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JUNETEENTH in Harlem.

This is what America is about.

Perhaps the most American holiday of all, Juneteenth honors the very best of what this country can be. It’s a celebration of the courage to fight for freedom, even when the cost is steep.

It’s sad that the president gets angry over this

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This smoking a cigarette, and the text says Jesus, watching the worst people on the planet claim to be his followers

This smoking a cigarette, and the text says Jesus, watching the worst people on the planet claim to be his followers

Seriously, they're the worst!

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"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." - John Burroughs

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#Sinners syllabus (more books)

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Black book recommendations like Sinners #booksky @skylight.social

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In the mid-1980s, Charles Bronson delivered one of the hardest Earth Day PSAs ever seen by mankind.

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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

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Rap taught more kids about politics, poverty, and survival than any classroom ever did.

Don’t let anyone tell you it’s just entertainment.

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Learning is important. Especially learning to unlearn.

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The story of the Great Migration often overlooks Black businesses that built Detroit Detroit’s Black population grew sixfold from 1910 to 1920, and many businesses that sprouted to welcome the newcomers flourished.

The Great Migration wasn't just about factory jobs. Many Black entrepreneurs moved North seeking business opportunities denied to them in the Jim Crow South, as a historian of Black business explains: buff.ly/8LWL9G9
Kendra D. Boyd @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social #detroit #chicago #nyc #LA

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Every time The Mummy is on TV I watch it like I've never seen it.

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REST IN PEACE TO BREONNA TAYLOR (June 5, 1993 – March 13, 2020)

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We made it to Friday! 🥂

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rest easy, roy.
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A School District Rejected a Black Author’s Book About Tulsa for Its Curriculum. Then the Community Decided to Act. Randi Pink, author of the young adult fiction novel “The Angel of Greenwood,” talked to ContrabandCamp about how residents of a Pittsburgh suburb rallied around her book.

New from me: A school district in Pennsylvania voted against adding a Black author's book about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre to the curriculum. Then, the community decided to do something about it.

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You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic

You Are the Sunshine of My Life (1973)
Stevie Wonder

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It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.

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A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

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Marvin Sapp performs “Never Would Have Made It” for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert: youtu.be/wVbZzgybaJ4?...

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God, take JoAnn's pain and give it to Hobby Lobby

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Wilmer Reid, Negro League pitcher and respected baseball scout, dies at 89 Wilmer Reid, a former Negro Leagues pitcher, outfielder, and a respected scout in the Philadelphia area, whose career spanned more than four decades, died Wednesday, Feb. 19. He was 89.

Wilmer Reid, Negro League pitcher and respected baseball scout, dies at 89 www.phillytrib.com/obituaries/w...

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Show me a VIDEO that has your energy. Not a selfie, a video.

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Lord No 🥲😖

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I feel a great disturbance in the force...It's as if thousands of cosplayers cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

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Grammy award-winning singer Roberta Flack known for "Killing Me Softly With His Song," passed away at 88.

RIP Roberta Flack

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