Tammie Vinson

Graduated UIC and Aurora Univ. Livelong resident of Chicago. Mother of one. First time Grandmother:-)

[Tammie Vinson @MissTFV]

https://t.co/TtX7Q19ehb

[Chicago Teachers Union @CTULocal1]

After surviving a life-changing crash and fighting her way back to work, Judy Mahoney has spent the last eight years serving the Byrne Elementary community with dedication, professionalism, and heart.

Now CPS plans to eliminate the position that allowed her to continue doing the work she loves.

Students, educators, families, disability advocates, and CTU members came together this week to send a clear message: workers with disabilities deserve dignity, respect, and the opportunity to keep contributing to their school communities.

Accessibility is not optional. Inclusion is not optional. We stand with Judy.

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

105 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, community members gathered at Standpipe Hill to collect soil honoring victims and survivors whose lives were stolen or forever changed. The bloodshed that destroyed Black Wall Street was not just history, it was a devastating attack on Black prosperity. We honor the victims by refusing to let the truth be forgotten.

[BlackHistoryStudies @BlkHistStudies]

June is Black Music Appreciation Month! Created by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, this month celebrates the contributions that Black artists have made and continue to make in music. #blackmusicappreciationmonth #blackmusicmonth #blackart #blackjoy #musichistory #blackhistory

[The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter]

105 years ago today, a mob of White people began a vile, murderous attack on the Greenwood District, a flourishing Black community in Tulsa and the home of Black Wall Street.

Imagine if the Greenwood District, and many other thriving Black communities, had not been intentionally destroyed at the hands of racism and white supremacy.

#GreenwoodDistrict #BlackWallStreet #TulsaRaceMassacre #TheKingCenter

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

By June 1, 1921, the Tulsa Race Massacre had left behind the devastation of a deliberate assault on Black life, Black excellence, and Black progress.

Too often in this nation, Black advancement has been met with backlash, violence, erasure, and policy designed to pull back what had been gained. We saw it after Reconstruction, when Black civic participation was answered with terror, disenfranchisement, and the rise of Jim Crow. We saw it in places like Colfax, Wilmington, Elaine, and Tulsa. And 105 years later, we still see echoes of that pattern when voting rights are weakened, DEI is dismantled, truth is resisted, and efforts to widen opportunity are attacked.

Remembering June 1, 1921 also means telling the truth about what comes after progress in America. It means staying vigilant, organized, and unwilling to let backlash have the final word.

#TulsaRaceMassacre #BlackWallStreet #VotingRights #DEI #MLK

[Club Shay Shay @ClubShayShay]

"We all came out of Africa. Human tree of life traces back to Africa." - @neiltyson

Watch the full episode on Club Shay Shay's YouTube!

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This is Theresa Kachindamoto, a community and cultural leader in Malawi who used her local influence to cancel over 3,500 child marriages, sent girls back to school, and helped push the country to raise the legal marriage age to 18.

[Tammie Vinson @MissTFV]

https://t.co/nI87dPJKJp

[IL Federation of Teachers @iftaft]

Illinois has one of the lowest numbers of state workers per capita in the country, and communities are feeling it.

At the same time, lawmakers are advancing megaproject tax breaks that let corporations pay less—while public services go underfunded.

[Black Media Hub ✊🏿 @BlackMediaHub]

Happy 82nd Birthday to seven-time Grammy winner, Gladys Maria Knight!

[Kentah Gwanjez @GWANJEZ]

These dazzling new plantation owners built a pipeline to take our children from school to prison quicker than a cut can bleed."

[Creole Louisiana 🇺🇸 @bAnthonYsr]

The USA will pay reparations to anybody but Black Americans⁉️🤔

[Rabb Wilder @RabbWilder]

@AP Very telling that Pope Leo is putting a huge spotlight on the horrors of slavery and making a historic apology while the Trump administration is literally trying to whitewash it and erase it from history.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery and for failing to condemn it for centuries. https://t.co/cQz8oU5Wkh

[Tammie Vinson @MissTFV]

https://t.co/roRsdnXTAR

[SKI @skiistiredasf]

Spelman College just made history — the Class of 2026 has seven valedictorians.
Seven brilliant, beautiful Black women standing at the top of their class. This is what excellence looks like when Black women are given the space to shine.
Huge congratulations to these trailblazers and the entire Spelman family. Y’all did that! 👏🏽👏🏽

[The Root @TheRoot]

After last month’s Supreme Court ruling weakened the Voting Rights Act, leaders are warning that Black political power could be reshaped for generations. LaTosha Brown, co-founder of @BlackVotersMtr and @blackgirlsdream, reflects on this moment and what Black people need to do.

[Aletha @CampbellAJ70]

Did you know about this…”They Wouldn’t Let Blacks Go To The Dentist”….this is fk’n terrible!

[Nora @Heal_within96]

Black students at Carver Military Academy on Chicago’s South Side were forced to re-enact a slave auction in a Black History Month play titled “Journey Back to America.”

Latino students played auctioneers/buyers, Black students played slaves with audience bidding, and teachers’ complaints were ignored by the principal and CPS.