The Ds who know how to work this media environment just need to get out there and freestyle; my Petes, my Tims, my AOCs, now's your moment.

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

Sorry yall, it's taking me longer than I thought. This dump is: - 40+ Civil Rights reading & video materials (+free access where possible) - Black orgs to purchase from or rally with + DEI committed companies In the meantime: download the swede's survival guide rib.msb.se/filer/pdf/30...

did yall know that other countries are protesting for us rn

"It's not company Boycotts. It's company Buy-cotts." - to quote a good sister. What an amazing example of positive action. Lets stop focusing *so much* on who we won't do xyz with. We need more lists of ALLIES to support and do business with. If I have time tomorrow, I'll do a resource dump/thread

Feeling a lot of pressure to perform, so I'm just gonna leave to my Mandarin app until my notifications calm down 😂😂. I'm not a revolutionary, I'm just a black woman in America who believes in community building and resource sharing.

@thatgirlsshe.bsky.social thank you for mentioning REV Dr. MLK. Too many times that gets censored out. Serving Jesus was his life.

This Is For @thatgirlsshe.bsky.social We're Serious. I'm Adding Frederick Douglass To The List Of Original Activists Whose Work Led To Action. bsky.app/profile/getw...

I just need yall to understand that my home state of SC just introduced a bill to execute women who “seek” an abortion… not even “have” one. After this devil just signed death penalty order to help states bring back lethal injections… Excuse my french but wake tf up

Sidebar: we need Kamala 2028 merch asap. Them bitches was wearing that orange idiots merch for years too

He ignored what was at that time the greatest public health crisis since the Spanish Flu because "God was judging the Gays" in his own words and effectively facilitated the crack epidemic. Gary Webb wrote a whole as newspaper series on this so I'm not explaining it

Thanks to Reaganomics, The average annual income increased by 75% though the decade, but the MEDIAN income only grew by 10%, and inflation for the first time grew at a faster rate than that income. meaning Reagan accelerated income disparity ending the period of shared wealth increase following WWII

He also starting taxing SS benefits, increased the payroll tax rate, and made self employers pay full payroll tax. As a result he, DOUBLED the national deficit as a result of the tax cuts and out Cold Warring the Soviets

community means showing up. having an understanding that when it’s time to move as one and be the support each other needs, you’re prepared and willing to do so.

I remember in HS being floored that poor whites in the North were against the war b/c they were afraid that freed slaves would take their jobs. Nothing has changed. Ppl still worry about themselves first regardless of other's realities.

brother go to work today and do the exact gesture he did and see what hr says yeah?

The Black Power Mixtape is an amazing watch to catch up!

Also, expose young children to what Monday was all about (not inauguration) KMUN public radio show skinnamerink Saturday is a good start. Just having it on while kids are going about their day. It can be found in programming-2wk archives.

@thatgirlsshe.bsky.social Your post spoke my absolute heart today. 🥺 My team has the solution. "Bite Size Black History" is a multimedia newsletter that delivers a "bite" of Black History to your in-box that's easy to digest + share. We have to meet people where they are, so we will! Thank YOU❣️

Sorry. I have a real grip with people who claim "videos over reading" (false dichotomy) is anti-intellectualist. Our heroes EXISTED. They are real people, not book characters. Which means that all they had to teach, extend beyond what they managed to write down.

It's Rev King yes, but in a whole other frequency. youtu.be/dOWDtDUKz-U?...

Royal Black and Elite is another massively informative YT channel dedicated to Black excellence in history. youtu.be/nbDAjcJvHGc?...

* Some things Never Change. #MLK #MuhammadAli "you my opposer when I want freedom; you my opposer when I want justice..."

* Here's one! The second 30 seconds here especially... a perfect intro to what the fight for justice is all about from the Louisville lip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd9a...

Not only that but they welcomed us and added translations to the text. Learning Mandarin is dope.

This is 💯- Time to listen up and learn 👏

I do believe in reading, but videos are also good.

That lawyer that represented Britney should step up and represent Wendy Williams. Obviously, he knows how to get things done.

Free Wendy Williams !! #FreeWendy

Thanks for sharing this list. I’ll be reposting. Currently learning about the The Triangle Shirtwaist fires and how they perished because doors were blocked and locked.gotta go back and see the atrocities humans have committed that were downplayed lied about or hidden.

AS YOU SHOULD

Also consider Paul Robeson And I know this list is all Americans but also worth adding: Ho Chi Minh Ernesto Guevara Fidel Castro Nelson Mandela Thomas Sankara

Here’s Florynce ‘Flo’ Kennedy leading a protest at the NYT offices in 1972. It feels very timely. www.facebook.com/watch/?v=174...

Video’s are pretty good i prefer reading about my heroes though i had just recently read about Jimmy Carter

This.

And most of America reads at a 6th grade level

i’ve been on the malcolm x train for a while now, it’s never a bad time to throw one of his speeches on in the background while you’re doing chores!

And Nina Simone and Nikki Giovanni.

Watch James Baldwin's 1965 debate with William F. Buckley over and over and over youtu.be/oFeoS41xe7w?...

I am here & ready My journey started over 10 yrs ago

probably haven't watched all his but would love to start over...there are a lot of interesting interviews on The Cavett show...Muhammad Ali interviews are amazing

I think everyone should watch Malcolm X interviews and speeches...omg....I think he was the most eloquent speaker of the 20th century...so damn amazing...also James Baldwin...especially the Dick Cavett interviews and of course the debate with buckley

If you do wanna read, I'd highly recommend ismatu gwendolyn's essays on her thread.io Very relevant, very leftist, very empathetic, very deconstructionist good reads

James Baldwin, all day every day. He always inspires.