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Late update: WE WON! Our podcast won both the Webby Award for Best Limited Series and the Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Limited Series! Thank you to the IADAS and to everyone who voted! #Webbys #BlackWomen #podcast

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

Nothing cooler than an 89-year-old Buddy Guy drinking cognac with one hand and playing "Sunshine of Your Love" with the other

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@15minfilm @NewBooksNetwork That was an unnecessary cheap shot by Dan against Roger Ebert at the start of this episode. Who are you to judge? And what did that have to do with anything relevant to the topic? That stuff lessens what is otherwise a pretty decent show. Just focus on the films.

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@Tim_Walz Can we get this walkout tonight? Please and thank you 🇺🇸❤️🔥

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Gov. Tim Walz, after hearing the news.

https://t.co/kdwPAyUOzZ

[WC1 Studios @WestCityOne]

@Tim_Walz Can we get this walkout tonight? To keep the same energy from last night — please and thank you. 🇺🇸❤️🔥 #DNC2024 https://t.co/ewashcF8uW

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YESSSSSSSSSS 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[Simone Biles @Simone_Biles]

I love my black job 🖤

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[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Sister Rosetta Tharpe is credited as the Godmother of Rock ‘N’ Roll. Before Elvis, Johnny Cash or Little Richard, there was Sister Tharpe- A Black woman who forged her own sound in a male dominated industry.
She does not get the credit she deserves.

—Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was an innovative gospel singer widely recognized today as the godmother of rock and roll.

Tharpe is the first known artist not only to use an electric guitar in gospel music but to give the instrument a melodic role as important as the voice’s role.

During her musical bridges, Tharpe would give free reign to her formidable guitar playing talent, unfolding soaring melodic lines puncuated by deep chordal rips and the occasional jump and leg pump; in essence developing musical tropes in the 1930s that would later be adopted by rock and roll legends Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash.
Tharpe’s innovation was not always well-received, with traditionalists regularly criticizing and devaluing her innovation.

Despite these attempts to derail her career or persuade her to adopt traditional approaches to gospel music, Tharpe remained deeply rooted in her religious beliefs and values and used her unique musical style to bring gospel music to audiences who would never have otherwise listened to it. Tharpe’s contribution to the development of the rock and roll idiom was finally recognized in 2018, when she was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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[Be A King @BerniceKing]

The 3 Black people killed by an avowed white supremacist/hater of Black people:

Anolt "AJ" Laguerre Jr., 19

Jerrald De'Shaun Gallon, 29

Angela Michelle Carr, 52

Our children need to be truthfully and lovingly educated so that they, too, won’t be indoctrinated.

#Jacksonville

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He wasn’t perfect, none of us are, and he is an all-time favorite. An actual legend. He showed kindness and warmth to every contestant, no exceptions, and still made us 🤣🤣. RIP Bob Barker ❤️

[April @ReignOfApril]

How he didn’t die from high blood pressure right there on stage… 😂😂😂

[WC1 Studios @WestCityOne]

Last chance to vote for us to win our 2 #Webby Awards!
Best Limited Series: https://t.co/N6HvTsHtOJ
Best DEI Limited Series: https://t.co/1ACmk4NCx3
Voting closes this Thursday - Vote Now! Thank you! 🖤💜 #webbys #BlackWomen #podcast #AmherstCollege #highereducation

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@LauraAJarrett Thank you @LauraAJarrett! You are a HUGE part of this series! Grateful to you & all Black alumnae of @AmherstCollege! 🖤💜Vote here before Apr20--
Best Limited Series: https://t.co/N6HvTsI1Eh
Best DEI Limited Series: https://t.co/1ACmk4OamB @BlackWomen_AC @AmherstBSU #Webbys

[WC1 Studios @WestCityOne]

We scored 2 nominations for the 2023 Webby Awards: Best Limited Series Podcast and Best DEI Podcast Specials! We are up against major studios and we need your vote! https://t.co/a2eN2ZdNim
https://t.co/yDMoVCKHRv

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[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1927, actor and film director Sidney Poitier, was born.

Here is a powerful interview from him in 1968 addressing how he was being treated by the press.

He rips into journalists after only being asked questions surrounding race.

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We birthed a podcast! We're so proud. Subscribe, listen, rate us 5⭐️ and share! #BlackwomenofAmherst #Blackwomen #Blackwomenlead

[Amherst College @AmherstCollege]

NEWS: Amherst College has launched "Black Women of Amherst," a six-part podcast that illuminates the experiences and contributions of the College’s Black alumnae, hosted by Nichelle S. Carr '98. https://t.co/3YUEtCwRqc

[Black Women of Amherst College @BlackWomen_AC]

We're live! Subscribe, listen, rate us 5⭐️ and share!

[WC1 Studios @WestCityOne]

Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura in ‘Star Trek’ franchise, has died at 89 - The Washington Post 😢💔🖤🙏🏽 https://t.co/ZX9w7E1GTY

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Someone finally made a show about me!

[Marvel Entertainment @Marvel]

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, an Original series from Marvel Studios, starts streaming August 17 on @DisneyPlus.

[Black Women of Amherst College @BlackWomen_AC]

"I feel really #thankful that I've had, uh, support and #mentorship at many, many different points in my life". -Tene Adero Howard '01

[Black Women of Amherst College @BlackWomen_AC]

“Come celebrate with me that every day something has tried to kill me and has failed.”―
“Won't You Celebrate With Me” by #LucilleClifton

We have something to say! Share your #AmherstCollege story.

https://t.co/uPhaGgkk8S

#BlackWomenOfAmherst #Thankful