jaw

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[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

For newly freed Black men, claiming their children and their parental rights was one of the first steps to exercising their liberty. Fathers often went to extreme lengths to reunite with their children, including retracing their family’s journey on foot: https://t.co/jtwc9PX42V

[jaw @jawilli312]

Here we go...

[The Associated Press @AP]

Artificial intelligence has been used to extract John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to create “the last Beatles record,” decades after the band broke up, Paul McCartney said. https://t.co/oFxI4UADa0

[Michigan Law School @UMichLaw]

Conditions in Sudan have deteriorated drastically since the outbreak of widespread fighting last month.

We asked Professor @susandpage, who served as the first US ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan from 2011 to 2014, to share her perspective: https://t.co/B9oSMZq2lo

[jaw @jawilli312]

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[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Tina Turner, the raspy-voiced fireball who overcame domestic abuse and industry ambivalence to emerge as one of rock and soul’s brassiest, most rousing and most inspirational performers, has died. She was 83.
https://t.co/pL2JRPfYlV

[jaw @jawilli312]

Digital Blackface?

[Dr. Allison Wiltz @queenie4rmnola]

“Shudu being fake only makes their efforts more exploitative because when you hire her, you simultaneously deprive every Black woman of an opportunity.” — @queenie4rmnola https://t.co/enTrnpO5k6

[Jeffrey Guterman @JeffreyGuterman]

Don Rickles was born on this date May 8 in 1926. Photo in the public domain. #OTD

[Deb Shaw @debjshaw]

SAT, MAY 8 1886
Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine. #otd

[Dan Peel "Absent-Minded Historian"😃 @dpeel10]

May 8, 1884
Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third U.S. president, was born in Lamar, Missouri. #Truman #TheBuckStopsHere #OTD

[Jeffrey Guterman @JeffreyGuterman]

The New York Times on this date May 8 in 1915. #OTD

[ME Music @espofootball]

#OTD May8,1970 The #Jackson5 release their 2nd album “ABC” The Jackson's release is on Motown Records. The Jackson 5 LP will peak at #4 on the US billboard 200 Albums Chart @motown @Jacksons

[K.G.Saturn @KGSaturn]

May 8, 1940 - Ricky Nelson was born "Eric Hilliard Nelson" in Teaneck, New Jersey. Nelson was known for over 30 US Top 40 singles. #ROCkabillyHop #RickyNelson @RickyNelsonRem #OzzieAndHarriet #RocHop #OTD #RockNRoll #PoorLittleFool #HelloMaryLou
https://t.co/EVXC0mVqva

[BlackPast.org @BlackPastOnline]

May 8: Born in 1951 #OTD in Denver, CO, Philip Bailey is a (7X) Grammy-winning R&B, funk, soul & gospel artist. In addition to his solo career, he has blessed us with his 4-octave range for decades as a lead singer w/ Earth, Wind & 🔥. #HBD 🎂
https://t.co/rEDo8BiUNC

[Pawel Sanders #OTD @changnoi2018]

Prime Minister Winston Churchill gives his famous V for Victory sign to a crowd of 50,000 on VE day, London, #OTD May 8, 1945.

[Jeffrey Guterman @JeffreyGuterman]

Saigon on this date May 8 in 1968. Photo by Eddie Adams. #OTD

[Dan Peel "Absent-Minded Historian"😃 @dpeel10]

#OTD May 8, 1914, Congress passed a joint resolution designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.
Credit for starting #MothersDay goes to a #SCHOOLTEACHER named #AnnaJarvis in 1908. #History #TeacherAppreciationWeek2023

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[NPR @NPR]

Photographer Kwame Brathwaite, who helped popularize the "Black is Beautiful" movement of the 1960s, has died.

From Nelson Mandela to Muhammad Ali and the so-called Grandassa Models, Brathwaite's work embraced Black power and beauty.
https://t.co/GxIqgbjesX