"In my drinking days, I made that mistake. I wanted to fix my drinking, my family, my partner, my broken-ness, the worlds problems, my financial woes and more all by myself."
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In 1939, 20-year-old Jesse Lee Bond was lynched in Tennessee after asking a store for a receipt. More than eight decades later, his great-granddaughter, Kyra Harris Bolden, made history at just 34 years old as the first Black woman to serve on the Michigan Supreme Court.
White students tried to suffocate a black teen in a toilet. She further alleges that he was beaten, robbed, kidnapped, and sexually assaulted. Yet, the white official only spoke about suspension, and the police made no arrest
This is Cereese Qusba, the hero investigative journalist for the Cornell Daily Sun who doggedly pursued the story about the Cornell 7 for two years, blowing the lid off what had happened when her article was finally published on the 19th..
With so many dark posts about such a horrific incident, Ms. Qusba’s work shows the importance of journalism in accountability. She is the best of Cornell.
She was bought at fourteen by a man who assaulted her for five years and fathered two of her children.
When she finally fought back and he died, Missouri put her on trial — and the court ruled she had no right to defend herself. Celia. 1855.
Missouri law at the time said a woman could use deadly force to defend her honour.
Celia's lawyers argued that law covered her. The judge ruled it did not — because the statute said "any woman," and Celia was not legally a woman. She was property.
That was the finding. Not that she was lying. Not that it had not happened. That the protection did not extend to her, because she was a thing.
She was convicted and sentenced to hang. The state waited until she had given birth — the baby was stillborn — and then executed her in December 1855.
She was nineteen years old.
Her story is the kind of buried history that we must never forget https://t.co/V6OJtazidd
Super glad she did the right thing. But this IS f*cked up!! Its 2026, that's beyond disgusting and inhumane. Racism is whack, tired, hackneyed. Like just STOP. 🤦🏿♀️I pray you find a new job soon sis 🙏🏾
A black woman no longer works at IHOP in Tupelo, Mississippi, because she stopped a white server from serving a black patron, a pancake that was used to kill a baby roach!
Nolan Wells’ story is fading from the timeline. Every like, comment, share, and repost helps keep his name — and the fight for answers — alive.
Please don’t let his story disappear.
Sending a HUGE thank you to Keith Lee, his wife and everyone else who showed up for Gary, Indiana today! This is the Black community. This is love, this is unity, and this is what working together looks like. We see you Gary and we haven’t forgotten about you!
#Indiana
She opened a mini school just for Black kids. They’re learning in a safe, wholesome, peaceful, positive, racism-free environment. Our kids need more alternatives like this.
#BlackKids#BlackSchools#AlternativeEducation