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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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If you want to take a break, beat inflation, and listen to some stories about the good guys beating the Nazis, my #audiobooks are a Chirp deal today until Monday! Only $1.98 for all three! #WWII #Historical #fiction www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/t...

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Listen up, self.

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Like everything worth doing, in writing it's the action that's important. I need this reminder at least twice a week.

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Most of us have used Global Positioning System (GPS) for navigation & we can thank Gladys West for creating the foundation for GPS. She used her mathematical & programming expertise to invent an accurate model of the Earth. She was inducted into the US Air Force Hall of Fame.

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Fantastic.

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Refreshing www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

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So, that halftime show made it clear, yet? REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS NEED ART It's the air and the fuel and the light and the map

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This was honestly such an inspiring and fortifying way to spend my morning. I love that the super bowl halftime show of all things was a powerful work of subversive art in this moment.

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This is America, 2025 In one weekend (!!), one New York Times photographer, Doug Mills, travels from Gitmo to the Super Bowl to take two unforgettable images of where we're at as a nation

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I first thought this during the FL re-counts in 2000. Every night we would tune in to see what happened today like it was a soap opera. There was little talk or analysis about what shifts were being set in motion for future elections. People treated it like, well, the Super Bowl. And so here we are.

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Gem of a podcast from Calm History about the Monuments Men & Women's efforts to find art looted by the Nazis. podcasts.apple.com/vg/podcast/s... #Podcasts #MonumentsMenandWomen #CalmHistory #ArtHistory

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Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜 The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization. Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

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My first illustration is of Diahann Carroll in the tv show Julia (1968-1971). She was the first Black actress to star in her own TV series where she didn't play a domestic worker. She was a young widow raising a 5 year old son in a nice apartment while working as a nurse. #bhm #blackhistorymonth

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Sculptor Augusta Savage in her studio in 1937. She was the first African-American woman to open her own art gallery in the U.S.

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Oh hey, it's the first day of Black History Month! Which hero should we highlight today? How about Guion Bluford, the first black astronaut! Happy Black History Month! ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #blackhistorymonth

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Grabbing a friend and going to buy some books today!

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Help me identify this WWII soldier for a story I'm writing. My deadline is Feb. 14. The portrait was made between 1943 & 1945 in Pittsburgh's Hill District. He has a rifle medal on his chest, Service Forces patch & a Corps of Engineers insignia on his hat. Please repost & help me ID him. 🗃️

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I help architects develop and craft AIA Fellowship applications for a living. This portrayal is so old and tired and doesn't actually reflect the thoughtful, imaginative and collaborative work so many architects (many of whom are not white men!) do in their communities every day.

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