“A big crowd came out to the National Action Network’s Harlem headquarters Saturday morning to celebrate Rev. Al Sharpton’s 72nd.” - https://t.co/OddPybdu5K
#RAS72#HappyBirthdayRevAl#NANSaturdayActionRally
ASALH honors life member Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch III upon his retirement as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. His leadership made Black history a permanent part of our national memory. A statement from Nat’l ASALH President 🏅#LonnieBunch#Smithsonian https://t.co/67U7jsLNTs
#Newsweek piece by @poetkevinpowell on Africa Bambaataa is a hard but necessary read. You can feel how difficult this was to write. Brings to light the right voices, the right concerns, in the right measure. For the culture 🕊️ https://t.co/rJfiIsBN5K
Actor David Oyelowo pushes back on the narrative that Black British actors are taking all the African American movie roles and says that mindset is born out of insecurity as he shares his reaction to the viral Druski skit.
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For over 60 years, Rev. Dr. Amos C. Brown has been a tireless champion for justice and equality.
This July, we will honor him with the 111th Spingarn Medal during the 117th #NationalConvention in Chicago for his contributions.
From his early days fighting on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement to his enduring advocacy for economic justice, educational equity, criminal justice reform, and global human rights, Rev. Dr. Brown’s legacy is woven into the fabric of our civil rights history. https://t.co/52tfuptWWr
The Busing Battleground🎥 'Despite the city’s self-proclaimed reputation as the 'cradle of liberty' and the birthplace of abolition, it had always been, as historian Zebulon Miletsky writes, a deeply racially divided city.' 📚 -The Better Angels Society https://t.co/JaczlJfh8L
“What Afrika Bambaataa Did” is my new short piece for NEWSWEEK about this founding father of hip-hop, as we process his death, legacy, and the raging debates on the many sexual abuse allegations about him the last 10 years of his life. HERE IS THE LINK: https://t.co/o5zSz02Yi4
.@TheRevAl: "Are you going to run again in '28?"
Kamala Harris: "Listen, I might. I might. I'm thinking about it. I'm thinking about it...I know what the job is. I know what the job requires..."
I fully support this. The district mismanaged funds. Maybe it wasn’t their fault. But cut elsewhere. Not our community teachers who make such a difference. https://t.co/iMwCpuO9e2
What Nick Cannon said is exactly how misinformation spreads.
Yes, the KKK was tied to Southern Democrats in the 1800s. That part is true.
But leaving out what happened next changes the entire meaning.
In the 1960s, after Lyndon B. Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the racists who supported segregation did not just disappear…
They left the Democratic Party and shifted politically. That is a huge part of the story that keeps getting left out.
AND THAT MATTERS.
Because when we, especially Black voices with big platforms, repeat half stories, it does not just stay a conversation. It spreads and it can be used against us.
We cannot afford to be loud and wrong at the same time, especially right now.
Let the adult in the room speak.
To Nick Cannon and Chilli — I say this with love, but also with truth.
What y’all are saying right now… in my opinion… is dead wrong.
Now let me be clear — I’m the one who fought all the way to the Supreme Court for free speech. So I respect your right to say whatever you want. That’s a fact.
But this hits different.
Because the same Black people you’re turning your backs on…
The same Black women you’re dismissing…
Those are the same people who built you.
They buy your tickets. They watch your shows. They support your careers.
And now you’re aligning with a man — Donald Trump — who has openly disrespected Black women, including Michelle Obama, and countless other accomplished Black women.
Let’s talk facts:
Our people depend on the Department of Education.
Our people depend on HUD.
Our people depend on opportunity — not having their achievements dismissed as “DEI.”
This same man has:
•Tried to erase Black history
•Limited what our children can learn
•Praised and pardoned officers involved in killing unarmed Black men
So don’t act like this is just politics. This is personal.
Nick, you were right about one thing — yes, a Republican president signed the law freeing enslaved Africans. That’s history.
But you left out everything that happened AFTER that.
You left out where today’s MAGA movement stands.
You left out who has consistently fought for civil rights, voting rights, and opportunity.
If it was left up to them right now, they’d take us backwards — not forward.
And let’s be real…
If they truly cared about Black people — about Foundational Black Americans, descendants of slaves — we wouldn’t even be having this conversation.
We’d be talking about reparations.
So I’m not coming at y’all with hate… I’m coming at you with responsibility.
Because influence comes with accountability.
And right now… y’all on the wrong side of this one.
And people keep asking me why I’m running for Congress — this is exactly why.
To stand up. To speak out. To fight for our people when others won’t.
Go to my website, support the fight, and join the team:
https://t.co/jCqvMC3KI3
Make sure you’re on the right side of history.
Pete Buttigieg to Join Mayor Randall Woodfin for Community Town Hall in Birmingham
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — “Secretary Buttigieg has been one of the leading voices in the country on infrastructure investment, economic development, and the future of American communities,” Bluepri ...
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@NNPA_BlackPress@BhamTimes@RandallWoodfin@PeteButtigieg
Rapper and record executive Jay-Z is opening up about the now-dismissed sexual assault lawsuit filed against him a little over a year ago, saying the allegations took a severe toll on him. https://t.co/sfBnPvhsrY
BLACK NEW YORKER: Shelton Haynes has been in senior leadership roles, from the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and was later president of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC). https://t.co/zD0TX2taR9