me hate him." shorturl.at/XrNQQ

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Day 19 of Black History Month! today, WEB Du Bois, sociologist, scholar, early defender of Black women's rights & Pan-African decolonialism, unwilling to accept Booker T's Atlanta Compromise, co-founder of the NAACP. "Men must not only know, they must act". www.youtube.com/watch?v=olz0...

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Day 18 of Black History month! Ida B. Well, investigative journalist on lynchings; activist who fought for desegregated schools, & for jobs & voting for women. Lynching became a fed hate crime...in 2022. "The way to right wrongs is to cast the light of truth upon them." m.youtube.com/watch?v=vgb0...

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Day 17 of Black History month! Today, Brave Bessie Coleman, first Black/Native woman aviator & daredevil: trained in France bc no US school wd teach her to fly. She planned to open an aviation school for others like her. "The air is the only place free from prejudice." m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ix4...

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Cooperation yields benefits in the long run if there are immediate repercussions for non-cooperation. In this example, tit-for-tat maximizes benefit for both sides in most (but not all) cases, now matter how the other side plays. Sometimes addl forgiveness is needed www.youtube.com/watch?v=mScp...

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Happy day 16 of Black History month! Today, Florence Price, the 1st Black woman to have her music performed by a major orchestra in the US (in 1933, by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,) & played for Eleanor Roosevelt, all while being a single mom. youtu.be/O65IQkRz3bk?...

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Woops, almost missed Day 15 of Black History Month! Today, I honor Katherine Dunham, who brought the joyous dance of the African diaspora home to Chicago & broke color barriers as well as making safe spaces for children in her community. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRgg...

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Happy Black History Month day 14! Madame CJ Walker spun her own medical hair loss into a million $ Black beauty empire, employed 1000s, mostly women; & as a civil rights activist, funded the NAACP, the Black YMCA, & scholarships (esp for women) at Tuskegee & beyond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEKX...

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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

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Happy day 13 of Black History month! Shirley Chisolm, "unbought & unbossed," 1st Black woman in Congress, served 14 yrs, started WIC, fought for women, for native land rights, & ran for pres...& decried a takeover of media and "family" rhetoric by the religious right. m.youtube.com/watch?v=VZjM...

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Happy day 12 of Black History Month! Today i thank George Washington Carver, whose brilliance in botany & innovation enabled him to teach, thru Tuskegee, farmers to rotate crops, replenish soil health, & limit reliance on the volatile market for cotton/tobacco. m.youtube.com/watch?v=2WYf...

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Happy day 11 of Black History month! I am in awe of Robert Smalls, who escaped slavery by stealing an entire damn confederate ship and piloting thru south-infested waters to become a civil war freedom fighter, congressman, and american hero. youtu.be/hMfBhPDxLQM?...

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Super Bowl lesson: Stopping an arrogant Chief from a third term is probably a good move for America right now.

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Happy day 10 of Black History Month! saluting Nat Turner, rebel and freedom fighter whose violent insurrection told the nation: not today, assholes. He was hung & dismembered for killing white slave owners, but his action galvanized abolitionists in the north. www.google.com/search?q=nat...

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Elon Musk has reportedly spent $40M on a series of Superbowl ads airing tonight attacking USAID's "wasteful spending." We may not have millions of dollars but between all of us, we do have a massive global network. Here are just a few ways USAID could have spent $40M: m.youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...

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“A minorrrrrrrr”

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Happy day 9 of Black History month! Today I honor Sojourner Truth, former enslaved woman who successfully threw off her chains & called for abolition & rights for women, an early example of intersectionality & firebrand for justice. "The truth is powerful & will prevail." youtu.be/0sn8CUyvG2k?...

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Happy day 8 of Black History month! Today I honor everyone who's BEEN saying it...if we'd been listening. m.youtube.com/watch?v=57Yk...

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PRRI [Feb 5] -- Poll : By providing moral cover for so many clearly illegal acts, it can feel like a wave of white Christian nationalism is crashing over the U.S. But while a sizable minority, they're outnumbered over 2-to-1 (66%-30%) among gen public. [by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social‬]

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"Many fledgling moralists in those days were going about our town proclaiming there was nothing to be done about it and we should bow to the inevitable... its conclusion was always the same, their certitude that a fight must be put up, in this way or that, and there must be no bowing down."

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What can you do about the assault on USAID? Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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So, not letting elected officials into government buildings, eh? How long you think before the firing squad shows up?

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