I don't want to read any more stories about teachers who have to change their Black Studies class. I want stories about teachers who are resisting the AP changes. I want to hear about parents organizing freedom schools. I want to see students sit in libraries with banned books
I saw this story going around. I didn’t want to believe it, but yup! Florida is always raising the level of Florida-ing. Awful in so many ways. & it is clearly DeSantis letting us know what America is gonna be if he’s the president. Don’t ignore this. https://t.co/YPtGeKsr9o
Grace Jones is a nominee for Album of the Year at the 2023 Grammys from her feature on ‘MOVE’ from Beyoncé’s Renaissance.
If Renaissance wins, Grace Jones will take home her first ever Grammy
HBCU Howard Alumni Nicholas Perkins bought the Fuddruckers franchise for $18.5M dollars, making him the largest franchise owner and the first African American to have total ownership of a national burger business.
NEWS: Without opposition, the D.C. Council approves a bill to allow non-citizens, including undocumented residents, to vote in local elections. Bill heads to @MayorBowser, then Congress for 30-day review. Does not apply to ongoing elections. Back story: https://t.co/5JB6pwLIgR
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Another bus load of #migrants arrives in DC this morning. Families from Central and South America hoping to find a better life in the US. Sent here by the state of Texas. Humanitarian groups say the situation is overwhelming. A live update from Union Station at 7am @fox5dc
As I look to the future, I plan to give virtually all of my wealth to the foundation. I will move down and eventually off of the list of the world’s richest people.
Hazel Scott, a piano prodigy and the first Black American to host a nationally syndicated TV show, “was Colin Kaepernick before Colin Kaepernick.” https://t.co/caWnJifDjr
A D.C. Superior Court judge extended the suspension of a "speedy trial" rule until 2022 due to the pandemic.
This means those at D.C. correctional facilities with criminal charges may have to wait more than 100 days for a jury trial. https://t.co/8WsWvSO7Dk
According to this article from Global Grind back in 2017 Halle Berry's name had been mentioned in at least 965 different songs. Sure it's well over 1K now in 2021. That's one long playlist ft. @HalleBerry https://t.co/A48RqYTVWW
.@POTUS is under doctors care for a routine physical and a colonoscopy, @VP has taken the helm. @potus transferred power to @VP for a few hours during his procedure. This is the first time an #Hbcu graduate is President of the United States, at least for a few hours. @HowardU
"We also have to focus on ourselves, because at the end of the day we're human, too," Simone Biles says. "We have to protect our mind and our body, rather than just go out there and do what the world wants us to do." https://t.co/S57eFWJglL
Black women are continuously shifting the narrative on what it means to be a "strong Black woman". To be strong is to thrive, and not suffer. There is strength in putting yourself first. Especially in these systems that do not serve us. Thank you @naomiosaka and @Simone_Biles.