Barton Reese

Graduate of Des Moines Public Schools

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

On this day in 1924, Congress passed an act completely prohibiting immigration from Asia. While signing the act, President Coolidge remarked, “America must remain American.”
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announces free universal healthcare for 130 million citizens starting next year.

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On this day in 2020, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin forcefully pinned George Floyd to the ground and held his knee on Mr. Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes until he died.
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On this day in 1961, a white mob terrorized 1,000 Black residents supporting civil rights inside Montgomery's First Baptist Church.
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On this day in 1896, the Supreme Court delivered its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson establishing the 'separate but equal' doctrine as national law and authorizing discrimination in public accommodations.
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On this day in 1956, white residents of Delray Beach, Florida, burned a cross to terrorize Black residents and prevent them from accessing the city’s segregated public beach.
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“We have come too far to turn around now.” Bryan Stevenson at the dedication of Montgomery Square.

EJI's newest Legacy Site, Montgomery Square, tells the story of the Montgomery decade that changed the world, 1955-1965. Learn more and visit: https://t.co/dXVKE3ks4M

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@UNImbb @jsxisbr @UNIAthletics @MVCsports @MarchMadnessMBB Continuing to Build #EverLoyal

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"Even more important than the warmth and affection we receive is the warmth and affection we give. It is by giving warmth and affection, by having a genuine sense of concern for others, in other words, through compassion, that we gain the conditions for genuine happiness," said His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. #MondayMotivation

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama reminds us: a peaceful world starts with a peaceful mind. Loving kindness and compassion aren’t just spiritual practices they are the very foundation for humanity’s survival.Inner peace is the path to outer peace. #DalaiLama #PeaceBeginsWithin #Compassion

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On this day in 1955, the Rev. George Lee, the first Black man to register to vote in Humphreys County since Reconstruction, was shot and killed.
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@PeteMoris @northerniowa @UNImbb Nick Nurse is awesome; thanks for posting this

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“An actual king, born of the lineage of kings we fought to establish our constitutional republic, had to come back here to remind us to wake the f**k up” @JonStewart

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On this day in 1943, California enacted a statute requiring all marriage licenses to indicate each party’s race so that “no license may be issued authorizing the marriage of a white person with a Negro, mulatto, Mongolian, or member of the Malay race.”
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Three black men—James Carroll, John Biggus, and James Bowens—were lynched in Frederick County, Maryland, between 1879 and 1895. On April 18, community leaders and descendants working with EJI dedicated a historical marker in their honor.
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On this day in 1936, a mob of 40 white men in Colbert, Georgia, lynched a Black farmer named Lint Shaw—just eight hours before he was scheduled to go on trial.
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"Every human activity can be infused with affection. Today, all 8 billion human beings have to live together, so a sense of the oneness of humanity is crucial. When people are motivated by compassion, honesty and truthfulness naturally come about, leading to trust and friendship," said His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. #MondayMotivation

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Are you alive today? If you didn’t die from COVID, HIV/AIDS, Ebola, SARS, swine flu, anthrax, tuberculosis, malaria, or other diarrheal diseases, you have the great Dr. Tony Fauci to thank.

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On this day in 1862, California approved a burdensome tax on Chinese workers to “protect free white labor” and discourage immigration from China.
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[Barton Reese @ReeseFoundation]

@SenatorBennet Michael Bennet has what it takes to be a great President of the United States