After a long and contentious jury selection process in a coastal Georgia county in preparation for the trial for Ahmaud Arbery's killing, a panel of 12 people has been chosen.
The jury consists of 11 White members and one Black member. https://t.co/B9AAFJ5TjL
Kneeling for Black lives matter, but funding the police. Clapping for essential workers, but voting down the $15 minimum wage. Talking about supporting working families, but cutting programs for working class people. Always the symbolic gestures, never the material change.
This morning I joined @POTUS, @VP, @SpeakerPelosi and my @TheBlackCaucus colleagues at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial to commemorate its 10th anniversary.
Let’s continue to honor Dr. King’s legacy with an unending pursuit of justice and peace worldwide.
@APopCultureDude@JerryCraft We’re raising money to donate Jerry’s books to public school teachers & librarians in TX. The response has been tremendous already. Here’s the link to donate in case you want to help spread the word! https://t.co/SD09vBcZof
I wonder what else in life I could have accomplished if my ONLY oppression was having to wear a mask. I mean. If THAT were the **ONLY** thing that was holding me back?! Whew!! I might be a gdamm superhero!!! Kinda makes you wonder…what’s their excuse for being basic? And angry🤷🏽♀️
I don’t have to respond whenever provoked.
No one does.
Steward your energy well.
We have justice work to do.
And strategy to outline.
And self-care to prioritize.
And love to live.
It’s okay to let provocateurs leave empty handed.
I was loading my kid into my car & another mom parked next to me was waiting to unload her own kids. I said “sorry”as I closed the door. she laughed “it’s ok.” then she stopped & very earnestly looked at me & said “you look beautiful.” Frazzled mom to frazzled mom I almost wept.
An Illinois coroner has identified a body found earlier this month as missing graduate student Jelani Day, who was last seen in late August https://t.co/nF6vqkX3Yt
In DC I will be joined by my friend and fellow bad ass chick @TaranaBurke whose book #Unbound is available now and will also be available at the venue!! When we get together it's powerful. Don't miss out DC! #MeToo
The dismantling of Black communities for highways is not just a thing of the past.
In a planned highway widening project a few miles north of Charleston, 94 percent of displaced residents live in communities mostly consisting of Black and Brown people. https://t.co/RJ4uJnkVHY