🚨 DAMN.
Ruby Bridges said the moment she finally understood what was happening during school integration was when a little white boy told her:
“My mom said I can’t play with you because you’re a nigger.”
She was SIX.
And she said hearing that felt like “a huge weight lifted,” because suddenly everything made sense.
Why the classrooms were empty.
Why adults were screaming.
Why U.S. Marshals had to escort her to school.
Not because of anything she did.
Just because of the color of her skin.
A six-year-old child realizing an entire country was angry at her for existing.
Daniel Nwaekwe just leveled all the way up.
This king finished #3 in his class at McKinney High School, dripping in honors (yellow stole, cords, sashes, medals) as he celebrates getting Princeton bound (accepted into THREE Ivies)!!!
He earned AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended, 17 AP classes, Black Student Union President, Mr. MHS, Distinguished Student Award, and building his own business (Starstruck World LLC) as a producer & audio engineer.
From the nonstop grind to the Ivy League stage… this is Black excellence in full motion.
Let’s gooooo, Daniel! The world is yours, king! 👏🏽🔥
The new Jim Crow will be defeated like the old Jim Crow.
We were tired then, but not defeated.
We are tired now, but we will not be defeated.
Weeping may endure for a night, but the morning is coming.
Last month in Virginia, the people made their voices heard at the ballot box and voted for new Congressional maps.
Today, the Virginia Supreme Court ignored the will of the people and overturned those democratically chosen maps.
This ruling gives a boost to Donald Trump's effort to rig the 2026 elections and the Republicans' long game to attack voting rights.
We are rightfully outraged, but we will not give up. We must continue our fight to restore the power of the people.
In 1963, four little girls: Denise McNair(11), Carole Robertson(14),Addie Mae Collins(14) and Cynthia Dianne Wesley(14) were killed when white supremacists bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham.
The bomber was found not guilty of murder.
This girl Jayne with Down syndrome is OUT HERE COOKING!! Dancing better than half the people I know😅
Talent and joy like this needs to be seen. Keep shining Queen! 💃🎶
ASA is pleased to recognize & congratulate the upcoming participants in the Anesthesiology Policy Research Rotation in Political Affairs, also known as the Resident Scholar program.👏👏Learn more about the selected candidates: https://t.co/hpJSLsS01t #ResidentScholar
Amazing visit to @dukesurgres as Visiting Professor for the Akwari lectureship. He was an amazing trailblazer @societyofbas and fortunate to meet wife Dr Anne Akwari to learn more about him. Thank Drs Allen, D’Amico and Tong for the invitation. Can’t wait to return
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Tom Caruso will serve as our Vice Chair for Education!
In this role, he will lead our department’s educational mission across programs, with a focus on integration, innovation, and supporting the next generation of physician leaders.
I heard someone say: "sometimes you don't realize how far God has brought you and carried you until you tell your story out loud; then you hear the miracle in so many moments." and I felt that🤍
Our department is hiring! @StanfordPain is seeking an Adult Clinical Psychologist (Clinician Educator line) to join their interdisciplinary pain care team.