Photo of bell hooks, wearing a scarf and holding a mic, with colorful painting behind her. Text says "Feminist thinking teaches us all how to love justice and freedom in ways that foster and affirm life." ― bell hooks, Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics Photo by Alex Lozupone (Tduk), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, October 2014

"Feminist thinking teaches us all how to love justice and freedom in ways that foster and affirm life." ― bell hooks from "Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics" (bookshop.org/a/7256/97811...)

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“It is hard for many Black people to see MAGA in the United States as a new phenomenon as the very foundation of this nation was built on an ideology
of racism and imperialism.” — Anita Plummer, associate professor of African Studies at Howard University

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white and orange text on black background with photo of person wearing glasses and smiling. Text says “It is hard for many Black people to see MAGA in the United States as a new phenomenon as the very foundation of this nation was built on an ideology of racism and imperialism.” — Anita Plummer, associate professor of African Studies at Howard University #CiteBlackWomenSunday

“It is hard for many Black people to see MAGA in the United States as a new phenomenon as the very foundation of this nation was built on an ideology of racism and imperialism.” — Anita Plummer, associate professor of African Studies at Howard University

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Cognitive impairment and mental illness are both disabilities and deserving of tenderness, grace, accomodation, and support. So many of our #BHM greats had invisible disabilities.

Below is from "Black Madness :: Mad Blackness" by Prof. Therí Alyce Pickens, PhD

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"Black Madness :: Mad Blackness" by Prof. Therí Alyce Pickens, PhD

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Text and book cover "Which of these two realities made a degrading impression upon the minds of our young generation — a play or a brutal hanging?”

"Which of these two realities made a degrading impression upon the minds of our young generation — a play or a brutal hanging?” -- Susie King Taylor, quoted in "Susie King Taylor: Nurse, Teacher & Freedom Fighter," recommended for ages 10+

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"I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement."

Angela Davis

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Prof. Moya Bailey

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This nexus is life for many.

Prof. Moya Bailey, PhD. coined the term "misogynoir".

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Black Women’s Historical Wellness: History as a Tool in Culturally Competent Mental Health Servic... Revealing the Rosa Parks yoga picture publicly for the first time underscores the ability of Black women’s historians to inform national effort...

"Black Women’s Historical Wellness: History as a Tool in Culturally Competent Mental Health Services" was written by Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans, author of "Historical Wellness: Mental Health and Healing in Elder Memoirs" and "Black Women's Yoga History".

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"The science is clear: Early adversity dramatically affects health across a lifetime" - @DrBurkeHarris
Immigrant children are experiencing severe toxic stress. The impact of ACES on health and lifespan will be profound for these children. #CloseTheCamps #CiteBlackWomenSunday

I'm late to this but I just found the #CiteBlackWomenSunday hashtag and thought I'd share it so that others are aware! Looking forward to having a look through more of these tweets to see which works by black women I've missed.