Claudeen Denning

Let's see- I am a Wife, mother, friend, educator, minister, sports enthusiast, one who digs nature, & I am a lover of learning.

[Claudeen Denning @ClaudeenDenning]

I didn't come in this occupation to be served; I came to serve.
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[Kentah Gwanjez @GWANJEZ]

Gone but never forgotten

[BLACK FLAG 🏴🇺🇸 @FlagBlack007]

SAM L. CHALLENGE: We’re not going to stop to our people are free Song . 😎✊🏾

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1957, under escort from the U.S. Army’s, nine black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Having to face threats and be escorted by armed troops, the bravery of these students is never forgotten.

—September 25, 1957: Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.

The 'Little Rock Nine' are escorted inside Little Rock Central High School by troops of the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army.

A TENSE YEAR:
By the end of September 1957, the nine were admitted to Little Rock Central High under the protection of the U.S. Army (and later the Arkansas National Guard), but they were still subjected to a year of physical and verbal abuse (being spat on and called names) by many of the white students.

Melba Pattillo had acid thrown into her eyes and also recalled in her book, Warriors Don't Cry, an incident in which a group of white girls trapped her in a stall in the girls' washroom and attempted to burn her alive by dropping pieces of flaming paper on her from above.

Another one of the students, Minnijean Brown, was verbally confronted and abused.She said: "I was one of the kids 'approved' by the school officials. We were told we would have to take a lot and were warned not to fight back if anything happened. One girl ran up to me and said, 'I'm so glad you’re here. Won’t you go to lunch with me today?" I never saw her again."

Brown was also taunted by members of a group of white male students in December 1957 in the school cafeteria during lunch. She dropped her lunch—a bowl of chili—onto the boys and was suspended for six days. Two months later, after more confrontation, she was suspended for the rest of the school year. She transferred to New Lincoln High School in New York City.

As depicted in the 1981 made-for-TV docudrama Crisis at Central High, and as mentioned by Melba Pattillo Beals in Warriors Don't Cry, white students were punished only when their offense was "both egregious and witnessed by an adult". The drama was based on a book by Elizabeth Huckaby, a vice-principal during the crisis.

LEGACY:
🏫Little Rock Central High School still functions as part of the Little Rock School District, and is now a National Historic Site that houses a Civil Rights Museum, administered in partnership with the National Park Service, to commemorate the events of 1957.

🏫In 1958, Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén published "Little Rock", a bilingual composition in English and Spanish denouncing the racial segregation in the United States. In some verses, the writer used names referring the Little Rock events as qualifying adjectives.

🏫Melba Pattillo Beals wrote a memoir titled Warriors Don't Cry, published in the mid-1990s.

🏫Two made-for-television movies have depicted the events of the crisis: the 1981 CBS movie Crisis at Central High, and the 1993 Disney Channel movie The Ernest Green Story.

🏫In 1996, seven of the Little Rock Nine appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show. They came face to face with a few of the white students who had tormented them as well as one student who had befriended them.

🏫President Bill Clinton honored the Little Rock Nine in November 1999 when he presented them each with a Congressional Gold Medal. The medal is the highest civilian award bestowed by Congress. It is given to those who have provided outstanding service to the country. To receive the Congressional Gold Medal, recipients must be co-sponsored by two-thirds of both the House and Senate.

🏫In 2007, the United States Mint made available a commemorative silver dollar to "recognize and pay tribute to the strength, the determination and the courage displayed by African-American high school students in the fall of 1957.

[!Nspirenaire⚠️ @Inspirenaire]

Nashville Black American Wind Symphony! This is an Experience!!!

[Kentah Gwanjez @GWANJEZ]

The patience and grace of Dr.King to answer an idiotic question that some are still asking to this day!

[Auburn University Adapted Athletics @Auburn_Adapted]

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[Amber Woods @AmberWoods100]

@LeadingReport Can we turn the attention back to the survivors of Epstein’s network?

I’ve been covering this with a survivor centered lens if anyone wants to follow.

Survivors deserve better.

[Truth Matters @politicsusa46]

In the 1940s the US government created an anti-fascistpropaganda film called Don't Be a Sucker.

It is more relevant today than it was on the day it was released. A cancer is growing that is consuming American values under the guise of national security.

Don’t be the turkey voting for Thanksgiving.

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[Kaivan Shroff @KaivanShroff]

Just 40 days ago, Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed by an unhinged Trump supporter and the story has basically already vanished from the national consciousness.

DO NOT LET IT.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Republican Senator Ron Johnson last month on Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”: “I couldn’t care less if he’s upset. I’m concerned about my children and grandchildren. $37 trillion in debt and we’re going to add to it? There is no way I’m going to vote for this bill.”

Yesterday he voted for it anyway, even though the Senate version is worse than the House’s. According to the nonpartisan CBO, it would add $3.3 trillion to the debt over the next decade, $1 trillion more than the House version.

@SenRonJohnson is a complete and total fraud

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET to honor the life of Rep. Melissa Hortman! 💙

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

BREAKING: An old video of Donald Trump is going viral for claiming then President Barack Obama will “start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He’s weak and he’s ineffective.” Sounds like a message to himself!

[Trump Lie Tracker (Commentary Account) @MAGALieTracker]

BREAKING: Cory Booker EVISCERATES Kristi Noem for how Senator Padilla was treated at this afternoon’s press conference. We should all be outraged by this.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

PADILLA: “If this is how the administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, cooks, and day laborers throughout the country.”

[𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢 @ChidiNwatu]

@Acyn She is a dangerous liar. As you can see in the video, Sen. Padilla clearly identified himself.

[Laura Robinson @LauraRbnsn]

Okay, so, let's break this down.
Adriana Smith is braindead. That means there is no chance of recovery. She has no function in her entire brain, including the brain stem.
That means that all functions that keep Adriana alive are entirely artificial. Heart,
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[Woodz 🇺🇸 @Nibiru1000]

I wonder why the mainstream media hid this story, lmao. In Texas, a white student is out on bail after stabbing a Mexican student to death on school grounds and is claiming self-defense. But when Karmelo claims self-defense and makes bail, it’s a problem.