When I first got to Philly, I was a fish out of water. No connections. No place to live. I was at Temple everyday, crashing at Paley library. Someone saw me in stacks and said, “You need to go to Blockson”. His books changed my life. Thank you, Mr. Blockson.
Hey Family! We are hosting a free book group discussion for 12 to 16 year olds that want to read with us. We are reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X as Told to Alex Haley. Message us if you’re interested. #MalcolmXDay#malcolmx#blackhomeschoolers#blackliterature
Under DeSantis’s new laws, Floridians may never learn there was once a Black Superintendent of Schools in Florida who was so forceful in his advocacy for civil and educational rights, that he had to sleep armed in his attic to ward off attacks from the KKK. Meet Jonathan Gibbs.
Just because someone is nice does not mean that they are being compassionate, or honest, or righteous, or just. It certainly does not mean that they are not racist.
Don’t care what you think about Roland Martin. He’s teaching a master class on fact checking and journalistic questioning right here. Want to learn how to expose lies in a media setting like a media forum or town hall? Watch. https://t.co/aA4JcZz4qi #medialiteracy
This is why, when we talk about manhood, social justice, and sport’s greatness, we have to talk about Kareem. Great read! Congrats to Kareem and Lebron. #thegoats#lebronjames#Kareemabduljabar#wisdom https://t.co/7TV6TZj1YL
J. Michael Harrison, one of the Jazz hosts at WRTI in Philly and Ed. Coordinator at the Clef Club for Jazz recommended this documentary about Roberta Flack, who doesn’t get the credit she deserves as a prodigy and virtuoso https://t.co/sd555Y6L5w #blackmusic#robertaflack
How is it that a Republican member of Congress can threaten the life of another member of Congress without any repercussions? Answer: white supremacy and sexism.
Book author Robert Kodosky will join us along with Guests speakers: Tuskegee Philadelphia Chapter Members and Nile Members - Dr. Eugene Richardson & Alma Bailey.
REGISTER today — click registration link https://t.co/0nypErkMH9 . #tuskegeeairmen#blackhistorymonth#philadelphia
How I see Florida: people who don’t care about Black people thinking they have the right to decide what Black people learn about themselves. Denying Black people access to knowledge for their liberation has always been a tool of our enemies and an undercurrent in US education.
I’m glad that we’re all glad that @Eagles and @JalenHurts are in the Super Bowl, but you people out here need to stop talking like Rocky Balboa is a real person. He don’t live here. You know who you are. #joefrazierhasastatuetoo