jacques morial

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[jacques morial @jacquesmorial]

Study: Minorities ‘systematically’ underrepresented in US petrochemical workforce ⁦@sejorg⁩ ⁦@ltgrusselhonore⁩ ⁦⁦@RepTroyCarter⁩ ⁦@RepJeffries⁩ ⁦@JoyAnnReid https://t.co/Z0gaV6IbDO

[Russel L. Honore' @ltgrusselhonore]

Louisiana ranked worst state as pollution, poverty, violence among factors in U.S. News report https://t.co/QGejFqoFVS via @shreveporttimes Thanks @LAGOP @LAChemAssoc @LABI_biz

[jacques morial @jacquesmorial]

⁦@NFLPA⁩ ⁦@NFLPAFmrPlayers⁩ https://t.co/i3D3t7K7w2

[jacques morial @jacquesmorial]

State sues EPA for records of communications with La. environmental groups, journalists https://t.co/3JABHmHxCa via @veritenewsnola @sejorg

[Russel L. Honore' @ltgrusselhonore]

LNG execs claim they’re investing in America — in reality, they’re taking far more than they give https://t.co/cy9Rd2kcIe @FERC @SecGranholm @LAGOP @RepTroyCarter @RepGarretGraves @SteveScalise @SenBillCassidy @JeffLandry @samkarlin @theadvocatebr @AmericanPress @BBCWorld @guardian @thehill

[Russel L. Honore' @ltgrusselhonore]

Excuse me as a former @USArmy Division Commander @2idAssn since I retired I watch the Movie #WhiteChristmas on #Cristmas Eve , two song “ we follow the old man “ What ya do w a retired #General remind me of my time in the @2IDCG in #SouthKorea We enjoyed 3 #Christmas 2 as Div Cdr

[jacques morial @jacquesmorial]

@marianaa_alfaro LSU professor to step down from university after Jeff Landry's election as governor https://t.co/cj44hISvll via @lsureveille

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

Black men make up less than 2% of teachers in the U.S. The Literacy Lab is working to change that. Having a teacher of the same race is important for students of color! We need more exemplary Black men in the classroom!

[jacques morial @jacquesmorial]

Proposed grain terminal would harm historic slave sites in St. John Parish, review finds https://t.co/IYE2Qh9dNv via @IlluminatorLA @sejorg @project_descend @ltgrusselhonore

[Russel L. Honore' @ltgrusselhonore]

Get Off Your Azz and VOTE! Take two friends w you to #VOTE #HTDL , #VOTE ! @POTUS @VP @CedricRichmond @RepJeffries

[Louis Armstrong @ArmstrongHouse]

On this date in 1957, Louis Armstrong put his career on the line to speak out against injustice regarding the Little Rock 9, telling off Governor Faubus, and President Eisenhower, saying, “The way they’re treating my people in the south, the government can go to hell.”

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Selma Burke was a sculptor and a member of the Harlem Renaissance movement, best known for a bas relief portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt

She never received credit for her portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt which was later featured on the US dime.

—In 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt sat for a portrait by a young African-American artist from Mooresville. That artist was Selma Burke.

However, John R. Sinnock’s signature is on the dime, and he receives credit for the work while Burke’s portrait, which she spent two years working on, is only recognized as an inspiration and model for the final image used on the coin. According to Lisa E. Farrington, author of “Creating Their Own Image, The History of African-American Women Artists,” Sinnock made “barely perceptible alterations.”

HONORS

As well as a sculptor, Burke was also a lifelong student and educator, winning numerous awards and fellowships. She earned her first degree from Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina and eventually graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia.

She started her first art school in 1940, eventually starting her second in 1946, and opened the Selma Burke Art Center in Pittsburgh, which operated from 1968 to 1981.

Burke is an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. She received several honorary doctorate degrees during her lifetime, including one awarded by Livingston College in 1970 and one from Spelman College in 1988.

Milton Shapp, then-governor of Pennsylvania, declared July 29, 1975, Selma Burke Day in recognition of the artist's contributions to art and education. Her papers and archive are in the collection of Spelman College.

Burke was a member of the first group of women – along with Louise Nevelson, Alice Neel, Georgia O'Keefe, and Isabel Bishop – to receive lifetime achievement awards from the Women's Caucus for Art, in 1979. She received the award from President Jimmy Carter in a private ceremony in the Oval Office.

She received a Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1983 and the Pearl S. Buck Foundation Women's Award in 1987.

She died in 1995 at the age of 94.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Isaac Woodard, WWII veteran, hours after being honorably discharged, was attacked by South Carolina police while still in uniform when taking the bus home & left permanently BLIND

The officers were acquitted by an all white jury

A THREAD!

[jacques morial @jacquesmorial]

Gas Exports Are America's Hidden National Security Vulnerability by Gen. Russel Honoré ⁦@ltgrusselhonore⁩ | Opinion ⁦@sejorg⁩ #GreenARMY https://t.co/V0PToVyh0B

[Russel L. Honore' @ltgrusselhonore]

Please Remind #Students to Register To #Vote #Louisiana election is Homecoming weekend! ⁦@LSU⁩ ⁦@lsureveille⁩ ⁦@SouthernUsports⁩ @BRCC ⁦@WAFB⁩ ⁦@WAFB⁩ ⁦@WWLTV⁩ ⁦@theadvocatebr⁩ ⁦@LouisianaGov⁩ ⁦@KimHunterReed⁩ ⁦@

[LanaQuest aka RosaSparks @LqLana]

Sept. 1868 Opelousas, Louisiana Massacre.

A white man was attacked for registering Black voters.

Black men were lynched defending him.

Whites terrorized Black voters to suppress turnout, killing 200 people and devastating another Black community (EJI).
#BlackHistoryWithLana #FreshResists

[Russel L. Honore' @ltgrusselhonore]

We need to change @fema @FEMA_Deanne Protocol for #hurricane . We need to allow Survivors sign up for @Fema upon mandatory evacuation. When folks have electricity, home computers and documents. Currently we tell folks to sign up after @POTUS Declaration. The electric power is

[jacques morial @jacquesmorial]

Revealed: Louisiana Atty General Jeff Landry created alleged conflict of interest in ‘Cancer Alley’ case https://t.co/R5Da1Yzm1y @sejorg @ltgrusselhonore #GreenARMY @CCOStJohn @project_descend @risestjames

[Congressman Troy A. Carter @RepTroyCarter]

58 years ago today the #VotingRightsAct was signed. This was a transformative piece of legislation that made history, but we are still fighting against voter suppression and discrimination.

[jacques morial @jacquesmorial]

Victory for Descendants of Enslaved People-Louisiana Judge Strikes Down 33-Year-Old Zoning Ordinance, Blocking Heavy Industry Threatening Historic Community CenterForConstitutionalRights ⁦⁦@project_descend⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁦@ltgrusselhonore⁩ https://t.co/HZ0YCmN3P5