Join me in demanding @POTUS grant clemency for 4,000+ elders released from prison on home confinement bc of COVID. They're at threat of being sent back when the pandemic is over, or earlier like #GwenLevi, who was punished for taking a computer class: https://t.co/502XbDTTey
And the category is... #PrideMonth!🏳️🌈💃🏿
#StonewallUprising: Pride began as an uprising against police in June 1969. NY police violently raided Stonewall Inn, a gay club that was refuge for many queer folks of color.
LGBTQ+ fam: you are radiance, you are life itself. Own it✊🏿
@SenFeinstein,@SenAlexPadilla The filibuster has been used for a century to deny protections for Black voters. No more gridlock! Will you commit to reforming the #JimCrowFilibuster and passing the For the People Act?
@AmbRice46,@WHCOS,@POTUS,@SecDef Demilitarize the police. Demilitarize our schools. Demilitarize our communities. Stop aiding and abetting the state-sanctioned violence against Black people -- #End1033
Daniel Kaluuya won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his nuanced portrayal of Fred Hampton in “Judas and the Black Messiah,” beating out his co-star, Lakeith Stanfield, who was also nominated in the category. https://t.co/LjfketDzgP
Over a decade of fighting and @CariolHorne has finally received justice.
Today the State of New York Supreme Court vacated and annulled the City of Buffalo's decision to fire her and take her benefits. She'll be getting her pension, benefits, and back-pay from 2010.
Honestly I can’t watch or really read anything about the #GeorgeFloydTrial till there’s a verdict. Reliving George Floyd’s final moments is just too much and the amount of times we’ve been let down has caused me to feel hopeless. #ThisIsAmerica#WeDeserveBetter
Manhattan Beach once seized a Black family’s oceanfront resort and ran an entire community of Black beachgoers out of town.
But residents have pushed back on the notion that they must atone for injustices committed almost a century ago.
Thread 👇
https://t.co/eTnxA9dYAo
No justice for Breonna Taylor means we still #SayHerName
Breonna Taylor's life was taken by white supremacy and killer cops, exactly one year ago.
Rest in Power.
#ProtectBlackWomen
This week, we honor #BlackHistoryMonth with a story on Seth Peacock ’01, the first Black judge to serve not only on the Ithaca City Court but also in the Sixth Judicial District. Read the full story here: https://t.co/DjeCeQSZzA
These senseless killings must stop and we must hold murderous officers accountable. We demand that @AlamedaCountyDA reopen the case against Officer Anthony Pirone for the murder of #OscarGrant. #BlackLivesMatter