So Ethereal 🏹

Norff Philly shaped me 📚🎒🏫

[So Ethereal 🏹 @sweetsag1]

Recently one of my professors from my Temple days, said during a talk, "I don't even want to use their paradigm." This quote came to mind

[Osono Dakadjalan @SonofNiani]

Portraits of San women, 1874/1910.

[EBONY @EBONY]

In his new documentary, "Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's The Weight of The World)", @questlove explores the legacy and impact of Earth, Wind & Fire... honoring the group's lasting influence across generations of Black music and the culture today. 🖤

Tap the link to read more from his EBONY Exclusive: https://t.co/HGxeyn3cfB

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks, born #OTD in 1917.⁠
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Read the poem: https://t.co/p5oFf99STK

[TIFF @TIFF_NET]

“I gotta dig deeper. I gotta get back to the basics.” 🎭

Denzel Washington shared how Viola Davis' performance in FENCES reawakened his love and understanding of acting in film.

[Blackish Press @blackishpress]

Tyler James Williams discusses how he feels about ”Abbott Elementary” reaching 100 episodes—and the fact that this is the first time in 30 years he has worked on a project that has hit this milestone.

“I've been doing this for a very long time. I've been doing this for about 30 years. This will be the first time I hit 100 episodes on a show. To me, it's kind of like doing a marathon. It's like, yeah, anybody can kind of keep a good pace the first mile, maybe the first five, but towards the end of it, That's when you really figure out who you are.

And I think that's more of what that milestone means for us. We did this for what is at least five years, it feels like you have to do in order to get to 100. Maybe four if you're doing it really, really efficiently. And we were still making a good show at episode 100. That's the thing I'll be most proud of when we hit it. That will be, I know that I'll be able to look to my left and to my right when we table read whatever that script is. And everybody sitting there, everybody who worked on that script, everybody who eventually shoot that script will be able to stand on the fact that we did a hundred of the best episodes we possibly could and we didn't phone it in once. That's what I'm proud of.”

[Jedi @dhe3g]

Fun Fact: The war in Iran costs us more in one hour than this program costs in a year.

[Action News on 6abc @6abc]

Africatown signage unveiled in Southwest Philadelphia, marking cultural hub https://t.co/eDdyMxc7qc

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”

—Malcolm X

[AJ+ @ajplus]

“We are not the descendants of slaves, we are the descendants of human beings.”

French lawmakers just voted to abolish a colonial-era slavery law 341 years after it was passed. The law was created by the French monarchy to regulate slavery in the 17th and 18th centuries.

[ESSENCE @Essence]

Family Of Cyrus Carmack-Belton Speaks Out After South Carolina Jury Acquits Store Owner In Fatal Shooting https://t.co/VIJFMXwcqC

[one54africa @one54africa]

"Pepsi was like "who's idea was that?" And they hired me." - Boz

Watch on YouTube: https://t.co/qUTCfGrQyw

And listen on iHeart: https://t.co/LMW9R20Dqe

[NBC10 Philadelphia @NBCPhiladelphia]

New Pa. ban on cellphone use in vehicles takes effect Friday https://t.co/alPu36w55B

[The Root @TheRoot]

I was today years old when I found out “Reasons” isn’t really a love song 👀

A new film that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this week takes an in-depth look at Earth, Wind & Fire’s evolution, and even the inspiration behind its greatest songs.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Legendary R&B singer Peabo Bryson has died at 75.

Bryson built a five-decade career as one of R&B's premier balladeers with hits like "Can You Stop the Rain" and "Feel the Fire."

He was the iconic voice behind the Oscar-winning Disney duet "Beauty and the Beast" with Celine Dion, and Aladdin's "A Whole New World" with Regina Belle, the first song from an animated film to top the Billboard Hot 100.

Bryson's family said that he died days after a stroke.

[@aampmuseum @aampmuseum]

We're just 15 days away from our Juneteenth Block Party! Celebrate freedom, community, and 50 years of AAMP with a day of incredible performances and family fun. Learn more about our Juneteenth festivities: https://t.co/QHAa76x9Y1

[Philadelphia Schools @PHLschools]

Due to excessive heat, 52 schools will operate on a virtual learning schedule on Friday, June 5. Learn more at https://t.co/lNsREPso03. #PHLed

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

The Cicero Riot Of 1951.

In July 1951, a mob of about 4,000 whites attacked an apartment building that housed a single Black family of Harvey E. Clark, a WW2 veteran, in a neighborhood in Cicero, Illinois.

It was the first race riot to be broadcast on local television.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Civil Rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer with her daughter, 1971.

As a result of a "Mississippi appendectomy” (forced sterilization), Fannie Lou was unable to have children so she & her husband adopted 2 local impoverished girls.

[Netflix @netflix]

Jennifer Hudson slayed this Dreamgirls medley during the AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy. Now playing.

[culture jpeg @culturejpg]

90s Denzel Washington in Mo' Better Blues