Michael

Strategy, Marketer and engineer by training, Writer, Musician and lover of God in my heart; #MySoultoKeep, #Prince, #ActivistFreak, #Salvador

[Keith Boykin @keithboykin]

1. The state of Georgia voted Democrat in every presidential election from 1868 to 1960.

2. On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, which banned racial discrimination.

3. On November 3, 1964, Georgia voted Republican for the first time ever.

[HuffPost BlackVoices @blackvoices]

Waiting at Starbucks. Barbecuing. Checking out of an Airbnb. Black people in America have had to justify our existence in spaces we’ve had every right to be in simply because others rejected us. This, unfortunately, isn't new. #WhileBlack. https://t.co/Y1Bju3RsVW

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

"I don't know who's been representing you, but you should fire them all. I'm the guy you should hire. I'm closest to the President. I'm his personal lawyer," was how one GOP strategist described Cohen's sales pitch. https://t.co/tU7adyS2o7

[Keith Boykin @keithboykin]

Kanye West: “I just love Trump” and, by the way, slavery was “a choice.”

Van Lathan: "While you are making music and being an artist…the rest of us...have to deal with the marginalization that has come from the 400 years of slavery that you said for our people was a choice." https://t.co/DR1wsO8alg

[Keith Boykin @keithboykin]

Trump's Blacks Don't Know Much About Slavery:

Kanye West: Slavery was "a choice"

Ben Carson: Obamacare is the "worst thing...since slavery."

Sheriff David Clarke: Obama "rubbed the stain of slavery" for 8 years.

Diamond & Silk: "It was the Democrats that started slavery."

[Miss TLC @IAmMissTLC]

So...I've been limiting my time here lately BUT I know you need you #Princerversaries (prob now more than ever, when you consider the droves of troubling trending topics as of late). So give me a minute to review my 5/2 notes & I'll get right back with ya.

[HuffPost BlackVoices @blackvoices]

An attorney for Diante Yarber’s family called it the worst case of “excessive and unnecessary force” he’s ever seen. https://t.co/cKpsLVJVqV

[Miss TLC @IAmMissTLC]

(And btw, this was what I was talking about.)

Honestly, this alone could play on big screens all across the world & you could leave the theater feeling like you'd just been to the (real) best concert ever.

Musicianship + Discipline + Innovation = Prince

https://t.co/cMYgMMz8gu

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Our statement on the passing of Former First Lady Barbara Bush:

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

No Grammy for album of the year, no problem. Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer prize for music for 'Damn.' https://t.co/z1ogjHGgLB

[Celtics on NBC Sports Boston @NBCSCeltics]

Al Horford shows why he's worth every single penny
https://t.co/XIZM2UWqma

[Andreas Hale @AndreasHale]

What teams do Kanye West, Pharrell, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Hart, Rihanna, etc play for again? Because they all have had endorsement deals. Smh https://t.co/fvsREkAmGq

[Chante Moore @IAmChanteMoore]

My new EP 1 OF 4 is available N💿W! Listen and enjoy the new music!

[CNN @CNN]

BREAKING: President Trump is considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in an effort to put greater limits on special counsel Robert Mueller https://t.co/wSHkflyf0w

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

AP: “Trump recently told one confidant that he was ‘tired of being told no’ by Kelly and has instead chosen to simply not tell Kelly things at all,“ per source

https://t.co/4njyCQZnqX

[CNN @CNN]

A former city official in Georgia used the N-word while pushing for Confederate History Month at a city meeting https://t.co/wCY02kGa1B

[PolitiFact @PolitiFact]

Double voting is very rare. The claim by Trump that millions and millions of people vote many times rates Pants on Fire. https://t.co/PzCkQAind7

[Slate @Slate]

What happens if John McCain leaves the Senate? Things could get messy: https://t.co/zj2iqkrzbC

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Pruitt fell behind on payments for his $50-a-night condo rental https://t.co/5IWM6bAQl1