On this day in 1970, police opened fire on a crowd of students at Jackson State College in Mississippi, killing two students and injuring dozens more. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/k8EzlzPCEo
He’s 95 years old, a WW II vet, and always votes. But now he can’t get a mail ballot because Texas doesn’t have a drivers license number or SSN on file for him (when he registered it wasn’t required) & it can’t now be added retroactively to his file. https://t.co/EGr63QVeqR
A security guard tailed me on my walk home tonight. He demanded if I lived there because “you look suspicious.” I showed my keys & buzzed myself into my building. He left, no apology. This is the reality of black girls: One day you’re called an icon, the next day, a threat.
This is my swan song to Harvard! The focus of our struggle must be on young people to build on the great tradition of truth-telling and justice-seeking for all oppressed peoples, especially Black and Palestinian people!
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On this day in 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Black people were not American citizens and could not sue in American courts of law. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/YmyqmfD5Zz
We wish you a blessed third Sunday in #Lent. "Heaven is declaring God’s glory; the sky is proclaiming his handiwork." — Psalm 19:1 |
Photo of northern lights in Iceland by the Rev. Gary Henderson, United Methodist Communications