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Every April 3rd i listen to this speech. It was his last night on this side of the Earth. 58 years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr gave one of his most impactful speeches. And his very last. How fitting it's Good Friday
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Shooti
5 days ago
#ResistanceRoots
#WomensHistoryMonth
Pearl Bailey was born on this day in 1918 in Newport News, Va. Known for her throaty voice and comedic timing, she was one of the most beloved entertainers of the mid-20th century. She was also social justice advocate who used her fame to fight for equality. /1
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Just 11 days after being released from prison, Billie Holiday plays in front of a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall
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Lauren-Ashley Arts
6 days ago
As long as y’all follow up the protests with action (voting drives).
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Frosted Poptart
7 days ago
Alice Augusta Ball found the cure for leprosy at 23. She died in a mysterious lab accident at 24. Arthur Dean stole her research, stole it and renamed it from "The Ball Method" to "The Dean Method." It took 90 years before her original research papers were found and she got the credit due to her.
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Rep. Lucy McBath
8 days ago
March 26 is Equal Pay Day, the point in 2026 when women finally catch up to what men earned in 2025. For the second straight year, the pay gap has widened. Women working full-time earn just 81 cents for every dollar men earn and even less for many women of color.
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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙
9 days ago
Happy Birthday to Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul! She would have turned 84 today.
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Equal Justice Initiative
10 days ago
On this day in 1931, nine Black teenagers were arrested and falsely accused of raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. They spent 6-17 years in prison despite evidence that exonerated them.
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Mar. 25, 1931 | Nine Black Teens Arrested and Falsely Accused of Rape in Scottsboro, AL
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/mar/25
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AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY
10 days ago
On this day in 1916, Marcus Garvey, the father of the black nationalist and pan african movements, arrived in America from Jamaica.
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10 days ago
Zulu Master Weaver Beauty Ngxongo,1993 known for her watertight isichumo baskets
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Black Girl Nerds
11 days ago
Bridget Mason, known as Biddy Mason, is a Black woman who, at one point in time, was one of the wealthiest people in Los Angeles, California. Her life is one of the greatest examples of perseverance and the power of community.
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One of the Wealthiest People in Los Angeles Was a Black Woman, and Her Name Was Biddy Mason | Black Girl Nerds
Biddy Mason was born into slavery and walked to California in chains. She died one of the wealthiest landowners in Los Angeles.
https://blackgirlnerds.com/one-of-the-wealthiest-people-in-los-angeles-was-a-black-woman-and-her-name-was-biddy-mason/
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD
11 days ago
www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...
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Why Nashville's new county historian visits a lynching site each year
Learotha Williams, a historian and Tennessee State University professor, is the first Black Davidson County historian in Nashville history.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/davidson/2026/03/23/nashville-davidson-county-tn-historian-learotha-williams/88985383007/
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Lupita Nihongo
11 days ago
The question that broke America fundamentally was ‘do all people deserve basic rights?’ This question was too hard for us. Too hard for our leadership. It still is. So now all of our rights are in jeopardy.
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The Guardian
13 days ago
It’s time for the UN to formally recognise the transatlantic slavery trade as a crime against humanity | John Dramani Mahama
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It’s time for the UN to formally recognise the transatlantic slavery trade as a crime against humanity | John Dramani Mahama
This is not about assigning collective guilt to present generations. But injustice does not simply fade with time – it requires deliberate effort to address and redress, says Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/22/un-formally-recognise-transatlantic-slavery-trade-crime-against-humanity?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1774175551
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Equal Justice Initiative
15 days ago
On this day in 1924, Virginia passed the Eugenical Sterilization Act authorizing forced sterilization and enacted a prohibition on interracial marriage in an effort to "purify the white race."
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Mar. 20, 1924 | Virginia Passes Acts Seeking To 'Purify The White Race'
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/mar/20
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe ca. 1941 "Four Or Five Times"
YouTube video by harryoakley
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VnWz2AJ4I7s
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Equal Justice Initiative
15 days ago
Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr., 85, died following a heart attack on March 5 at his home in Tuskegee, Alabama. He championed nonviolence around the world and laid the groundwork for the Selma voting rights campaign that led to the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
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EJI Remembers Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr., Champion of Nonviolent Action
Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr., 85, died on March 5 at his home in Alabama.
https://eji.org/news/eji-remembers-dr-bernard-lafayette-jr-champion-of-nonviolent-action/
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗
15 days ago
Things you take for granted now: The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990, a mere 36 years ago. Every "nay" vote against its passage was a Republican.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
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The Iconic Civil Rights Protest You Don't Know | American Experience | PBS
Meet the protesters who crawled their way into history—and changed how all Americans live.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/iconic-civil-rights-protest-you-dont-know/#:~:text=Bush%20signed%20the%20ADA%20into,second%20class%20citizens%2C%20needed%20change
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Demimonde, a Back Roll Baddie
15 days ago
It took them 6 hours to get Cesar Chavez off shit and holidays, but them confederate monuments took 678654 years to come down. I'm like damn, ain't never seen y'all hate evil folks like y'all hate evil minorities 😂
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Equal Justice Initiative
16 days ago
On this day in 1939, just months after he prevailed in a lawsuit to force the University of Missouri to accept him to its all-white law school, a young Black man named Lloyd Gaines went missing and was never seen again.
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Mar. 19, 1939 | Lloyd Gaines Believed to Be Killed After Winning Missouri Desegregation Case
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/mar/19
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in so many ways, our history in this country can be reduced to “our happiness pisses them off”
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EL País Unofficial
18 days ago
Cuba is left without power due to the complete collapse of its electrical grid
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Cuba is left without power due to the complete collapse of its electrical grid
https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-16/cuba-is-left-without-power-due-to-the-complete-collapse-of-its-electrical-grid.html
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle
19 days ago
Did you know that every March 16 is Black Press Day? Beginning one year after America's Bicentennial, March 16 is designated as Black Press Day in honor of the publication of the first Black newspaper on March 16, 1827: Freedom's Journal. Today is the 49th anniversary
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Chanea Bond
19 days ago
Delroy Lindo is an intergenerational, intercontinental treasure; he deserves every single good thing. Thank you, Ryan Coogler, for creating a world where Lindo got to bring Delta Slim to life.
#Oscars
#Sinners
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD
21 days ago
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Beyond Rosa Parks And Harriet Tubman — 15 Black Women History Class Forgot To Teach You About
These Black women remind us that history is much longer than the handful of names most of us learned in school.
https://madamenoire.com/1662795/black-women-you-didnt-learn-about-in-school/
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Equal Justice Initiative
22 days ago
On this day in 2020, Louisville police officers shot and killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor during a no-knock raid in the middle of the night in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Mar. 13, 2020 | Louisville Police Kill Breonna Taylor During Nighttime No-Knock Raid
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/mar/13
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Phil Lewis
22 days ago
I wrote about a museum that is near and dear to my heart, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
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A viral video series is breathing life into one of the country’s oldest Black history museums
Staff at Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History are spoofing what it is like to work at the legendary institution from a distinctly Black perspective.
https://www.whatimreading.net/p/viral-video-series-charles-wright-museum-african-american-history
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Deacon Blues
23 days ago
The press called Betty Shabazz, Coretta Scott King, and Myrlie Evers "the widows." Between them, they held six degrees, ran three national institutions, raised sixteen children alone, and spent a combined sixty years fighting for justice their husbands didn't live to see.
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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture
24 days ago
Jacob Lawrence, The railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North, 1940-41
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134636
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle
24 days ago
March 10 is also the National Day of Rest for Black Women
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Denise Oliver-Velez
24 days ago
Black Kos Tuesday: The necessity of Black media
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Black Kos Tuesday: The necessity of Black media
The necessity of Black media Commentary by Chitown Kev I want to begin this entry by acknowledging that I am as guilty of not reading or paying attention to�Black media as a lot of other people......
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/10/2372344/-Black-Kos-Tuesday-The-necessity-of-Black-media?utm_campaign=recent
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD
26 days ago
That moment after the Civil War when noted abolitionist and educator Frances Ellen Watkins Harper came to Nashville to talk about Freedom. Some found her political teaching “abominable.”
#InternationalWomensDay2026
#Recontruction
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