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Music: "Me, Myself, and I," De La Soul - I'm seriously obsessed with De La Soul (almost 40 years later). Podcast: "One Song," - takes apart songs and traces their influences. <3 Website: Bookshop.org - it's bookstore day! And Amazon sucks, and Bookshop has free shipping today and tomorrow.

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Song: "Shooting Into Space," Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Movie: "The Two Popes," 2019. I don't endorse systemic Christianity; however, Pope Francis fought hard to advocate for peace and human rights. He was a real one.

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Book (Graphic novel): "Bingo Love," by Tee Franklin Music: "Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela)," by Common, feat. Vinia Mojica, Roy Hargrove, and Fema Kuti

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Nina Simone was born on this day, 92 years ago. My favorite song of hers is "Little Girl Blue," because she always takes the opportunity to go full classical. Eat your heart out, Curtis Institute. #younggiftedandblack

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Made in 1945, includes no women with a speaking part, but (un?)surprisingly still apropos today, if you still have a 23 minute attention span. "We must guard everyone's liberty, or we can lose our own." #thismachinekillsfascists

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Let me 100% recommend "Clean Slate" on Amazon Prime, which stars the fabulous Laverne Cox and a slew of really funny actors including George Wallace, Telma Hopkins, and DK Ozoukwu. I seriously belly-laughed when I watched it (which I almost never do. A "ha" is pretty good from me).

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Black history is American history. Or conversely, American history is also Black history. Are we going to pretend it doesn't exist? I'm not. Book: "The Tunisian Crochet Handbook" by Toni Lipsey Music: "reincarnated," by Kendrick Lamar (obvy!) Website: Black Crossword, created by Juliana Pache

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Subscribe to 28 Days of Black History at www.28daysofblackhistory.com and you receive a short newsletter in your inbox every day of February. It's a great way to learn about people who haven't been on the radar but who have contributed positively to society.

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Book: Eyeliner - A Cultural History by Zahra Hankir Music: Funeral For Justice (Injustice Version) by Mdou Moctar

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You will know it's me because I talk about nerdy stuff like books and music. Book: Go Ahead In the Rain by Hanif Abdurraqib Music: Steve Biko (Stir It Up) by A Tribe Called Quest

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