Mark Cuban for President! 🇺🇸

The Idea of America (link) The Idea of America (link) by Nikole Hannah-Jones My dad always flew an American flag in our front yard. The blue paint on our two-story house was perennially chipping; the fence, or the rail by the ...

Black History is American history; the legacy of Black American contributions to the fabric of the nation should never by banned or denied. #BlackHistoryMonth
Nikole Hannah-Jones shares this expression in her essay "The Idea of America." Check it out! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

“Never cook with revenge! It’s a bad spice.”

Hip Hop Speaks to Children is anthology of intersection between Hip Hop and poetry. This anthology has a CD of the artists own voice’s. The Poet Extraordinaire Nikki Giovanni is featured on the cover at the bottom lip, “edited by Nikki Giovanni.”

From the past to the present. RIP Nikki G

December 10: International Human Rights Day

#GothamSky

“#OTD in 1941, Doris Miller helped carry injured officers and seamen to safety during the attack on Pearl Harbor aboard the battleship USS West Virginia.

He became the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for his heroic actions.”

Research. A Barrage of Notifications. A recent study of 11- to 17-year-olds revealed that on a typical day, half received 230+ notifications from their phone—about a quarter of them arrived during school. Chat bubble with a brain icon and the number 230+.

A single ping from a student’s phone can break their concentration. Most students are getting hundreds.

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Dec. 5 (2012) South African nationalist and statesman Nelson Mandela, who helped end the country's apartheid system of racial segregation and ushered in a peaceful transition to majority rule, died at age 95.

On This Day, Dec. 5: Black Americans declare boycott of Montgomery, Ala., buses www.upi.com/Top_News/202...

On December 4, 1969, Black Panther leader 21 year old Fred Hampton was murdered by police.

“We're going to fight racism not with racism, but we're going to fight with solidarity. We say we're not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we're going to fight it with socialism.”

December 3rd is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, recognized by the UN beginning in 1992. “Dignity, Rights, Well-being”

Roberto Clemente State Park Bronx, NY 🇺🇸 🇵🇷 #Chess

“Unbought and Unbossed”

“Born #OTD in 1924, Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to Congress and the first Black candidate from a major party to run for president of the United States.” s.si.edu/3Zr7eSN
#ShirleyChisholmDay

#TainoDaka #Taino

#NativeAmericanHeritageDay