Zion Kelly

Long Live Zaire🕊 | FAMU Alum

[juju 💰 @ayeejuju]

march 13th, 2020

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

If the child on the left was old enough to pick cotton and the child on the right was old enough to attend Klan rallies, then today's children are old enough to learn about both of these and how they've led us to where we are today.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

BALTIMORE: DRUID HILL PARK
POOL NO. 2

Built: 1921
Desegregated: 1955
Drained: 1956

Public pools were common in American cities before the 1950s and most were officially “whites only”. When the Supreme Court declared segregated access to public amenities (such as pools) to be unconstitutional, cities circumvented integration by simply removing the amenities for everybody. In short, rather than integrate public pools, many cities decided to demolish them altogether.

Subsequently, beginning in the 60s, there was an explosion in the popularity of backyard swimming pools in the suburbs which were, of course, mostly whites-only due to restrictive covenants and exclusionary zoning. In the name of racism and avoiding integration, American cities effectively eliminated a public good and privatised it for only those who could afford it.

[Wayne Chen @wcchen]

Robert Nesta ‘Bob’ Marley (6 Feb 1945 – 11 May 1981) Legendary #Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician, activist, born 79 years ago today in Nine Mile, St. Ann. Global icon for Jamaican music and Rastafari, his popularity continues to grow. #BobMarley #Reggae #Jamaica
https://t.co/4PzQipZifh

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1929, Civil Rights Movement leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was born. Gone, but not forgotten.

Rest in Power.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Wilt from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is named and modeled after NBA star Wilt Chamberlain.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Today we honor what would've been Muhammad Ali, a humanitarian and greatest boxer of all time, 82nd birthday!

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'” —Ali

[Markus Batchelor @MarkusforDC]

“The loss of the Wizards & Capitals will not only have a devastating impact on our fans, but also our local economy. As we await the calculated loss in our downtown, there’s no doubt that Ward 8’s economic future will also be impacted.”

Statement on @MSE’s potential move to VA:

[My Mixtapez @mymixtapez]

Young Thug reveals the true meaning of his words in his music

📸: @LawCrimeNetwork

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

JAYDEN DANIELS WINS THE HEISMAN 🏆

He joins Joe Burrow as the only LSU QBs to win the award

ELITE COMPANY

[Coach Willie Simmons @HCWillieSimmons]

“WHEN THE DARK CLOUDS GATHER ON THE HORIZON…”

#FAMULY #GAMEDAY #OurTime
🐍🐍🐍🏈

Strike, Strike & Strike Again!!!

[JT HOLMES @RealJtHolmes]

I'mma always call this app Twitter

[Jordan Daley @JDaley]

Hard times don’t last forever.

[INTERIOR PORN @INTERIORPORN1]

my type of minimalistic living space >>

[Hoops @Hoopss]

Miss you Kobe Bryant.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

34 years ago today, Dr. Huey P. Newton, the Co-founder of the Black Panther Party, was shot and killed in the streets of Oakland, California.

On August 22, 1989, co-founder of the Black Panther Party For Self Defense (BPP) Huey P. Newton was murdered. Newton was fatally shot on Center Street in the Lower Bottoms neighborhood of West Oakland by a 24-year-old Black Guerrilla Family member. His last words to his killer before being shot twice in the head were,

You can kill my body, and you can take my life, but you can never kill my soul. My soul will live forever!”

Newton’s killer, Tyrone Robinson, was convicted of the murder in 1991 and sentenced to up to 32 years to life in prison.

Born in born in Monroe, Louisiana February 17, 1942, Huey Newton attended the University of California, Santa Cruz and studied law attaining his Bachelor’s Degree and PhD. While Newton attended Merritt College in California, Newton and his comrade, Chairman Bobby Seale, organized the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in October 1966 with Huey as Minister of Defense. The BPP achieved national and international recognition through their active role in the Black Liberation Movement and in politics dealing with race relations of the 1960s and 1970s. The Party’s political agenda included better housing, better jobs, and proper education for all Black people, which was all documented in their Ten-Point Program.

In the years leading up to Newton’s death, the BPP was under heavy ridicule from the powers that be and classified as a hate group. In time the BPP was dismantled as it’s leaders were either killed, imprisoned or addicted to drugs. Still even today the works an ideas of the prolific leader Huey P. Newton live on.

(black panther party formation thread below)

[NFR Podcast @nfr_podcast]

Drake announces his new album “For All The Dogs” 💿

Thoughts on the cover drawn by Adonis?

[Art of Life 🦋 @Art0fLife_]

be ready.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

The iconic Sam Cooke with the legendary Muhammad Ali

[Wost🕷️ @mosthiphop]

lil yachty with the most legendary walk out to concert i’ve ever seen