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“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

[Wisdom Stoics @WisdomStoics]

Remember.

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Read books.

[Nithya Shri @Nithya_Shrii]

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It costs $0.00 to support a Black artist from South Carolina

[Proud Native Americans @proud_native_am]

RIP Lawrence Brooks WW2 veteran

[D☆M☆TRIU$ @RAZORSHARP93]

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[Mike Netter @nettermike]

With deep sorrow, we say farewell to one of the final sentinels of the Tuskegee Airmen. George E. Hardy, who once danced across the skies of Europe in his Mustang has taken his final flight at the age of 100. Leaving behind a legacy forged in courage, resilience, and unwavering dignity.

It began in a quiet room in Philadelphia. A 16-year-old boy hunched over his homework as the radio crackled with the news of Pearl Harbor. In that instant, the world fractured, and George’s childhood evaporated. He didn't wait for history to call; he went to meet it.

Denied entry because of the color of his skin, he didn't retreat. He leaned into the wind. He joined the U.S. Army Air Forces, arriving at Tuskegee not just to learn the mechanics of flight, but to dismantle the mechanics of prejudice.

By 19, George was a "Red Tail," a guardian of the clouds. While the world below was segregated, the flak in the European theater was indifferent. He flew 21 combat missions over Nazi-occupied territory, a teenager in a cockpit proving that valor has no pedigree.

Most men would have seen enough of war. George was not most men.
- World War II: 21 combat missions in the P-51 Mustang.
- Korea: 45 combat missions, braving the dawn of the jet age.
- Vietnam: 70 combat missions, a veteran hand guiding a new generation.

For nearly thirty years, he wore the uniform of a country that didn't always love him back, yet he protected it with a devotion that shames the very idea of hate.

When he finally climbed out of the cockpit, he didn't stop serving. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he helped architect the military’s first global communication systems. He spent his sunset years ensuring that those who followed him would never be out of reach, never be truly alone in the dark.

"He rose above the clouds so we could finally see the light."

Today, we don't just salute a pilot. We salute a man who endured the sting of Jim Crow to earn the silver wings of a hero. He was the quiet defiance in the face of "no," the steady hand in the cockpit, and the humble heart in the room.

The "Red Tails" are thinning now, their formation heading into the eternal sunset. But as George E. Hardy crosses the ultimate horizon, he leaves behind a legacy etched not in ink, but in the very air we breathe.

Rest well, Colonel. The watch is ours. The sky is yours.

[D☆M☆TRIU$ @RAZORSHARP93]

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[Psyche Wizard @PsycheWizard]

Bro to bro 🙏

[Etan Thomas @etanthomas36]

Much Respect Kyrie Irving 👊🏾

[Black College Exp Sports Reporter @BlackCollegeExp]

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Aggie Pride! Two-time NBA champion J.R. Smith is set to graduate from North Carolina A&T State University this spring — and his journey is bigger than basketball. After enrolling at N.C. A&T in 2021, joining the Aggies golf team, and earning praise for his work!

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A wise friend once told me:

The strongest version of you is buried under the habits you’re afraid to break.

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What's a book that changed your life?

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A sign of intelligent person is their ability to simplify things, not complicate them.

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Never underestimate the power of daily reading and learning.

[Doggie Diamonds @DoggieDiamonds]

if you diet, go to the gym and eat right, stay the course. your progress might be a little slower than people who used ozempic and those drugs. don't get discouraged. exercise is for your body, but it also help ease your mind.

[Yvette Carnell 🇺🇸 @BreakingBrown]

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