Claudia Williams Hyman

Womanist. Civil Rights & Labor Law. Sociology Nerd. Sister/Outsider. Activist. Poet. Lover of Jazz and all things soulful. Zen from Memphis10

[Claudia Williams Hyman @UnboughtUnbound]

Recently I returned to my alma mater @BowdoinCollege to talk with students about my career thus far as a social science researcher and public interest attorney. My message? Trust yourself and become the expert on your greatness! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

[Bowdoin College @BowdoinCollege]

Claudia Williams '11 discussed how her love was ignited in her first Introduction to Sociology when she first came to Bowdoin, and how that passion continued when she transitioned into a career in law. Read more about it here! https://t.co/ReLu0siyVN

[A is for Afro @Amberisms_]

A 19 year old Black man was killed yesterday by MPD and the #Memphis Police Department are on mute. This is ridiculous, the Police keep killing young Black folks and there’s no accountability. His mom put out this statement below.

We needs answers and action asap.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Why, Governor @tatereeves?

[Inner Practitioner @MindTendencies2]

Dating someone who makes you feel safe and calms your nervous system so you can drop your armor, be vulnerable, and freely share your thoughts, feelings, needs, and insecurities through their love, understanding, support, and encouragement >>>

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

This November, Mississippians will elect its next or re-elect the current governor.

But new restrictions on absentee ballots may restrict some disabled people from being able to vote. https://t.co/H9OMrleS3A

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

🚨🏳️‍🌈NEW: A Trump appointed judge just ruled the Tennessee drag ban unconstitutional. @SenJohnson @GovBillLee

“Passed for the impermissible purpose of chilling free speech… Unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad…”
https://t.co/uSokYxwRsC

[Mississippi Free Press @MSFreePress]

Aderrien Murry, an 11-year-old, was recovering after an Indianola Police officer shot him in the chest on Saturday, May 20, 2023. His family said the boy had called 911 to report a domestic disturbance.

https://t.co/1CAv19T77S

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

BREAKING: Breonna Taylor’s killer, Myles Cosgrove, has been hired to work for the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office in Kentucky.

If you take someone's life on the job, you shouldn't be hired for the same job elsewhere. To me this is completely disrespectful to Taylor and her family. Carroll County should be ashamed of themselves!

[Memphis & West TN CLC @MemphisLabor]

Memphis Sanitation Workers On Strike.

After the death of a fellow co-worker, killed by a vehicle at the Shelby County landfill last month, @Teamsters demand safer work conditions. #SafetyOverProfit

[Tequila M. Johnson @tequilamjohnson]

3 takeaways from @RevDrBarber tonight.1 This is not a 1 issue movement. 2.This is not a personality movement, its bigger than 3 legislators being expelled.-don’t center them, focus on the issues.3.The 1st voices to be heard should always be the voices of those directly impacted

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

Missouri Republicans have just voted to defund all public libraries https://t.co/OLJxQK0oUH

[Dr. Justin Zimmerman @JZPhilosophy]

A friendly reminder that Black southern activists have been at the forefront of dragging the country towards justice kicking and screaming. The entire country.

[A is for Afro @Amberisms_]

Folks have sent over 23,000 emails in support of re-appointing @Justinjpearson . Regardless of bs threats, the Shelby County Commission has no choice but to listen to the people and re-appoint him.

[Claudia Williams Hyman @UnboughtUnbound]

As @ErikaSugarmon said, this is “about bullying people into submission. And enough is enough... [W]e've got to stand for something or fall for everything. And we've been bullied by the state for too long now." The time to stand is now. #TenneseeThree

[Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter]

In statehouses across the South, white supermajorities are passing bills and misusing chamber rules to silence voices and remove representation from Black and Brown communities. We've seen this racist playbook before.

https://t.co/556fKG4047

[A is for Afro @Amberisms_]

🚨Take Action! 🚨

We need folks to email the Shelby County Commission and tell them to re-appoint Rep.Pearson

Click this link 👇🏽 and send some emails!
https://t.co/rlhHv2BsC6

#TenneseeThree

[A is for Afro @Amberisms_]

Email them! https://t.co/rlhHv2BsC6

[Keri Leigh Merritt @KeriLeighMerrit]

During early #Reconstruction it was common for Black politicians to be expelled from state legislatures.

Aaron Alpeoria Bradley was expelled from GA’s Senate bc he grinned with “full teeth” at a white senator while winning a debate… #tennessee

https://t.co/u5Eem7NeLs

[Charles W McKinney, Jr. @CharlesWMcKinn2]

Stop it.

Want to help us? Check in with folks on the ground. Ask what we need. Take direction from the folks on the front lines. Move in unison with us.

[JB Smiley, Jr., Esq. @jbsmileyjr]

Email them and demand they send @Justinjpearson back:

https://t.co/p5O8PNb4P3