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On this day in 1862, U.S. forces hanged 38 Dakota men in Minnesota who had been involved in a war between Dakota people and white settlers that began after broken promises to deliver food to local tribes.
Dec. 26, 1862 | U.S. Government Hangs 38 Dakota Men in Minnesota
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December 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
On this day in 1862, U.S. forces hanged 38 Dakota men in Minnesota who had been involved in a war between Dakota people and white settlers that began after broken promises to deliver food to local tribes.
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Contrary to popular belief on this 59th anniversary of Kwanzaa, is that it is a distinctly Black American holiday, and it is not an "alternative" to Xmas.
Its goal is to spend the last 7 days of the year incorporating the 7 principles of Kwanzaa in preparation of the New Year coming up
Its goal is to spend the last 7 days of the year incorporating the 7 principles of Kwanzaa in preparation of the New Year coming up
December 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Contrary to popular belief on this 59th anniversary of Kwanzaa, is that it is a distinctly Black American holiday, and it is not an "alternative" to Xmas.
Its goal is to spend the last 7 days of the year incorporating the 7 principles of Kwanzaa in preparation of the New Year coming up
Its goal is to spend the last 7 days of the year incorporating the 7 principles of Kwanzaa in preparation of the New Year coming up
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Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
December 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
nothing like getting a tornado warning on xmas eve
in los angeles
in los angeles
December 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
nothing like getting a tornado warning on xmas eve
in los angeles
in los angeles
that ‘past is prologue’ part
Great writing is based on universal truths. What was true then is, tragically, true again.
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“Keeper of the Flame” starring Katherine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy warned about the rise of fascism in America. Sound familiar?
December 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
that ‘past is prologue’ part
Visible from nearby streets to miles beyond, excerpts from President Obama’s remarks during the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama, started going up at sunrise today on the exterior of the Museum at the Obama Presidential Center. They are a reminder: “You Are America.”
December 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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This is essentially what happened to Ahmaud Arbery. When white folks don’t want to mind their business, they are incredibly dangerous to Black folks. He’s recording because he knows that man would kill him if not.
Please Google “sundown towns” if you are somehow unfamiliar.
Expect more of these terrifying communities to become all the more dangerous for Black Americans, as Project 2025 policy implementation continues.
No coming back from this. The process is already 50% complete:
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Expect more of these terrifying communities to become all the more dangerous for Black Americans, as Project 2025 policy implementation continues.
No coming back from this. The process is already 50% complete:
project2025.observer/en
December 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is essentially what happened to Ahmaud Arbery. When white folks don’t want to mind their business, they are incredibly dangerous to Black folks. He’s recording because he knows that man would kill him if not.
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On this day in 1865, following the emancipation of Black people, South Carolina passed a law requiring labor contracts to refer to white people as "masters" and Black people as "servants."
Dec. 19, 1865 | SC Enacts Law Requiring Contracts to Call White People
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December 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
On this day in 1865, following the emancipation of Black people, South Carolina passed a law requiring labor contracts to refer to white people as "masters" and Black people as "servants."
ghouls
This is horrific. RFK Jr’s CDC is funding a study in Guinea-Bissau which would involve deliberately withholding the hepatitis B vaccine from hundreds of newborn infants, putting them at great risk of death. They want to repeat Tuskegee.
CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study by controversial Danish researchers
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
ghouls
Pauline Copes Johnson, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98.
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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On this day in 1945, the home of the Shorts, the first Black family to live in Fontana, California, erupted in flames, killing Mrs. Short and her two children. Mr. Short later died from his injuries.
Dec. 16, 1945 | Black Family Killed After Refusing to Leave White Neighborhood in California
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December 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On this day in 1945, the home of the Shorts, the first Black family to live in Fontana, California, erupted in flames, killing Mrs. Short and her two children. Mr. Short later died from his injuries.
well done
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
well done
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On this day in 1915, the Supreme Court upheld a law providing that an American woman could be stripped of citizenship upon marriage to a foreign husband. U.S. men marrying foreign women were permitted to keep their citizenship.
Dec. 6, 1915 | Supreme Court Rules American Women With Foreign Husbands Lose Citizenship
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December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1915, the Supreme Court upheld a law providing that an American woman could be stripped of citizenship upon marriage to a foreign husband. U.S. men marrying foreign women were permitted to keep their citizenship.
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Remembering poet Gwendolyn Brooks who died #OTD in 2000.
One of the most highly regarded, influential & widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. First Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #poetry, for her book 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 (1950). #booksky
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendo...
One of the most highly regarded, influential & widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. First Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #poetry, for her book 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 (1950). #booksky
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendo...
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Remembering poet Gwendolyn Brooks who died #OTD in 2000.
One of the most highly regarded, influential & widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. First Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #poetry, for her book 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 (1950). #booksky
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendo...
One of the most highly regarded, influential & widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. First Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #poetry, for her book 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 (1950). #booksky
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendo...
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The United States government had nothing to say to commemorate World AIDS Day, the first time the nation has withheld official recognition since the World Health Organization established the day in 1988. https://bit.ly/4ouze0S
December 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The United States government had nothing to say to commemorate World AIDS Day, the first time the nation has withheld official recognition since the World Health Organization established the day in 1988. https://bit.ly/4ouze0S
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On this day in 1864, American troops murdered over 200 Cheyenne and Arapaho people living peacefully along Sand Creek in Colorado despite assuring the community days earlier that they would be safe.
Nov. 29, 1864 | U.S. Forces Kill Hundreds of Indigenous People in Sand Creek Massacre
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November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1864, American troops murdered over 200 Cheyenne and Arapaho people living peacefully along Sand Creek in Colorado despite assuring the community days earlier that they would be safe.
late and still on time
okay there's two parallel Thanksgiving stories to be told. One that rooted in White American Protestant Christianity and the other that is rooted in the long Black Freedom Struggle.
We essentially celebrated two completely different holidays over the last 160 years.
Wait...only 160 years?
yea 🧵
We essentially celebrated two completely different holidays over the last 160 years.
Wait...only 160 years?
yea 🧵
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
late and still on time
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Ms. Fletcher, Tulsa, and America always deserved so much more
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
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November 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Ms. Fletcher, Tulsa, and America always deserved so much more
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"Abraham Lincoln and 600,000 white men died to end slavery!"
False....
We freed ourselves
False....
We freed ourselves
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Abraham Lincoln and 600,000 white men died to end slavery!"
False....
We freed ourselves
False....
We freed ourselves
Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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On this day in 2014, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Black boy, died from injuries inflicted when he was shot by a white police officer the day before. Tamir was playing in a park near his Cleveland home when a police car approached him.
Nov. 23, 2014 | Twelve-Year-Old Tamir Rice Dies of Injuries After Being Shot by Police
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November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 2014, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Black boy, died from injuries inflicted when he was shot by a white police officer the day before. Tamir was playing in a park near his Cleveland home when a police car approached him.
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On this day in 1865, Mississippi authorized local officials to identify minor Black children who were orphans and “apprentice” them to white “masters or mistresses."
Nov. 22, 1865 | Mississippi Authorizes 'Sale' of Black Orphans to White 'Masters or Mistresses'
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November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1865, Mississippi authorized local officials to identify minor Black children who were orphans and “apprentice” them to white “masters or mistresses."
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*people they define as Americans
See: most of American history/Native folks, Black folks, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, &etc
See: most of American history/Native folks, Black folks, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, &etc
a lot of you are probably too young to remember this but presidents dont normally wage war against americans
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
*people they define as Americans
See: most of American history/Native folks, Black folks, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, &etc
See: most of American history/Native folks, Black folks, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, &etc