Crystal Bates

Virtuous Queen, Ministry Development & Consulting, Radio Show Co-host, Speaker, Income Tax Specialist, Cookologist, and Domestic Engineer!

[Crystal Bates @CrystalBates]

@rolandsmartin @RickeySmiley Uncle Roland trying to get some ish started! 🤣🤣🤣

[🍊Elgin Barrett Eugene Smith lll🍊 @Southside_Gunn]

When I tell you she was COOKING…!!!

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

Botham Jean was shot and killed 5 yrs ago by an off-duty cop who wrongfully entered his home. Bo was unarmed and sitting on his couch when he was shot twice. Although Bo’s family received a measure of justice, they’re reminded every day of his senseless death. Rest In Power 🙏🏾

[Crystal Bates @CrystalBates]

@toshaW26 Hey Cousin! I take Blood Builders! They work wonders, quickly.

[Matt Wallace @MattWallace888]

⚠️ BREAKING NEWS: A MASSIVE FIRE HAS BROKWN OUT IN HOUSTON TEXAS NEAR OPRAH’S REFUGEE COMMUNITY ⚠️

[Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 @tariqnasheed]

2 hours BEFORE the Montgomery Melee got started at the Riverfront, some sistas in Montgomery had a rootwork ceremony at the Riverfront where they fed flowers to the ancestors in the water.

[Yuki Hime @YukiHime971]

La baston de montgomery a lancer le black Twitter dans ses meilleures vannes 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[#FirstThem NEWS🇺🇸 @FirstThemNEWS]

OPERATION: FuKk Around and Find OUT
LOCATION: FBA Montgomery Alabama
Black Twitter

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Like I do every year, here are some songs I’ve been listening to this summer — a mix of old and new. Look forward to hearing what I’ve missed.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Run in opposite directions to see who your dog loves more.. 😅

[DeAndre Kelly @mr_kellz2002]

@TalbertSwan Boy they keep making her point

[Bishop Talbert Swan @TalbertSwan]

An Oklahoma judge dismissed the reparations lawsuit filed by Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108, Viola Fletcher, 109, and her brother, Hughes Van Ellis, 102, the last three known survivors of the Tulsa race massacre.

America has $70 Billion for Ukrainians in conflict with Russians but $0 for Black people murdered, brutalized, and dehumanized by white Americans.

[Rare Stories @rarestorees]

Mary Ellen Pleasant born in 1815. The first African-American self-made millionaire.

In order to understand how to invest her money wisely as a Black domestic worker in California, Mary Ellen Pleasant eavesdropped on her rich customers. In the future, she made use of this information to create a real estate empire that was worth over $30 million.

Before beginning to amass a real estate portfolio, Pleasant put her investing proceeds to good use by acquiring companies like laundromats and boarding houses. She soon acquired stock in additional companies, including banks, dairies, and restaurants.

Her white male business partner is thought to have assisted her in making multiple investments under his name so that she wouldn't have to deal with the same obstacles that other aspiring Black businesswomen of the time did.

Pleasant quickly rose to become one of the richest women in America.

She also said "I often wonder what I would have been with an education."

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

The last American slave ship arrived in Mobile, Alabama, in 1860, despite the illegal importation of slaves. On board were approximately 160 West African individuals who had been captured and enslaved. One of the captives, named Cudjo Lewis, was acutely aware of the potential erasure of his birth culture as he toiled in this new land. However, when he eventually gained his freedom, Lewis took action to preserve his heritage.

Using the money he had earned, Cudjo Lewis purchased two acres of land and established a self-sufficient community for the survivors of the last slave ship. This community, known to outsiders as Africatown, aimed to recreate aspects of the West African home from which they had been forcibly removed. Lewis wanted to ensure that extended families could live together, conversations could be held in regional languages, and traditions that might otherwise have been lost in America could be maintained.

Today, Africatown still exists as a community and continues to house the descendants of the individuals who were brought to America on the nation's last slave ship. It stands as a testament to the resilience and determination of those who fought to preserve their heritage and maintain a sense of cultural identity in the face of tremendous adversity.

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

I wanted to share some of my thoughts on today's Supreme Court decision on affirmative action:

[Rickey Smiley @RickeySmiley]

Please share 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[Crystal Bates @CrystalBates]

Happy Friday! Forgot to post this Sunday...

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

Uvalde: AR-15
Buffalo: AR-15
Boulder: AR-15
Orlando: AR-15
Parkland: AR-15
Las Vegas: AR-15
Sandy Hook: AR-15
San Bernardino: AR-15
Midland/Odessa: AR-15
Colorado Springs: AR-15
Poway synagogue: AR-15
Sutherland Springs: AR-15
Tree of Life Synagogue: AR-15

Nashville: AR-15

[Common Cause Texas @CCauseTexas]

🚨 #TXLEGE ACTION ALERT!🚨
Tomorrow, Monday March 27th – the Senate State Affairs Committee will hear a number of election related bills.

It's important for Texans across the state to take action to protect Texas' voting rights!

A 🧵on bill positions & how you can help ⤵️