“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. 🎥: garrisonh #humanity #history #quotes

Congratulations to #BeyondTheGates for their NAACP Image Awards nominations! ⭐ Support the amazing team by casting your vote here: vote.naacpimageawards.net/categories/d... #soapopera #daytimetv

The future is still unwritten. 🎥: tressiemcphd & urbanconsulate #history #quotes #fyp

“And so the collision course is set. The people cry for freedom and the congress attempts to legislate repression.” — #MLK #MartinLutherKingJrDay #MartinLutherKingJr #MLKDay #quotes

The standards for paramedic practices were set by America’s first EMT service: Freedom House. Staffed by the Black women & men from Pittsburgh’s historic Hill District, Freedom House provided pre-hospital and CPR care to communities often ignored by other departments. 🎥: joelbervell #BlackHistory

If you're taking to the streets to protest, know your rights.

Sharing stories builds empathy, connects communities, and reimagines what is possible. 🎥: alltimeisaac #community #art #theatre

“A new U.S. Postal Service rule on how your mail is handled could affect your ballot, taxes and other time-sensitive deliveries. In the past, the postmark indicated the date the USPS received the item. Now, it will explicitly mean the date the USPS processes the item.” — PBS #News 🎥: cjnlegalnurse

Redlining, roadways & highways weren’t the only barriers for Black Americans—sometimes it was the street names themselves. In certain Southern communities, streets have 2 names depending on the demographic. Historians note this was a strategy for separation. 🎥: blackjackedpod #MattieJones #history

👁️ Feb 28 — 8pm 👁️ Williams Center for the Arts 🎟️: lafayette.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx... Produced by Richard Koplin ’64 & written by award-winning playwright Judy Tate, this world premiere celebrates the achievements of the 1st Black eye doctor in the U.S. #DavidMcDonogh #TheLanguageOfSight

Plecker’s policies led to the adoption of the “one-drop rule;” a classification system where a person w/any African ancestry made them Black (“one drop of Black blood”), effectively reinforcing hierarchies & discriminating against Black, Indigenous & mixed-race people. 🎥: howeverrcomma #history

To One & All, #HappyNewYear! 🎊🫶🏾 “This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.” — #ToniMorrison #quotes #love

“IN 2026 - let’s give PEACE a chance and BURY the HATE because HATE IS NOT THE ANSWER - that’s what William Electric Black is saying - please say it with me, to each other, to family, friends, partners, the world and beyond, in the coming New Year ⚡️⚡️⚡️” 🎥: electricblackexperience #NewYear #books

Knowledge is power. Knowledge is liberation. 🎥: Kahlil Greene #history #holidays

All of us at ASP wish you a Happy Holidays! ❤️✊🏾

“One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” Ernest Green was the first African-American graduate of Little Rock Central High School (1958). That was only 67 years ago. 🎥: missusa2mba #BlackHistory #books

La MaMa Poetry Electric: Poetry For Justice Featuring Jane LeCroy, Malikah Marie Stafford, LILO, Maggie Dubris WITH Jeff Cyphers Wright, David Mills, Filip Marinovich, and William Electric Black! 🎟️ Get tickets now at lamama.org ⏰ Monday, December 22 at 7:30pm 📍74A East 4th Street New York, NY 10003

Although history is often rewritten by those who wish to erase it, the truth can be found everywhere. 🎥: trishestalks #CDMX #art #history

The story of Mitsuye Endo, a #Japanese American woman who was unjustly incarcerated in #WWII internment camps until she filed a writ of habeas corpus which ultimately helped end them. 🎥: thehumanityarchive #AAPI #USHistory

Asian and Black Americans have a history of shared solidarity that is rarely discussed. 🎥: carefreebri_ #AAPIHistory #BlackHistory #community

“We’re not just talking about the past, we’re talking about the stories that still run the world today…” — Shanika Malcolm 🎥: moonchildhealing_sm #quotes #history #fyp

The Language of Sight: The David McDonogh Project The world premiere of a new play by Judy Tate. ⏰ February 28th, 8:00pm 📍Williams Center for the Arts 🎟️ : www.lafayette.edu/bicentennial... Directed by Kim Sykes, co-produced by Richard Koplin ’64 and Russell Arden Koplin. #theatre #history #art

We must never forget that elected officials work for the people, not the other way around. 🎥: koreanbeef27 #history #education #comedy

Congratulations to #BeyondTheGates (of which ASP’s Judy Tate is a writer) for being one of Entertainment Weekly’s “10 best #TV shows of 2025”! 🎊

ASP Arts Collective would like to thank our family, friends, and community for your generosity in 2025. In a year where our stories are rapidly being erased, we need your help in keeping them alive. ❤️DONATE TODAY: app.thefield.org/home/donatio... #GivingTuesday #Donate #Nonprofit

“The #Thanksgiving Story They Don’t Teach You About” hosted by Joel Cook now on the PBS Origins YouTube channel:

🎥: beetheinstructor There is a new Department of Education proposal that would significantly change the way graduate students can take out federal student loans by reclassifying “professional” degrees. #education #news #fyp

‘U.S. Department of Education Announces Six New Agency Partnerships to Break Up Federal Bureaucracy’ 🎥: cjnlegalnurse #news

Body Rhyme is coming to La MaMa ETC’s Poetry Electric — 11/24 at 7:30 pm! Tickets: www.lamama.org/poetry-elect... The Poetry Electric fuses music, movement, sound, and dance with the spoken word and presents artists working in a wide range of styles including beatboxing, jazz and hip-hop theatre.

“Fall of Freedom matters right now because so many of our freedoms are under threat.” — #ShepardFairey Art matters, courage is contagious. Learn more at falloffreedom.com. 🎥: falloffreedom #art

Senator Ernest “Ernie” Chambers — A Time For Burning (1966) 📷: africanarchives #BlackHistory #film #quotes

“Boston’s historic King’s Chapel unveiled a dramatic sculpture this week to honor the 219 people enslaved by early members & ministers of the church. The church sits on a busy intersection in downtown Boston & is one of the sites on Boston’s Freedom Trail.” Unbound by Harmonia Rosales 📷: gbhnews

Construct Version 1 by Aila Chiar Beat by Richard Carter 📷: ailachiar #poetry #hiphop #art #quotes #fyp

Don’t lose hope. Change is possible. Change is happening. ❤️ 📷: nubia.the.creator #history #love #fyp

Linguistic erosion not only erases the words themselves, but the ideas and meaning behind them as well. 🎥: therealroman #language #linguistics

Dr. Raquel Martin on why we can never “outperform oppression.” 📷: raquelmartinphd #mentalhealth #healing

“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power.” — Malcolm X 🎥: nimayndoleaux #history #news #quotes #fyp

Black History is American History. 📷: blackhistoryunlocked #BlackHistory #USHistory #history #quotes

Poverty is a socioeconomic construct, a direct result of systemic inequities, not “individual failures.” In fact, childhood adversity (incl. poverty) is one of the biggest predictors of future chronic illness. #quotes #sociology #community #memes #fyp

“Here are 4 powerful #books that opened my mind to the deeper layers of race, culture, #beauty, and #healing:” 📖 Break the Cycle: Dr. Mariel Buqué 📖 Real Talk: Tasha Bailey 📖 Decolonizing Therapy: Dr. Jennifer Mullan 📖 How to Love Your Afro: Paige Lewin 🎥: paigelewinofficial #repost

“Joy is an act of resistance.” — #ToiDerricotte 🎥: asrai36 #quotes

Language can be weaponized as a tool for the oppressor. Thus, we must continually work to unpack, understand, and reclaim our communities from the tendrils of internalized hate.🫶🏾✊🏾 🎥: Providence Suenge #books #history #fyp

Sweet Blood traces the lives of 3 free Afro-Taino Maroon sisters in colonial Jamaica as they navigate familial love, cultural commitments, lineage & liberation. 🎟️: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket... 📍20 Putnam Ave Brooklyn, NY 11238 🎭 Nov 6 - 7:30pm 🎭 Nov 7 3pm & 7:30pm 🎭 Nov 8 7:30pm #SweetBloodThePlay

“My Dad’s Typewriter” by thekoreanvegan #Chicago #AsianAmerican #quotes

“The consequence of the single story is this: It robs people of their dignity. It makes our recognition of our equal humanity difficult. It emphasizes how we are different rather than how we are similar.” — #ChimamandaNgoziAdichie 🎥: noecansecor #quotes

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” — Martin Luther King Jr. 🎥: cyreejarelle #history #quotes

“Learning actually is supposed to be difficult. We’re not supposed to remove all of the friction from learning. You should be able to learn it, but not know it all already. That’s where learning happens. And that’s always going to be uncomfortable.” — Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom #quotes #education

Monday, Oct. 6th - 7:30pm 74A East 4th Street #NewYork, #NY 10003 ⚡ La MaMa Poetry Electric Presents:⚡ Back To The Beats Featuring 4 Amazing #Beatboxers - Arabelle Luke aka AirLoom Beats, Engelbert Ramos, Ethan Scott (Exacto) & Zanzifx (A King Luck Tribute Event). 🎟️: www.lamama.org/poetry-elect...

Sweet Blood traces the lives of 3 free Afro-Taino Maroon sisters in colonial Jamaica as they navigate familial love, cultural commitments, lineage & liberation. 🎟️: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket... #SWEETBLOOD 🎭Nov. 6 - 7:30pm 🎭Nov. 7 - 3pm & 7:30pm 🎭Nov. 8 - 7:30pm 📍20 Putnam Ave #Brooklyn, #NY 11238

Check in with your community and get the support that you need. Don’t lose hope. 🫶🏾 🎥: relivingsinglepodcast #LivingSingle #BlackWomen #WomenEmpoweringWomen