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We find + engage signatories of the '91 African American Women in Defense of Ourselves proclamation supporting #AnitaHill. Exploring #race + #gender narratives.

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Check out this letter from @delidacostin, founder of Sisters Testify, to other signatories of #AfricanAmericanWomeninDefenseofOurselves. In 2019 we're finding new ways to foster connections among signatories and amplify your stories. Please read + share! https://t.co/b2JuXb0vX6

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Maya Moore Left Basketball. A Prisoner Needed Her Help. https://t.co/ufXXKYa7Eq

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The Free Black Women’s Library in Los Angeles hopes to cultivate an appreciation for black female writers and a safe space for communities of color. Yes! 📚 https://t.co/FD944sNEdM

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The Grand Cultural Influence of Octavia Butler https://t.co/KwTzSf6P7l

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"The shift from #sexualharassment of white women to African-American women indicates that harassers are conscious of power relationships, and choose to target more vulnerable women in their workplaces." https://t.co/GjBOIVttFR

[Ashley D. Farmer @drashleyfarmer]

Its that time of year again, @uncpressblog is offering 40% off their books with the code 01DAH40. You can grab Remaking Black Power in hard or paperback for the cheap!
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This month’s reparations hearings would not be possible without Audley “Queen Mother” Moore, the founder of the modern reparations movement. https://t.co/21ag5aGaxZ

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Lawmakers passed sweeping anti-harassment legislation that supporters said would make New York’s laws among the most robust in the nation. #sexualharassment #MeToo https://t.co/rSEYtxu6o8

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“The Pieces I Am” documentary offers a dividend yielded by her achievements and her years on the earth: the profound pleasure of Toni Morrison's company. https://t.co/S1Uo1BDo7u

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@JamiahAdams Yes! It was such an important testimony.

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Was proud to spend part of my Juneteenth with workers trying to organize a union at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago @SEIUhciimk @SEIU @WorkingFamilies

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No African American has won statewide office in Mississippi in 129 years – here's why https://t.co/QKBuyQKP4y via @ConversationUS

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"...What we want from our leaders is for someone or someone(s) to step up and say, 'What happened in 1991, what happened in 2018, will never happen again.'” ~Anita Hill, interviewed in NYT. https://t.co/k785Hke0n6

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Playwright Lydia R. Diamond's new Off Broadway play, “Toni Stone,” aims to correct the injustice that Stone isn’t as culturally ubiquitous as Robinson, Paige or Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League. https://t.co/syzggBRlpC

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Anita Hill called for a greater recognition of gender-based violence in the political sphere, and stronger leadership on the issue. https://t.co/8lWM2mNCu3

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“… I am here because in 1991, under the glare of intense political scrutiny and media scrutiny, I shared more of the whole of what it’s like to be a woman, to be black, and to be a black woman facing sexual harassment.” #AnitaHill at Wellesley College https://t.co/lGvwbC7Jes

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#MeToo founder Tarana Burke and writer Jamilah Lemieux in conversation about R. Kelly, Chicago, and sexual violence. https://t.co/W7wazFsz6v

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Overview of how the Combahee River Collective laid the groundwork in the 1970s for intersectional black feminism. https://t.co/L22WAhsXOM

[Kimberlé Crenshaw @sandylocks]

So Joe Biden’s wife thinks that Anita Hill should accept her husband’s non-apology, Clarence Thomas’ wife thinks Anita owes him one, and Barbara Boxer dismissively says that certain people will never be satisfied. Well, under these terms, I guess not...

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Reflecting on the intertwined histories of the 15th and 19th Amendments. https://t.co/ps6TBwjcLo