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Federer & Northampton Saints Supporter #AllBlackLivesMatter 👨🏾

[Lee @unionjump]

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." - Arch. Desmond Tutu

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Ervin Harris, an Alabama man paroled after serving 42 years in prison, had his 1975 conviction overturned

https://t.co/h1FhP6Tu9o

[Historical Africa @historical_Afr]

She drank whiskey, swore often, and smoked handmade cigars. She wore pants under her skirt and a gun under her apron. At six feet tall and two hundred pounds, Mary Fields was an ıntimidating woman.

Mary lived in Montana, in a town called Cascade. She was a special member of the community there. All schools would close on her birthday, and though women were not allowed entry into saloons, she was given special permission by the mayor to come in anytime and to any saloon she liked.

But Mary wasn’t from Montana. She was born into enslavement in Tennessee sometime in the early 1830s, and lived enslaved for more than thirty years until slavery was abolished. As a free woman, life led her first to Florida to work for a family and then Ohio when part of the family moved.

When Mary was 52, her close friend who lived in Montana became ill with pneumonia. Upon hearing the news, Mary dropped everything and came to nurse her friend back to health. Her friend soon recovered and Mary decided to stay in Montana settling in Cascade.

Her beginning in Cascade wasn’t smooth. To make ends meet, she first tried her hand at the restaurant business. She opened a restaurant, but she wasn’t much of a chef. And she was also too generous, never refusing to serve a customer who couldn’t pay. So the restaurant failed within a year.

But then in 1895, when in her sixties, Mary, or as “Stagecoach Mary” as she was sometimes called because she never missed a day of work, became the second woman and first African American to work as a mail carrier in the U.S. She got the job because she was the fastest applicant to hitch six horses.

Eventually she retired to a life of running a laundry business. And babysitting all the kids in town. And going to baseball games. And being friends with much of the townsfolk.

This was Mary Fields. A rebeI, a legend.

[Qᴀɢɢ.ɴᴇᴡꜱ @qaggnews]

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas – A 21-year-old man, who investigators say had worked as a babysitter and nanny, has been arrested after accusations he sexually abused a child.
Evan Joseph Moore is charged with indecency with a child. He was arrested on Wednesday.

[Lee @unionjump]

Heat index spiked as high as 120° here in the Greater Houston area today. 🥵

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: Houston man who was born on a plantation says his one wish is to get a birth certificate.

94-year-old James Dorsey says he started working on a plantation at age 8 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

When he became an adult, Dorsey says he began to have difficulty proving who he was.

"I went to the courthouse. I went to the school board. They were over everything, all the schools and plantations, what the school was on, they were over everything," he said.

"What does a birth certificate mean for me? I couldn't even pronounce what it would mean."

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Happy 46th birthday to the talented Venus Williams.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Godfather and godmother of Rock N’ Roll, Chuck Berry and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Chuck Berry once said his entire career was "one long Sister Rosetta Tharpe impersonation."

[Lee @unionjump]

@Sinnet09 @thefedexpresss How does that change the fact Fed was still 21? Either way, both were and are bonafide champs and legends of the sport. I know I'm confident in all that Fed has achieved and how he's impacted tennis.

[Lee @unionjump]

@Sinnet09 @thefedexpresss Fed was still 21 at the time.

[Lee @unionjump]

On July 6 2003, #Federer won his first Wimbledon title at 21 years old.

[Dr. Allison Wiltz @queenie4rmnola]

Immigrants should have to learn about black history

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Whatever [the next outbreak] is, we ain’t ready for it. We still have anti-vaxxers running around.”

“I don’t trust scientists. I saw a YouTube video, so I’m not going to take it.” (mocking)

“I don’t want you to ever forget this story.”

“20,000 years ago, we’re in the cave. Do you know what the life expectancy was?”

Shannon Sharpe: “10 years? 15 years?”

Neil deGrasse Tyson: “30. Half of everyone born was dead before they were 30.”

Shannon Sharpe: “Wow!!!”

Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Fast forward to 1840… everyone born in the world was dead by the age of 35. We gained five years of life expectancy. And every one of them ate organic, breathed clean air… Science matters here.”

“We’ve doubled the life expectancy with antibiotics, vaccines, and sanitation. The three biggest forces operating on our longevity. So to come around and say I don’t need vaccines because I’m not getting sick, that’s like saying, why are you using dandruff shampoo? You don’t have dandruff.”

Shannon Sharpe: “Well, I don’t want to get it.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson: “That’s my point. If you’re successful, people think you don’t need it when that’s what’s creating the ongoing success in the first place.”

[SKI @skiistiredasf]

Meet Alena Analeigh McQuarter, a 17-year-old phenomenon and unstoppable young queen rewriting history in STEM and medicine! 👏🏽
At just 13 years old, she made history as the youngest Black student ever accepted into a U.S. medical school (University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine).
Now at 17, this powerhouse has already achieved what most only dream of:
• Graduated high school at 12
• Earned her Bachelor’s in Biomedical Sciences and Master’s in Biological Sciences (both Summa Cum Laude) from Arizona State University by age 15
• Became the youngest person of color to intern at NASA (at just 12)
• Founded The Brown STEM Girl and The Brown STEM Girl Foundation — creating scholarships, mentorship programs, and global opportunities for girls of color in STEM
• Conducting advanced research in cancer immunology, virology, and global health
• Pursuing her PhD in Integrated Biomedical Sciences (focus on infection, immunity & inflammation) at Loma Linda University while on the path to her MD/PhD
• Initiated into Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. as one of the youngest members
From Texas to NASA to the frontiers of medicine — Alena’s journey is a powerful testament to discipline, brilliance, and purpose. She’s not just breaking barriers… she’s building bridges for every young Black girl behind her.
Her story is a powerful one. Keep shining, Queen! 👏🏽

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Peabo Bryson, the iconic singer-songwriter behind the Oscar-winning Disney songs "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World," has died at 75 https://t.co/zWSrgCaGch

[Lee @unionjump]

@_iamjamila And he still not listening. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[Lee @unionjump]

@LookAtDustin 😆 Except Ms. Moore's a soprano. Miss Mommas should've lowered that key by at least one-third. 😭

[Patty Jackson @MsPattyJackson]

We Remember Singer #FosterSylvers He sang with his Family The Sylvers and they had the songs 'BoogieFever and 'Hotline. Sylers also had a solo hit with 'Misdemeanor. He was 64 and he died from metastatic. Prostate Cancer.

[Peter Darker @IAmPeterDarker]

Myrlie Evers-Williams just turned 93 on March 17th. This history ain’t old.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Clarence B. Jones, lawyer and speechwriter who drafted part of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's “I Have a Dream” speech, has died

https://t.co/pvUBOfxQHS

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Sonny Rollins, one of the most influential Jazz musicians of our time, died this afternoon. He was 95