Venture Smith

18th C freed black slave from Connecticut whose Narrative documents his remarkable struggle under northern slavery & his long road to freedom. #BlackLivesMatter

[Barbara Arnwine, Esq. @barbs73]

Always in our hearts #TamirRice!! https://t.co/9xGLrKodyC

[The Root @TheRoot]

Three years ago a life was ended too soon, when a Cleveland officer shot & killed #TamirRice.

[Venture Smith @VentureSmith1]

Just found out from #FindingYourRoots that actor Ted Danson is direct descendant of my owner, Col Oliver Smith in 1760s Stonington, CT. Wow!

[University of Alabama Press @UnivofALPress]

New! “Constance Baker Motley” by Gary Ford https://t.co/twh1WrpAcl

[Wendell Pierce @WendellPierce]

The Great Constance Baker Motley. If you don't know this great American legal icon, go and learn https://t.co/y0u558wmAI

[Sargent Shriver Peace Institute @RSargentShriver]

The #civilrights movement has so many unsung heroes; Constance Baker Motley is one. https://t.co/bdBziNwbw2

[American Constitution Society @acslaw]

Today marks what would have been Constance Baker Motley’s 96th birthday. Read more here: https://t.co/wPI5MF1JnH #DiversityoftheCourts

[Janai Nelson @JNelsonLDF]

@NAACP_LDF alum #ConstanceBakerMotley was a luminary, visionary & fierce advocate, judge, mother, wife, & architect of the civ rts movement. https://t.co/8FZIwMkpYw

[University of Alabama Press @UnivofALPress]

Fighting for Civil Rights Behind the Scenes l Gary Ford Jr. talks about his book on Constance Baker Motley

https://t.co/MbwJ3FbmPV

[Duty To Warn 🔉 @duty2warn]

What is #HR1987?

Everyone needs to know.

https://t.co/tvJTSIoXyx

[waxwings @waxwings2]

Voting Rights: The Struggle of Our Lifetime https://t.co/Fn0oRKUmfq

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Bernice A King receives the 2017 Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum https://t.co/FRrSC3s185

[The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter]

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” #MLK

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Play on repeat for next 3 months.

GOP budget cuts Medicare to fund tax cuts for rich.

GOP budget cuts Medicare to fund tax cuts for rich.

[Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II @RevDrBarber]

Our president wants us to say ‘Merry Christmas’ but his policies wouldn’t take care of Mary, Joseph & Jesus.

[The Leadership Conference @civilrightsorg]

Shameful: GOP just passed a budget that would exacerbate income inequality & cut trillions from health care, education, and other programs.

[BlackAmericanHomeland @FrederickDelk]

Predominant Black Cities/Towns, within Predominant Black Counties,within a Predominant Black State,within Predominant Black Region of States

[Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter]

#OTD in 1963, the KKK planted sticks of dynamite beneath the steps of the 16th St. Baptist Church in #Birmingham, AL, killing 4 girls.

[ACLU @ACLU]

Not fake news: Wisconsin's voter ID law kept so many people from voting in 2016, it tipped their election result. https://t.co/7YfM9DH0dr

[andy thibault @cooljustice]

Rigged: How Voter Suppression Threw Wisconsin to Trump – Mother Jones https://t.co/l83vzUXw8N