why didn’t these birds perch in the middle of the trees to keep out of the elements. Maybe we’ve been perching in the middle too long, trying to avoid the elements when we need to be looking from a high vantage point to see the way forward. It is not time for us to stay quiet.

I’m not a movie critic, but here’s a must-watch on PBS

It tells the story of an 1890s #fusionvoting alliance between recently enfranchised Black voters & poor White farmers

Together, they passed reforms, & built progress—until the Klan violently overthrew them

This history needs to be remembered

Reading is political.

Reading has always been political.

Your favorite characters wouldn’t just sit by and watch. They’d get up and burn some shit to the ground.

#booksky

Their faith lets them worship power while they’re offended by mercy. It’s not Christianity they’re practicing.