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Among my non-republican voting friends, it’s unanimous that our beloved Joe should step aside graciously. His administration has done great things, but it’s time to pass the torch, so we can continue & keep this democratic republic intact & strong. The alternative is untenable!
James Chaney.
Andrew Goodman.
Michael Schwerner.
Say their names.
Tell their stories.
They were Freedom Summer activists working to increase Black voter turnout in Mississippi in the summer of 1964.
60 years ago today, a group of more than 20 KKK members killed them near Philadelphia, Mississippi.
If we teach this gruesome history and plan with urgency, courage, and love to eradicate racism as it persists today, we can rid our World House of this horror.
Reggie Jackson reminded the nation that Jim Crow isn’t some moment in the distant past. There are people walking around who lived through it—who still carry the scars of the period.
In the last four years:
— Lower Black unemployment
— Lower Black poverty
— More Black businesses
— More HBCU funding
— More Black judges
— More Black Supreme Court Justices
— More Black Vice Presidents
— Less student loan debt
— Fewer presidential attacks on Black NFL players
@Lizzs_Lockeroom Beat Street, by a long shot! There was no breakdancing in 'Breakin'. It was all popping and locking, although Turbo killed it with his popping.
Isaac Asimov - 44 years ago. Never gets old, it seems.
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
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