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James Baldwin Was A Genius.
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#AcademicSky
February 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Sigh.
December 14, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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"...For instance: in our society, there seems to be a general rule that, the more obviously ones work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it..."
December 10, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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I'm SO EXCITED about this one.
Official poster for 28 Years Later movie. Third installment of the 28 Days Later series.
December 6, 2024 at 2:37 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#BookChallenge

15/20
Cover of The Price of the Ticket (Collected essays 1948-1985) by James Baldwin
November 28, 2024 at 3:20 AM
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November 25, 2024 at 11:54 PM
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Y'all??!!
November 25, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

14/20
November 25, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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Okay, last one.🙃

Post one of your favorite R&B/ Soul/ Funk songs from the 80s only. Let’s find the real music lovers.

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Whip Appeal - Babyface
November 24, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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Post one of your favorite R&B/ Soul/ Funk songs from the 80s only. Let’s find the real music lovers.

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I Feel Good All Over - Stephanie Mills, Taavi Moore
November 24, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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Post one of your favorite R&B/ Soul/ Funk songs from the 80s only. Let’s find the real music lovers.
November 24, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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Post one of your favorite R&B/ Soul/ Funk songs from the 80s only. Let’s find the real music lovers.
November 24, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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Post one of your favorite R&B/ Soul/ Funk songs from the 80s only. Let’s find the real music lovers.
November 24, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

13/20
Cover of Do The Right Thing companion book
November 24, 2024 at 3:51 AM
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🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
November 22, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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HE GAVE US THE SONG!!!
November 22, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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Screenshot of Closer by Goapele playing on Spotify.
November 21, 2024 at 8:55 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

12/20
Cover of My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
November 21, 2024 at 2:13 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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11/20
Photo of the book The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual by Harold Cruse
November 19, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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10/20
Book cover for Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr.
November 18, 2024 at 11:15 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#BookChallenge

9/20
Book cover for Native Son by Richard Wright
November 17, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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8/20
Book cover of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
November 16, 2024 at 10:41 PM
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🤷🏾‍♀️
November 16, 2024 at 6:24 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#BookChallenge

7/20
Book cover of Afropessimism by Frank B. Wilderson III.
November 15, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#BookChallenge

6/20
Book cover for The Man-Not by Dr. Tommy J. Curry
November 14, 2024 at 10:09 PM