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"What a world this will be when human possibilities are freed, when we discover each other, when the stranger is no longer the potential criminal and the certain inferior!" W.E.B. Du Bois, born February 23, 1868

"I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor." Ishmael Reed, born February 22, 1938

Seems legit.... We don't want to be a nation of underachieving Americans.

I hear they're all pulling to the far right.

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." Can't even summon up "thoughts and prayers."

We must all band together. There are far more of us than there are of them. Never forget that, no matter how difficult this may become!!

Relevant

Accurate.

"It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something." Congressman John Lewis, born February 21, 1940

He’s setting us all up for the funniest possible ending.

When this shit stained administration gets even worse.

"I lived in a country where I couldn't live where I wanted to live. I lived in a country where I couldn't go where I wanted to eat. I lived in a country where I couldn't get a job, except for those put aside for people of my colour or caste." Sidney Poitier, born February 20, 1924

Let's face it, we now live in an outlaw, shithole country. Waving a flag is no balm.

And he’s burning America into the ground.

I went to church a month early.

Good work, Senator Cassidy (R-LA), and the rest of the spineless weasels in the US Senate.

I don't know about you, but I felt a lot safer when "Sleepy Joe" was president.

Feb. 19, 1919, marked the first Pan-African Congress, organized by writer and activist W.E.B. DuBois. 57 delegates met at the Grand Hotel, Paris. 16 United States delegates were joined by 14 from Africa, with the rest representing other countries and colonies. W.E.B. Dubois, 1919. LC Photo.

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Now, do everybody.

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"I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't." Audre Lord, born February 18, 1934

In case you’re having a bad day, new polling shows Assistant President Poopy Pant’s approval rating and personal popularity are going down faster than Lauren Boebert’s hand at a kid’s musical. Happy #PresidentsDay indeed.

I'm in. February 28, 2025!

"When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether." Marian Anderson, born February 17, 1902

What the haters won't tell you is that Trump was driving around Daytona looking for cheaper eggs. A man of the people

This shouldn't have to be said, but stupidity is rampant.

Small blessings of life in Northern New England: forecast for snow turning to freezing rain and hours later, it's still snowing.

This is proof that all species are important.

More of this, please!

"As long as we are engaged in storytelling that moves the culture forward, it doesn't matter what format it is." LeVar Burton, born February 16, 1957

Count me in, ladies!! 💙💙

This is the way.

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Neo-Nazi terrorist and convicted mass murderer Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, cited this same Napoleon quote in his manifesto.

It was OK when they thought he was going after POC.

This:

"Strange Fruit," Black Masking Indian suit designed and sewn by Big Chief Alfred Doucette, New Orleans, February 2013.