Deb

Writer & podcaster.

[Black House Radio @BlkHouseRadio]

IDRIS ELBA? ON BLACK HOUSE RADIO?! 😭

Walls were climbed.

New mix from IDRIS premieres Friday at 11AM PST / 2PM EST watch live with us!

[Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock]

American-born French dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker was born #OnThisDay in 1906. This cut-out mesh costume, embellished with a scalloped design of metal beads, textured sequins and rhinestones, was worn by Baker in the 1930s. Sold by @KerryTaylorAuct. #fashionhistory

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Dolly Parton on her Imagination Library program that Republicans defunded:

"[My daddy] was the smartest man I have ever known, but I knew [...] his inability to read probably kept him from seeing all of his dreams come true. Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission."

[soultracks @soultrackscom]

Today we mourn the passing of 70s R&B sensation Foster Sylvers at age 64 https://t.co/48AG1lARu1

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

‘Winter in America’ — one of the most powerful and reflective records ever made.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

“All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.”

— Thelonious Monk

[TheRealThelmaJohnson @TheRealThelmaJ1]

If you're happy about the Kennedy Center decision thank Joyce Beatty. @RepBeatty was the plaintiff in the case that made Donald cry and write a 10 page essay about how he was going to abandon the Kennedy Center because they ordered his name taken off of it.

[Deb @DebBC]

@KaiseratCB Then they should refund the money H&M paid for those renovations since they want to erase all traces.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

An East Tennessee school district has reversed its ban on “Roots” by Alex Haley, after weeks of community backlash, board member pressure, and statewide criticism

https://t.co/9NMLVrrCMX

[Deb @DebBC]

@KaiseratCB

[Extra Strength Tylenol 🏴‍☠️ @MissesDread]

What actual revolutionaries do

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Myrlie Louise Evers kisses the forehead of her husband, civil rights activist Medgar Evers, after his assassination. His white supremacist killer would evade conviction for 31 years.

[TCM @tcm]

Based on one of the largest mass POW escapes during World War II, THE GREAT ESCAPE ('63) stars Steve McQueen who performs many of his motorcycle stunts in the film – in real life, McQueen also served in the U.S Marines.

See it as part today's Memorial Day tribute at 8:30pm ET.

[Lawrence Ross: LakeShow, GGMU, Go Bears! '06! @alpha1906]

How many Black doctors does Mountain West Dermatology have on its roster? That's where Dr. Morrell works, the one who sued over the Black Doctor Directory:

Zero.

Maybe folks should ask them about their Black doctors...

[phone]

https://t.co/sonmgOGx4x

[Deb @DebBC]

@KaiseratCB Yes! And the cookie mix!

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

I was born in a bourgeois community and had some of the better things in life, but I found that there were more people starving than there were people eating, more people that didn't have clothes than did have clothes, and I just happened to be one of the few. So I decided that I wouldn't stop doing what I'm doing until all those people are free.

—Fred Hampton

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

On this day in 1796, a newspaper ad was placed seeking the return of an enslaved Black woman, Ms. Judge, who fled George Washington's household while in Pennsylvania.
https://t.co/9Y55FSpmqW

[Dee Phunk @DeePhunk]

Rob Base owned the summer of 1988. The music was undeniable If there's a Mount Rushmore of early foundational Harlem recording artists, he's on there without question. The physical is temporary but the music is eternal. RIP Rob Base. 🕊️

[Today In History @historigins]

In 1954, a man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for buying a home for a Black couple because real estate agents refused to sell to Black people

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor investigated over potential sex crime allegations at royal residence

https://t.co/hnOiUidJ2Y