The Wisdom from the International Convention of the Negroes of the World.
New York City, August 31, 1920.
Marcus Garvey presided as Chairman💯🖤
I’m a Negro.. No citizenship required for the Motherland🧐😁
#SweetieC#marcusgarvey#Dallas#Texans#DFW
The State wants #MarvinGuy locked up in any way they can in order to cover for the #Killeen police numerous mistakes & recklessness in executing that #NoKnockRaid which are now BANNED in Killeen. They're trying for a lesser charge to give him max time. https://t.co/9wcHBvYdmV
#EGPGC will be at the Bell County Courthouse on Monday October 30th in #Killeen#Texas to support #MarvinGuy whose been imprisoned in JAIL for OVER 9 YEARS without trial since surviving a deadly #NoKnockRaid in 2014. #freemarvinguy
On this day in 1991 Comedian John Elroy Sanford a.k.a Redd Foxx, died of a heart attack 🕊
Did you know that he and Malcolm X were best friends and worked together as dishwashers at the same restaurant in Harlem in the 1940s. The staff called Foxx “Chicago Red” and Malcolm “Detroit Red”.
—Remembering Redd Foxx (Dec 9, 1922 – Oct 11, 1991)—
He portrayed Fred G. Sanford on the television show Sanford and Son and starred in The Redd Foxx Show and The Royal Family. His film projects included All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960), Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Norman... Is That You? (1976) and Harlem Nights (1989).
Red Foxx was birth named John Elroy Sanford in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in Chicago's South Side.
His father, Fred Sanford, an electrician and auto mechanic from Hickman, Kentucky, left the family when Foxx was four years old. He was raised by his half-Seminole mother, Mary Hughes, from Ellisville, Mississippi, his grandmother and his minister.
Foxx attended DuSable High School in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood with future Chicago mayor Harold Washington. Foxx had an older brother, Fred Jr., who provided the name for his character on Sanford and Son.
In the 1940s, he met Malcolm Little, later known as Malcolm X. In Malcolm's autobiography, Foxx is referred to as "Chicago Red, the funniest dishwasher on this earth." He earned the nickname because of his reddish hair and complexion.
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Happy #BornDay to THE GENERAL, Elmer "Geronimo Ji- Jaja" Pratt born on this day in 1947 in Morgan City #Louisiana. A man who worked tirelessly on behalf of the people using his skills and diplomacy to serve the Black community. We are proud to serve under your name ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
#EGPGC continues the work in the spirit of those Brave Black men and women who led the way back in the 60s to bring relief & justice to Black communities nationwide. We are Proud to work in the name of Black Panther Party leader Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt ✊🏿✊🏿 https://t.co/5UG2HIROZZ
The Case trial began Monday in #Brookhaven MS and #EGPGC is watching closely. Luckily #DMonterrioGibson survived the attempted lynching but he has suffered serious trauma from the incident. He deserves #justice. Federal Hate Crime charges are needed. https://t.co/JG26jkExa4
I want to say thank you to our dear mother Harryl Hale for the acknowledgement. While we never do this for awards, the gesture is greatly appreciated. Always remember, this is not a “ME” award…..this is an EGPGC award. Salute to the organization for all the hard work. #EGPGC
#EGPGC#Alabama was out in the Birmingham community today helping parents get a jump on school supplies for the upcoming school year 📚🎒❤ looking good @BrokenLinq
Inventions that would not exist without Black Women.
—A THREAD—
Valerie Thomas, NASA physicist, invented 3D Movies
In 1977, she began to develop the illusion transmitter, the 1st mechanism that allowed images to be viewed in 3D using concave mirrors & rays of light.
@ATT It is sad to be on hold with y’all’s customer service (AT&T) for 4 hours, hung up on 4x’s, literally everyone I spoke with including the manager transferring the call to individuals who have no access or understanding on how to fix y’all own WAP devices😬 sheesh.
@JacksonLeeTX18 Additional gun laws is the answer- u continue to repeat this non-sense for an agenda. Every-time a shooting occurs u hear guns & repeat your same talking points…. - what about all the drugs kids are on?? It’s more to this conversation than guns. Sheesh.
Insisting we are civilized, we must be prepared to protect our children, our families, and our nation. God help us to stop only giving our sympathy to bereaved family members by finally moving to change the culture of this nation by the enactment of real gun safety laws.
@JacksonLeeTX18 Additional gun laws is not the issue , the issue is from your colleagues who continue to give inaccurate information while y’all sit-up up there & do nothing about them😩