On this day in 1930, Ras Tafari Makonnen was proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, ‘King of Kings, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Lord of Lords and Elect of God.
Systematic white supremacy grants certain levels of immunity based on skin color. Case in point.
Unarmed Black people are murdered by race soldiers if the officers "think" they "might" have a weapon.
Yet white women like this can walk into a police station and shoot up the place for 2 minutes straight, and they STILL detain her while she is alive.
Dutty Bookman ( Boukman Dutty ). A self educated slave from Jamaica. He was one of the most essential leaders of the Haitian Revolution. After he tried to teach other slaves how to read, he was sold to a French plantation owner in Haiti.
Today, Sept. 20, 2019 marks the 261st anniversary of the birth of Jean Jacques Dessalines. The first emperor of Haiti. Hero who fought to put an end to slavery and the inequalities suffered by his nation, proclaiming in the year 1804, the definitive independence of Haiti. ✊🏿🇭🇹
There wouldn’t be a Domican Republic without the Haitian Revolution. Haitian’s freed the ISLAND from slavery. HAITIAN’S ABOLISHED SLAVERY ON THE ENTIRE ISLAND!
In the midst of a crisis between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, A Haitian woman was RAPED BY AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER at an AIRPORT in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN FRONT OF HER 4 YEAR OLD SON
BE OUTRAGED.
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