As President, I would read 10 letters a day sent to me by ordinary Americans. At the Obama Presidential Center, we’ll have some of the letters I read — and responded to — every night. I still get emotional reading them, and it’s one of my favorite exhibits.
“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you". Wise words that still ring true today spoken by an upstanding Texan, LBJ in 1964… let it sink in that it’s now 2026.
For all the “I just don’t like her laugh, people,” please tell me if these high gas prices, lawless losing war, high unemployment, blatant corruption, or racist assault on representation by the confederate south was worth not having to hear her laugh?
#BREAKING: Legendary #Maddow: “We are now about sixteen months into what has been from day one, a concerted and intense targeting of Black Americans specifically by this president and by this administration…When Trump and his top political donor Elon Musk then started just lopping off huge swaths of the federal government…the largest and most egregious cuts targeted federal agencies that employed a disproportionate number of Black employees. Reporter Erica Green wrote about this for…NYT: ‘…nothing had moved backwards in the federal government for Black Americans this quickly or this far…since Woodrow Wilson came in in 1912 and resegregated the federal workforce…”😳
Remember Porsha from Empire? She’s a doctor now 👩🏾⚕️👩🏽🎓❤️
Ta’Rhonda Jones just showed us what REAL elevation looks like 🔥
The actress who had us laughing as Porsha took a step back from acting to focus on her education — and she DID THAT! 💯
She recently shared that come May, it’s “Doc” from now on 🎓👩🏾⚕️
From TV screens to textbooks, this is dedication, growth, and boss energy all in one 👑
A whole glow up we LOVE to see! ❤️ #Empire #SistasOnBET #ZatimaOnBETPlus