The quiet erasure of America’s civil rights memory “History had me glued to my seat. It felt like Sojourner Truth was pushing down on one shoulder and Harriet Tubman was pushing down on the other.” — Claudette Colvin When Claudette Colvin died this month, too many Americans learned her name for the first time in an obituary. That alone is an indictment. At […]

'The quiet erasure of America’s civil rights memory'

🖋 Marc Morial for the St. Louis American
📸 Photo courtesy of Alamy

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Rally to Restore The TRUTH

February 10, 2026 3:30 PM at President's House

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I may not always love who is in this building, but I *love* that this is THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.

It is loaned to the person that we elect for 4 years with the expectation that they respect its walls, its history, and its significance.

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This isn't their victory. This is our movement. A message to those who seek to profit from our struggle. #ToTheOpportunist #Nepal #YouthMovement #GenZ #NepaliHami #ThisIsNotYours #CherishOurNation #ProtectOurHistory #StopTheChaos
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Trump bans 'negative' signage at national parks, asks visitors to snitch on unpatriotic text Trump's directive banning signage he would deem unpatriotic has left free speech advocates in disbelief, wondering how park employees will put a sunny spin on monuments acknowledging slavery, internme...

This is insanity! While it has not always been good history it is ours and if we forget the past we are destined to repeat it. #resist #protectourhistory #saveourdemocracy #fucktrump

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“History isn’t something you look back at and say it was inevitable. It happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment, but those moments are cumulative realities.” - Marsha P. Johnson

31/31 days of #womenshistory
#transdayofvisibility
#protectourhistory

“Selfish prudence is too often allowed to come between duty and human life.” - Rebecca Lee Crumpler, MD

30/31 days of #womenshistory
#wewillnotbeerased
#protectourhistory
#protectourrights

“If society will not admit of woman’s free development, then society must be remodeled.” - Elizabeth Blackwell, MD

29/31 days of #womenshistory
#wewillnotbeerased
#protectourhistory
#protectourrights

“I am tired of listening to speakers who talk in generalities. What we are here for is to decide whether or not to strike.” - Clara Lemlich

28/31 days of #womenshistory
#wewillnotbeerased
#protectourhistory
#protectourrights

“Give the world the best you’ve got. And you will get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.” - Hedy Lamarr

26/31 days of #womenshistory
#wewillnotbeerased
#protectourhistory

“Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.” - Gloria Steinem

Happy birthday to her and Aretha Franklin

25/31 days of #womenshistory
#wewillnotbeerased
#protectourhistory

“We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.” - Aretha Franklin

24/31 days of #womenshistory
#wewillnotbeerased
#protectourhistory
#protectourrights

“I wonder whether the tiny atoms and nuclei, or the mathematical symbols, or the DNA molecules have any preference for either masculine or feminine treatment” - Chien-Shiung Wu 

23/31 days of #womenshistory
#wewillnotbeerased
#protectourhistory

“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” - Mary Jackson

22/31 days of #womenshistory
#wewillnotbeerased
#protectourhistory

“The only limit to what we can achieve is the limit we place on ourselves.” - Sally Ride

21/31 days of #womenshistory
#wewillnotbeerased
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Navajo Code Talkers and Medgar Evers, a Black WWII veteran, have been erased from military websites—Trump's war on DEI is erasing history.

We won't let him get away with it.

🔗 bit.ly/legacy-erased

#OurHeroesMatter #DefendTheLegacy #ProtectOurHistory

“Hard times require furious dancing.” - Alice Walker

18/31 days of #womenshistory
#wewillnotbeerased
#protectourhistory