NEW Ricky L. Jones Opinion | Republicans asked Democrats to join them in their latest lie; 98 agreed to do it.
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Happy 100th birthday to Brother Malcolm, one of the greatest lovers of the people we have ever seen.

Black Louisville grads honored in private ceremony after Kentucky law bans DEI programs at university St. Stephen's Baptist Church hosted the graduation ceremony after universities announced the cancellation of these events.

THANK YOU and SO MUCH LOVE to all who helped organize and came out to ASCENSION last night. The love and bonding we shared was truly moving. We did it all in just 2 1/2 weeks! This will grow! TELL THEM WE ARE RISING!!!!! #Ascension2025

ASCENSION 2025 is TODAY! RISE UP, LOUISVILLE!
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KY universities bow to Trump as they cancel graduations for marginalized students | Opinion It's hard to say who is more cruel: Trump officials who are ending Black, Brown and LGBTQ graduations or university leaders who are allowing it.

New Jones Opinion | “The cruelty of canceling Black, Brown, and Lavender graduations.” Concerned citizens in Louisville, KY are coming together to plan alternate ceremonies with NO help from the city’s predominantly white universities. Here’s why they have to.
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Please join us for our last “Baldwin-King Project” event for the 2024-2025 cycle as we continue building our “coalition of the courageous.” @uoflenvirome.bsky.social @filsonhistorical.bsky.social

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Nothing that I know of. I doubt anything is coming.

It's time to admit that U of L is no longer a serious university | Opinion Accepting Kim Schatzel's resignation may have been the right move, but for U of L to appoint Gerry Bradley president with no search was insane.

New Ricky Jones Opinion | After yet ANOTHER clownish presidential fiasco, it’s time to admit Louisville is no longer a serious university. And a bloody horse’s head may or may not be involved this time. 🤔😂
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Pentagon webpage for Black Medal of Honor winner restored after outcry Error message previously shown on Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers’s webpage amid Trump administration’s DEI purge

Annnnnd . . . it’s back.

Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US Department of Defense website Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters ‘DEI’ added to website address

Major General Rogers is now just a DEI. 🤦🏾‍♂️

Wikipedia image of Major General (Ret.) Charles C. Rogers

Defense.gov google return: Medal of Honor Monday: Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers

Defense.gov 404 - Page Not Found

https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2824721/deimedal-of-honor-monday-army-maj-gen-charles-calvin-rogers/

This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.

Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."

They lie. They’re complicit. They are cowards! How the right is trying to kill gains made during the civil rights movement, and university presidents are helping them

Now available from “The Free Mind of Jones” | “They lie. They’re complicit. They are cowards!” Read and/or listen and subscribe here👇🏾. It’s FREE!
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Black people have always fought racism. Trump, DEI attacks won't change that. | Opinion Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Republicans continue to attack Black people. We will continue to fight back as we have always done.

My latest available from @usatoday.com

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This is not a shock for US. Of course THEY want to pardon Derek Chauvin. THEY still believe a Black man has NO rights a white man is bound to respect. Not even the right to life. This is who they are. This is America.

It's not about DEI. It's about racism and college leaders bowing to Republicans. | Opinion House Bill 4 is a relentless Republican attack on diversity in higher education in Kentucky - one of the least diverse states in the union.

New Ricky L. Jones Opinion | None of this is about DEI. It’s really about Republicans trying to destroy gains made during the civil rights movement, and many university presidents are helping them.
*Important mention to also read: @anandwrites.bsky.social
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Gerth: House Education Committee won't listen to Black students on DEI measures | Opinion The Kentucky House Committee on Postsecondary Education met on a bill outlawing DEI in Kentucky schools. Black voices were stifled by Rep. Tipton.

Another must read column by @jgerth.bsky.social. As students are silenced, we have to continuously, and correctly, call this what it is - an ongoing and brazen display of white supremacy in Kentucky. @courierjournal.bsky.social
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A Warning! Black people have always fought back. We'll fight back this time, too!

Now available from THE FREE MIND OF JONES: “A WARNING!”
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Students say Kentucky lawmakers didn’t hear them out on bill eliminating DEI in colleges • Kentucky Lantern College students said their voices weren’t heard during a tense meeting on a bill that would eliminate DEI programs at Kentucky universities.

Of course Republicans didn’t listen to actual college students. Of course they called the police to remove them. Such is the state of affairs in Kentucky, a place that was already behind and is going backwards FAST!

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At this point I honestly wonder what it would take for these Republicans to say, “What we’re doing is dangerous and flat out wrong. We’re following madmen, and need to stop. This is going too far.” Maybe there is NOTHING that will make them stop . . . or even reflect.

Pro diversity and decency protest today at the University of Louisville. They’re spreading!

Question: Do anti-DEI champions believe ANY Black people deserve their degrees, jobs, or accomplishments? 🤷🏽‍♂️

Amid Trump, racism and DEI demonization, Black people will fight back — again | Opinion Trump, Musk and KY Republicans: Keep coming for Black people if you want, but know that you’re going to have another fight on your hands.

I’m finally back! My first @courierjournal.bsky.social column after an extended break is a warning to all those who think Black people are easy kills. If they actually knew the history they’re trying to ban they’d know we’ve ALWAYS fought back! So, BRING IT!
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Make all the excuses you want but something is VERY wrong when KENTUCKY Fried Chicken no longer wants to be in KENTUCKY!

ESSAY: Home of the brave? Really? Who will stand up for democracy?

Our brother @anandwrites.bsky.social was in my head when he wrote this. I couldn’t have said it better. This is a disturbing article that accurately describes our situation.
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The new world order is exactly what it looks like. Are we too frozen with fear to name it? | Zoe Williams The truth is paralysing. But after JD Vance met the far-right leader Alice Weidel in Germany, it is time to be clear about what we are seeing, writes Zoe Williams

We can look away, try to rename it, ignore it, or explain it away, but it’s real - and it’s dangerous.
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No doubt. I JUST got on this app and your piece is my first post. It was INCREDIBLE. I’m a Morehouse Man and really happy you’re teaching at my alma mater! GREAT job, Professor. Keep grinding!

The school board was the testing ground for the fall of our democracy A few years ago, a colleague asked me what I believed to be the “endgame” for all the chaos we had witnessed in America’s school boards.

Outstanding piece by Morehouse College Professor @nicolefcarr.bsky.social
on how the school board wars helped lay the groundwork for the political madness we’re now witnessing.
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