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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 11h

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In Donnie McClurkin's song, "That's What I Believe," he sings of going to God for deliverance, salvation, and for God's word -- and trusting that God would give just what God promised -- deliverance, ...

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 3d

A walk through my neighborhood a few days ago and ran into an eternal truth in a bit of an unlikely place: “Presidents are temporary. Wu-Tang is forever.”

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 19d

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I Have Not Forgotten You….I Have Loved You With An Everlasting Love…

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.” Jeremiah 31:3 It has taken me almost and a year and a ha…

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 28d

“The jury only deliberated 67 minutes before returning a verdict of not guilty. One juror later said: "We wouldn't have taken so long if we hadn't stopped to drink pop."

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Sep. 23, 1955 | All-White Jury Acquits White Men Who Murdered 14-Year-Old Emmett Till

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Sep 19

“The collaboration is a rebuke of the Trump administration and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to dramatically reshape the federal government’s public health apparatus.”

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Health officials from 10 Northeast states officially band together. New Hampshire remains out. • New Hampshire Bulletin

After months of informal talks, health officials from 10 Northeastern states have announced they’re forming a bloc called the Northeast Public Health Collaborative to issue vaccine guidance and coordi...

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Mustafa Santiago Ali (@mustafasantiagoali)

“Slavery was nothing less than physical and psychological trauma—built on sex trafficking and rape, on brutalization and the destruction of families, on cultural erasure and economic exploitation. It ...

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Aug 20

Because American chattel slavery, that peculiar institution made famous in this HOT and SEXY SUCCESSFUL country was certainly a 400 year walk in the park.

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Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...

Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Aug 20

If you are so inclined, please learn more about President Trump's Executive Order targeting the Smithsonian and its National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) - and sign the SOS (Save Our Smithsonian) petition launched by a group of Black lawyers.

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America's History SOS

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 18

The leadership of the Democratic party is not anti-fascist. I think that it's helpful to keep this in mind at all times.

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Happy to announce that my next book, a collection of my work at the New Yorker, will hit shelves on October 14th. More information about events to come shortly!

Three or More Is a Riot by Jelani Cobb: 9780593978207 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

From one of the definitive journalists of this era -- acclaimed historian, Pulitzer finalist, staff writer at the New Yorker, and dean of Columbia Journalism School--comes a kaleidoscopic, real-time....

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Aug 13

I know there’s a whole world on fire out there. It’s still a good time for me to tell you - we don’t do blue jolly ranchers around here. Don’t even have support groups for folks kicking the habit. As per Harriet Tubman’s email, we’re just leaving you behind.

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Aug 12

Yeah. If you’re ever in Brooklyn near Weeksville, stop over at Kingsborough Houses. This restoration reminds me of what Marian Wright Edelman used to tell advocates often: “

Justice, yes - and beauty. Children deserve beauty.”

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Frieze by Famed Harlem Renaissance Sculptor Back at Kingsborough Houses After Restoration - City Limits

Richmond Barthé's 80-foot “Exodus and Dance” frieze has been displayed at the NYCHA campus for 84 years, where it's affectionately referred to as “The Wall.”

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Aug 12

Spent some time with my college roomie and Soror last week. A prayer of gratitude before I go to sleep.

For strength showing up in softness. For joy defying despair. Defying! For the sacred friendship of Black women - laughing through grief, dreaming, still…

I give God thanks.

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Aug 12

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The National Association Of Black Bookstores Has Launched: Here's What To Know About The Group - Blavity

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Aug 11

If blood be the price of Liberty -
If blood be the price of Liberty -
If blood be the price of Liberty -
Lord God, we have paid in full.

The Crisis Magazine
December 1910

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NPR @npr.org · Aug 11

The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops

The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

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Eddie S. Glaude @esglaude.bsky.social · Aug 4

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The Great Capitulation

I have been trying to digest a recent Associated Press-NORC poll about Americans’ perceptions of racial discrimination.

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Aug 3

Bless you. ♥️

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MKSutherland @mktsutherland.bsky.social · Aug 2

Go here to look up your PBS member station: www.pbs.org/stations/

Go here to look up your NPR member station: www.npr.org/stations/

Make a donation. Get your friends and family to make a donation.

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Aug 2

I just visited the website for UK’s
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So moving….

“It’s a place of understanding, where everyone has felt heartache….”

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National Covid Memorial Wall

The National Covid Memorial Wall in London is a visual representation of the UK's catastrophic loss to Covid-19. The Wall stretches for 500 metres alongside the River Thames, directly opposite the Hou...

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thank you…❤️

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Jul 29

Ruminating on ideas to propose an appropriate and permanent memorial. A life-giving way to acknowledge the great cloud of witnesses….

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Jul 29

We went virtual immediately. That decision saved more lives. I’m in my feelings tonight because grief sucks. One minute, you’re fine. The next minute, you see a name in your phone book and the tears just won’t stop. I am so grateful that I loved so deeply and that they knew they were loved. …

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Jul 29

I can’t delete names from my address book and here’s why: GRIEF SUCKS. My congregation lost so many people to COVID in the first year of the pandemic. Enough to fill two sections of the sanctuary’s balcony. Their voices, stories, laughter, love….

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · Jul 28

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