Shani

Do or do not, there is no try.

[Rachel True @RachelTrue]

not satire

‘Native Americans do not have birthright citizenship’ is his argument

If ‘foundational’ 🙄 Blacks don’t think we’re next

open your eyes

[Rachel True @RachelTrue]

Did he just outlaw the truth?

[Jennifer Hudson Archive @jhudaccess]

This makes me want the dreamgirls reunion more than anything.

[Steve Martin @UnrealBluegrass]

Re: Trump chaos
I believe Trump's goal is to create riotous reactions to his extreme actions and orders.
Then he can declare an "emergency",maybe martial law.
Due process ends.
Habeas corpus ends.
The rule of law ends for an indeterminate time.
Trump becomes a monarch.

[Sabby Sabs @SabbySabs2]

Ppl who say but don't talk about race, want you to ignore shit like this.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Tomorrow is a very important day for America...

MLK Jr. Day

[Restoring Your Faith in Humanity @HumanityChad]

Happy anniversary to you both! 🥰♥️

[RNB RADAR @rnbradar]

33 years ago today, Michael Jackson released ‘Remember the Time.’

[Woodz 🇺🇸 @Nibiru1000]

The Real MLK. Happy Birthday Legend 🙏🏾✊🏾

[RetroNewsNow @RetroNewsNow]

📺On January 16, 1986, an excerpt of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech aired at the end of America’s number one prime time television program, ‘The Cosby Show,’ four days before the first federal observance of #MLKDay in the United States

[Shani @Shanishelly]

@IAmCreeSummer @TheJasmineGuy This made my day!!! Love you both!

[Jay Slim🇬🇭 (Knicks are world champs!💍🗽🏆) @KJaySlim]

The queens of Gilbert Hall

[Cree Summer @IAmCreeSummer]

FREDDIE LA & WHITLEY GILBERT @TheJasmineGuy

[sheryl lee ralph @thesherylralph]

Category 5 hurricane?!?!

[Black Enterprise @blackenterprise]

Cissy Houston passed away on Monday at age 91. She was surrounded by her family. https://t.co/M4cBZsMCk9

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Happy 99th birthday, President Carter! You’ve inspired so many people around the world with your leadership, character, and commitment to service. Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful birthday and send our best wishes to you and Rosalynn.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

J. Marion Sims “the father of modern gynecology” purchased Black women slaves and used them as guinea pigs for his untested surgical experiments.

He repeatedly performed genital surgery on Black women WITHOUT ANESTHESIA because according to him, "Black women don't feel pain.”

J. Marion Sims is called the "Father of Gynecology" due to his experiments on enslaved women in Alabama, who were often submitted as GUINEA PIGS by their plantation owners who could not use them for sexual pleasure.

Anarcha, one of those women, was an African-American slave woman who was forced to regularly undergo surgical experiments while positioned on Sims' table, squatting on all fours and FULLY AWAKE without the comfort of ANY anesthesia.

It's been calculated that Anarcha was operated on roughly 34 times between 1845 - 1849. These operations helped Dr. Sims hone his techniques and create his gynecological tools.

It would be more than appropriate
to credit Anarcha, along with other nameless slave women, as the "MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY"

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[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Josephine Baker was described as "The most sensational woman anybody ever saw. Or ever will."

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1906, Josephine experienced poverty in childhood, living in cardboard shelters in the slums and dancing on the street to make money. However, the street dancing turned into performing in a vaudeville act, as she pestered a show manager for a role. For that show, she traveled to New York, and her career had begun.

While performing in New York was a good start, her big break came in Paris, where she moved in her late teens to leave the racism of America. In Paris, she thrived. Her dancing life found much success. And it was also while living in Europe that Josephine evolved her artistic career into singing and acting.

Josephine continued to live in Europe. Even as World War II involved France, she chose to stay, joining the French Military Intelligence Agency. In her role with the agency, she used her entertainer status to travel around Europe. And with charm, she engaged others, collecting valuable information, often keeping notes in invisible ink on sheet music.

After the war, Josephine took a more active role in the U.S. Civil Rights movement. She wrote articles about segregation, worked closely with NAACP, spoke at the 1963 March on Washington, and refused to perform in segregated venues - a stance that helped drive integration. It was also during her years of working in the Civil Rights movement that Josephine began adopting children, calling her family the "Rainbow Tribe," as her children were of different races and ethnicities.

Josephine passed away in Paris in 1975. France honored her with a state funeral; she is the only American-born woman to receive this honor.

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[Shani @Shanishelly]

@idriselba Condolences!