For the past few weeks, these brothas put the entire African diaspora on their backs and made fans out of everyone alike. They went from no-names to most-beloved in a matter of days. To be proud of them is an understatement. ๐ด๐จ๐ปโซ๏ธ๐จ๐ป๐ข #CapeVerde
โCape Verde. Thank you, on behalf of the world. You made us dream and watch your dreams lived out in real time. Weโll never forget you.โ - @stuholden
People will never forget this run by Cape Verde ๐จ๐ป
Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha has made his mark at the World Cup ๐
Since the tournament started he gained 18M+ Instagram followers in three weeks ๐คฏ
"What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim."
--Frederick Douglass
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"Without dignity there is no liberty, without justice there is no dignity, and without independence there are no free men." - Patrice Lumumba โค๏ธ๐๐ค
Remembering Patrice Lumumba, the first legally elected prime minister of D.R Congo, on his birthday today.
He was assassinated in 1961 following a military coup supported by U.S.A & Belgian imperialism which was admitted by the State Dept in 2013 authorized by president Eisenhower
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Remembering Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers, on his birthday today.
In 1963, he was assassinated in the driveway outside of his home in Jackson, Mississippi, by avowed white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith who was convicted 30 years later.