The NAACP is urging Black athletes and fans to “withhold athletic and financial support” from public universities in states that “have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation”
#RestInPower to Rev. Jesse Jackson. Today, we honor a giant whose voice, courage, and love for our people shaped generations. Reverend Jesse Jackson was not only a civil rights icon—he was family to the NAACP.
His legacy sits at the heart of our work and at the center of this nation’s fight for justice. We carry his light forward. https://t.co/4BSEsITjD3
Tyrese Haliburton says the Pacers wanted to play the Knicks in the Playoffs
“We played them the year before and the excuse was that they were hurt and they were. So we were like okay you’re healthy now we’re healthy let’s hoop.”
(h/t @NBA__Courtside)
In 1959, police were called to a segregated library in S. Carolina when a 9yr-old Black boy refused to leave. He later got a PhD in Physics from MIT, and died in 1986, one of the astronauts aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
The library that refused to lend him books is now named after him.
"Tears just rolled. ... I knew in that moment there was nothing that man wanted to say to me or anybody. He was having a moment, and all I needed to do was reassure him." - Dr. Cheyenne Bryant