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Dr. Omekongo Dibinga @omekongo.bsky.social · 5h

Am I Black or African American? Hear my response to this question from an audience member. How do YOU identify? #identity #inclusion #diversity #upstander #tuesdaythoughts

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 8h

If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.

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mhatchett.bsky.social @mhatchett.bsky.social · 20h

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mhatchett.bsky.social @mhatchett.bsky.social · 1d

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocoee_m...
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Ocoee massacre - Wikipedia

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mhatchett.bsky.social @mhatchett.bsky.social · 1d

I don't own the rights to any of this!

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Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 1d

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Evanston mayor says he’s opening investigations after federal agents are filmed punching person | CNN

The mayor of Evanston, Illinois, says he is opening two investigations after federal agents were filmed pinning down and repeatedly striking a person in the head as they arrested him Friday.

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mhatchett.bsky.social @mhatchett.bsky.social · 1d

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 8d

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

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mhatchett.bsky.social @mhatchett.bsky.social · 15d

The Krumen — The Sailors Who Refused Chains ⚓

Not every African story began in chains.
Some began on the waves, steering the very ships others feared.

The Krumen (of the Kru people of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d’Ivoire) were Africa’s sea warriors, masters of navigation, ship repair, and coastal trade long before colonial maps drew borders.

European captains quickly learned: the Krumen could not be captured. They were too skilled, too united, too aware of their worth. When slave ships approached, they didn’t run inland; they went to sea, controlling the very element others used to enslave.

For centuries, the Kru language echoed across the Atlantic from Freetown’s ports to Monrovia’s docks. They carried not chains, but knowledge; not fear, but freedom.

In a world built on stories of capture, myths, theirs was one of command. And today, every time a West African ship leaves the coast, it sails with a whisper from the past: “We were never taken, we chose our own tide.”

#HiddenHistory #KruPeople #AfricanMariners #LiberianHeritage #SierraLeoneLegacy #UnbrokenRoots #history #fyp

mhatchett.bsky.social @mhatchett.bsky.social · 15d

RIP to Dr. Paul T. Kwami, the long-time music director since 1994, who passed away last month. He was 70. 🙏🏾💙💛 #FiskForever #FiskUniversity

mhatchett.bsky.social @mhatchett.bsky.social · 15d

The original Fisk Jubilee Singers introduced ‘enslaved songs’ to the world in 1871 and were instrumental in preserving this unique American musical tradition known today as Negro spirituals.

mhatchett.bsky.social @mhatchett.bsky.social · 15d

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Did you know the world renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers put Nashville on the musical map long before the city became famous for its honky-tonks and slide guitars?