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Retired public history researcher - African Amer. His. Amateur photographer, trying to learn. Like owl pictures, Linux OS - Mint & Fedora, old laptops & desktops, and all series of Star Trek.🙂
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Robert Sengstacke Abbott was born on this day in 1868 in St. Simons, Ga. He was a pioneering African American lawyer and publisher of the most influential Black newspaper in the U.S., earning him the title “Father of Black Journalism.” /1
Robert Sengstacke Abbott was born on this day in 1868 in St. Simons, Ga. He was a pioneering African American lawyer and publisher of the most influential Black newspaper in the U.S., earning him the title “Father of Black Journalism.” /1
December 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Robert Sengstacke Abbott was born on this day in 1868 in St. Simons, Ga. He was a pioneering African American lawyer and publisher of the most influential Black newspaper in the U.S., earning him the title “Father of Black Journalism.” /1
Robert Sengstacke Abbott was born on this day in 1868 in St. Simons, Ga. He was a pioneering African American lawyer and publisher of the most influential Black newspaper in the U.S., earning him the title “Father of Black Journalism.” /1
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Beautiful
December 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Beautiful
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This is from Bernice King.
Be a King.
Be a King.
December 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
This is from Bernice King.
Be a King.
Be a King.
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It's been quite year here in the District 😅 The ACLU-D.C. will be taking some time to rest, relax, and prepare for an even bigger year ahead.
In the meantime, we'll be looking back on the busy year we've had and sharing some 2025 highlights.
Take care of yourselves, and we'll see you soon!
In the meantime, we'll be looking back on the busy year we've had and sharing some 2025 highlights.
Take care of yourselves, and we'll see you soon!
December 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It's been quite year here in the District 😅 The ACLU-D.C. will be taking some time to rest, relax, and prepare for an even bigger year ahead.
In the meantime, we'll be looking back on the busy year we've had and sharing some 2025 highlights.
Take care of yourselves, and we'll see you soon!
In the meantime, we'll be looking back on the busy year we've had and sharing some 2025 highlights.
Take care of yourselves, and we'll see you soon!
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Betty Reid Soskin was the oldest Park Ranger in U. S. history. She was a civil rights activist and a World War II Home Front Worker.
She was a record shop founder and a truth teller. She fought to include women’s stories in our nation’s memories.
She was a record shop founder and a truth teller. She fought to include women’s stories in our nation’s memories.
December 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Betty Reid Soskin was the oldest Park Ranger in U. S. history. She was a civil rights activist and a World War II Home Front Worker.
She was a record shop founder and a truth teller. She fought to include women’s stories in our nation’s memories.
She was a record shop founder and a truth teller. She fought to include women’s stories in our nation’s memories.
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I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
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#ResistanceUnited
Americans spend upwards of $990 billion on Christmas, including gifts, food and travel. According to a new study, it would cost less than a third of that ($318 billion or about 0.3% of global GDP) each year to end extreme poverty.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Americans spend upwards of $990 billion on Christmas, including gifts, food and travel. According to a new study, it would cost less than a third of that ($318 billion or about 0.3% of global GDP) each year to end extreme poverty.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The low, low cost of ending extreme poverty
Less than Americans' holiday shopping, actually.
www.yahoo.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Americans spend upwards of $990 billion on Christmas, including gifts, food and travel. According to a new study, it would cost less than a third of that ($318 billion or about 0.3% of global GDP) each year to end extreme poverty.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Americans spend upwards of $990 billion on Christmas, including gifts, food and travel. According to a new study, it would cost less than a third of that ($318 billion or about 0.3% of global GDP) each year to end extreme poverty.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 The origin of Black entertainment in post-slavery America culminate here. We covered Black Vaudeville & the Chitlin' Circuit. Let's rap a bit about the Blues. 🎸🎷🗣🎙
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#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
bluesbeats.com/2025/02/25/o...
🧵 The origin of Black entertainment in post-slavery America culminate here. We covered Black Vaudeville & the Chitlin' Circuit. Let's rap a bit about the Blues. 🎸🎷🗣🎙
(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
bluesbeats.com/2025/02/25/o...
Origins of the Blues: A Short History - Blues Beats by Blues Music Fan Radio
Origins of the Blues: A Short History: Explore the rich history of the Blues, born from the vocal work songs of African American slaves in the post-Civil War United States. This powerful genre emerged...
bluesbeats.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 The origin of Black entertainment in post-slavery America culminate here. We covered Black Vaudeville & the Chitlin' Circuit. Let's rap a bit about the Blues. 🎸🎷🗣🎙
(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
bluesbeats.com/2025/02/25/o...
🧵 The origin of Black entertainment in post-slavery America culminate here. We covered Black Vaudeville & the Chitlin' Circuit. Let's rap a bit about the Blues. 🎸🎷🗣🎙
(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
bluesbeats.com/2025/02/25/o...
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My Favorite Things | John Coltrane
youtu.be/JQvc-Gkwhow?...
youtu.be/JQvc-Gkwhow?...
My Favorite Things (Stereo) (2022 Remaster)
YouTube video by John Coltrane - Topic
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My Favorite Things | John Coltrane
youtu.be/JQvc-Gkwhow?...
youtu.be/JQvc-Gkwhow?...
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200,000,000,000,000 galaxies.
December 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
200,000,000,000,000 galaxies.
Power
1.Some folk think they have/need/want POWER?
Go tell TIME to stop moving.
Go tell the OCEANS to be still.
Tell the SUN to take a day off.
BEAM your ass up to Mars & have a look see.
Making other human beings miserable ain't power. Its the things human beings been doing since we showed up.
1.Some folk think they have/need/want POWER?
Go tell TIME to stop moving.
Go tell the OCEANS to be still.
Tell the SUN to take a day off.
BEAM your ass up to Mars & have a look see.
Making other human beings miserable ain't power. Its the things human beings been doing since we showed up.
December 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Power
1.Some folk think they have/need/want POWER?
Go tell TIME to stop moving.
Go tell the OCEANS to be still.
Tell the SUN to take a day off.
BEAM your ass up to Mars & have a look see.
Making other human beings miserable ain't power. Its the things human beings been doing since we showed up.
1.Some folk think they have/need/want POWER?
Go tell TIME to stop moving.
Go tell the OCEANS to be still.
Tell the SUN to take a day off.
BEAM your ass up to Mars & have a look see.
Making other human beings miserable ain't power. Its the things human beings been doing since we showed up.
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BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.
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"Virginia will now be properly represented by an actual patriot, who embodied the principle of liberty and justice for all and not a traitor, who took up arms against the United States to preserve the brutal institution of chattel slavery." -- @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social apnews.com/video/us-cap...
US Capitol unveils statue of teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, taking Robert E. Lee's spot
The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of Co...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Virginia will now be properly represented by an actual patriot, who embodied the principle of liberty and justice for all and not a traitor, who took up arms against the United States to preserve the brutal institution of chattel slavery." -- @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social apnews.com/video/us-cap...
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I really enjoyed this book. Congratulations to Justene Hill Edwards. macmillan.yale.edu/stories/yale...
Yale Announces 2025 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner
Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition has announced the winner of the twenty-seventh annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize.
macmillan.yale.edu
December 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I really enjoyed this book. Congratulations to Justene Hill Edwards. macmillan.yale.edu/stories/yale...
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Michelle Obama talks to Jimmy Kimmel about Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner.
This is from tonight’s episode.
This is from tonight’s episode.
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Michelle Obama talks to Jimmy Kimmel about Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner.
This is from tonight’s episode.
This is from tonight’s episode.
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This is incredible news. Today, Virginia officials will unveil a statue of Barbara Johns at the Capitol to replace one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had stood for more than a century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Statue of Black teen who fought segregation replaces Robert E. Lee at U.S. Capitol
Barbara Rose Johns was only 16 when she led a walkout in 1951 to protest horrendous conditions at her segregated high school for Black students in rural Farmville, Virginia.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is incredible news. Today, Virginia officials will unveil a statue of Barbara Johns at the Capitol to replace one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had stood for more than a century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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The Trump administration has banned Head Start providers from using 200 phrases when describing their programs and applying for grants, such as: women, disabilities, Black, belong, and tribal.
Head Start is essential and must be able to serve our communities freely. We're suing the administration.
Head Start is essential and must be able to serve our communities freely. We're suing the administration.
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
www.npr.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Trump administration has banned Head Start providers from using 200 phrases when describing their programs and applying for grants, such as: women, disabilities, Black, belong, and tribal.
Head Start is essential and must be able to serve our communities freely. We're suing the administration.
Head Start is essential and must be able to serve our communities freely. We're suing the administration.
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12/15/1896 — b. Eslanda Robeson, American anthropologist, author, activist. Her studies focused on the colonized African populations of the world. Member, Council of African Affairs(WWII); CAA observer during formation of the UnitedNations #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AnthroSky #SciSky #HistSci #woc
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
12/15/1896 — b. Eslanda Robeson, American anthropologist, author, activist. Her studies focused on the colonized African populations of the world. Member, Council of African Affairs(WWII); CAA observer during formation of the UnitedNations #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AnthroSky #SciSky #HistSci #woc
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Ella Baker was born on this day in 1903 in Norfolk, Va. Known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” Baker worked largely behind the scenes in a five-decade career in which she helped found major civil rights organizations and championed “group-centered leadership.” /1
Ella Baker was born on this day in 1903 in Norfolk, Va. Known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” Baker worked largely behind the scenes in a five-decade career in which she helped found major civil rights organizations and championed “group-centered leadership.” /1
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Ella Baker was born on this day in 1903 in Norfolk, Va. Known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” Baker worked largely behind the scenes in a five-decade career in which she helped found major civil rights organizations and championed “group-centered leadership.” /1
Ella Baker was born on this day in 1903 in Norfolk, Va. Known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” Baker worked largely behind the scenes in a five-decade career in which she helped found major civil rights organizations and championed “group-centered leadership.” /1
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Delroy Lindo: ‘I get tired of my own voice – but I never get tired of Sinners’ www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
Delroy Lindo: ‘I get tired of my own voice – but I never get tired of Sinners’
The star of the Oscar-tipped blockbuster speaks to Louis Chilton about the ‘genius’ of Ryan Coogler, his multiple collaborations with Spike Lee, and why, at 73, retirement is the furthest thing from h...
www.the-independent.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Delroy Lindo: ‘I get tired of my own voice – but I never get tired of Sinners’ www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
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Ryan Coogler explains why he declined the invitation to join the Academy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/m...
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ryan Coogler explains why he declined the invitation to join the Academy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/m...