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LCSW-C: (MD and CA) licensed Clinical Social Worker fighting for social and economic justice for the marginalized ... especially AA's

[Congresswoman Cori Bush (Archived) @RepCori]

No one should be punished for being unable to afford rent or a home.

My colleagues, advocates & I called on SCOTUS to choose housing NOT handcuffs & reject efforts to criminalize our unhoused communities.

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

Definitely not just you. We’ve been collectively subjected to 6 months of brutal assault on our sense of humanity, decency, security & hope for a future.

PERMANENT CEASEFIRE NOW. STOP FUNDING ISRAEL. END THE OCCUPATION. RESTORE PALESTINE. PROSECUTE THE GENOCIDAIRES.

[Darren Smith @DarrenSmithNFL]

You can tell who just started watching women’s basketball over the last two years if you really think Caitlin Clark is the goat because she’s scored more points than anyone in college basketball. And those who TRY to do this sports talk as a profession, embarrass themselves trying to convince others of this have no sense of history. She’s great yes, but there are levels to greatness, and winning matters. Even if she were to win Sunday with the assistance of the officials, she’s still not on the level of a Cheryl Miller, Chamique Holdsclaw, Maya Moore, Candace Parker, Lynnette Woodard, Breanna Stewart, Dianna Turassi, Sue Bird, Sheryl Swoopes, and others.

Just stop…and yes, I got time today. Cause ain’t no one asking if Clark could play in the NBA.

[Marianne Williamson @marwilliamson]

The winner in 2024 will be someone who says to voters, “I see your struggle, I validate your anger, and here are my solutions for doing something about it.”

[Marc Lamont Hill @marclamonthill]

This is ridiculous. There is a black national anthem, whether you respect it or not.

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

Less than 1% of pilots in the U.S. are woman of color! That’s why Sisters of the Skies is bringing their Girls Rock Wings event to Detroit! These mentor pilots are showing young Black girls that they too can become pilots and get their wings! What an inspiring initiative!

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

A flex.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1865, Matthew A Henson became the first person to reach Geographic North Pole in 1909 along with Robert Peary.

Matthew Henson was an African American explorer who was born in Charles County Maryland on August 8, 1866, At a young age, he was orphaned and lived with his aunt in Washington DC. However, he quit school in order to be a sailor. At the age of 12, he joined Captain Child's crew on the merchant ship Katie Hinds traveling around the world for six years. He became an expert at charting and navigating.
At age of 20, Henson was discovered by an explorer named Robert E. Peary, who was impressed with the breadth of his geographical knowledge and experience. As a result, Peary invited Henson to join him for an expedition designed to investigate the feasibility of a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through Nicaragua.
After that expedition, Henson and Peary undertook seven more expeditions with the goal of becoming the first to reach the North Pole, which was Peary's dream.
Because of how difficult the mission was, they failed six times. Nevertheless, this didn't stop them from planning the seventh expedition. For it, Henson taught himself how to build sleds, how to master a team of dogs, and how to speak the Inuit language. Henson invested many hours of study to make the corresponding calculations.
All of the hard work and planning paid off because, on April 6, 1909, Matthew Henson arrived at the North Pole and planted the American flag. He arrived 45 minutes ahead of Peary whose progress was a lot slower because he lost several toes to frostbite.
Sadly, it wasn't until more than 30 years later in 1945 that Henson received the Navy Medal from Congress, and it wasn't until 1961 that a plaque was erected in his honor at the State House at Annapolis, Maryland.
Henson died in the Bronx, New York City on March 9, 1955, at the age of 88. In 1988, his remains were moved to Arlington National Cemetery, where he was buried with full honors next to his friend, Robert Peary.

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[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Reject AIPAC.
Reject the health insurance lobby.
Reject the gun lobby.
Reject the big oil lobby.

[Keith Boykin @keithboykin]

When Black Democratic cities in red states try to do something proactive about crime and gun violence, white Republican state legislators block them from doing so and then blame the Black Democratic cities for not doing enough about crime and gun violence. https://t.co/cOkSg9D80c

[rolandsmartin @rolandsmartin]

The GOP, Fox News and conservative radio are saying "Oh my God this DEI stuff is awful" because they don't want to see people like us move ahead 🤯 WATCH Roland deconstruct @cthagod's @TheDailyShow DEI segment 👉🏾 https://t.co/ArehslIZcj #RolandMartinUnfiltered

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Even if EVERY SINGLE ONE of the 32 trans athletes playing NCAA championship sports identified as women…

It means that 1 in 10,000 — or .0001416 of the 226,212 women college athletes—are trans.

For comparison, during SC’s championship run:

Cops killed 2x more UNARMED Black people.

1500x more died from gunshot wounds.

30 million kids attended underfunded schools.

Guess which issue US legislatures have passed laws to address?

[rolandsmartin @rolandsmartin]

HEY Acho! "Ask your mama and daddy about generational trauma. There's a little thing called the Biafran War in Nigeria ..." 👀 FULL VIDEO 👉🏾 https://t.co/NHTx1mGLg2 #BlackStarNetwork #RolandMartinUnfiltered #AngelReese

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

@marclamonthill @imaniperry He said Black Lives Matter stole All Lives Matter. Trolling and ignorance as usual.

[Marc Lamont Hill @marclamonthill]

With all due respect, brother, this is WILDLY inaccurate and wholly misrepresents the history of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” I would suggest checking out @imaniperry’s award-winning book on the subject. You can see how your argument is contradicted by the historical record.

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

Racists try to blame every disaster on “diversity hires” meanwhile it’s nothing but wealthy white men burning the whole country down 💀

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

In 1938, Lloyd Gaines filed a lawsuit after being denied admission to the University of Missouri Law School in 1935 because he was black.

The Court ruled in his favor & required Missouri to admit him or set up a black law school.

He disappeared 3 months later never to be found.

—Lloyd Lionel Gaines was born to the Gaines family in northern Mississippi in 1911. One of eleven children, seven of whom survived illness and accident, he moved with his widowed mother and siblings to St. Louis after the premature death of their father. They found a better, although not easy, life for themselves in Missouri. Gaines excelled in his studies graduating as valedictorian in 1931 from Vashon High School. At Lincoln University in Jefferson City, he graduated with honors and was President of the senior class, while participating in many extra-curricular activities and working to pay for his schooling.
Despite his outstanding scholastic record, the University of Missouri School of Law denied Gaines admittance in 1936 solely on the grounds that Missouri's Constitution called for "separate education of the races." By state law, Missouri would have been required to pay for Gaines to attend the Universities in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, but Gaines was determined to fight for the right to attend law school in his own state university. He sought legal assistance from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which had been working systematically to overturn the ignominious precedent of "separate but equal" established in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. Together, they challenged the University of Missouri's admissions policies. In 1938, Gaines won his case before the United States Supreme Court in State of Missouri ex rel Gaines v. Canada, paving the way for a series of cases that would lead to Brown v. Board of Education's outlawing segregation in public education. In March 1939, only three months after his Supreme Court victory, Lloyd Gaines was last seen in Chicago. He disappeared at age 28 with his promise of attending law school in Missouri unfilfilled. Lloyd Gaines was never to be seen or heard from again.

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[Keith Boykin @keithboykin]

Republicans in Tennessee just voted 66-25 to vacate the entire board of Tennessee State University, a historically Black college that has been underfunded by the state for decades.

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

Journalists: We’ve got to do better. The framing of access as more important than credibility and the inability to cover what’s happening within the framework of pro-democracy or anti- at this point in the game is malpractice.

[Taurean Reign Reloaded @TaureanReign]

Sounds like a handout to me. Interesting how those who oppose reparations for FBA are silent or not nearly as loud about this and they are literally gonna use their taxpayer funds to pay for it!