'James Baldwin said my father was hurt because he believed the lie of white supremacy. You must understand you come from a great history, you are American history.. you are American intelligence.' -
Michael Eric Dyson
#NANCONV2024

'This is the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer which turned around the civil rights movement. It was a moment when young people came together to learn and teach on the street...this summer, Freedom Summer 2024, is where we draw the line in the sand.' -Kimberlé Crenshaw

'We wouldn't have been in this situation even after the Civil War if our allies hadn't decided 'we're done with this'....so the Reconstruction went under the table. Black people went under the table...Allies did not show up for us.'- Kimberlé Crenshaw

'This idea that diversity has just taken over the world - it's not, it's absolutely not. So what we have to do is to come from a place of truth and realize those who are attacking DEI - they're playing dirty.' - Stephanie Ruhle #NANCONV2024

'One of the things we have to recognize is that this is not just an attack on policy, it's an attack on people like people like us.' - Kimberlé Crenshaw on the attacks on DEI #NANCONV2024

We will be live tweeting #NANCONV2024 'The Attacks on DEI: Where Do WE Go From Here?' starting now with Kimberlé Crenshaw ,Michael Eric Dyson, Marc Lamont Hill, Dr. Alvin Tillery and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad.

What a great first day of #AERA24 !

Tomorrow, I'll be joining the panel “The Attacks On DEI: Where Do We Go From Here?' to discuss the importance of preserving a multiracial democracy and how we can mobilize for the Freedom to Learn!
#NANCONV2024

'If you learn history + it makes you feel bad about being white. It's because you're learning about the wrong white people. Contrast learning about white supremacists w/ white ppl who opposed enslavement, segregation + lynching.' Tim Wise
#FreedomToLearn #FreedomSummer2024

'They know that young people typically have an innate sense of justice and that if white kids learn the history of racism + its current impact, they'll do something about it like they have w/ gun violence + climate change, etc.' -Tim Wise #FreedomToLearn #FreedomSummer2024

'They (the right) don't care about white kids feelings. What they care about, is making sure that white kids don't learn about injustice, because if they learn about it, they might want to do something about it. Right?' - Tim Wise #FreedomToLearn Homeroom #FreedomSummer2024

'It's a myth about white discomfort that's happening. And, you know, along with the myth of white discomfort is normalizing the fact that Black children are expected to go to school and not have any meaningful engagement with their history.' - @jessedhagopian #FreedomSummer2024

'There's a recent study that came out that showed that, actually, black teens are nearly twice as likely as white teens to be made uncomfortable in classrooms when discussions about racial inequality come up.' - @jessedhagopian #FreedomSummer2024 #FreedomToLearn #AAPF

For Ella Baker's full speech, 'Address at the Hattiesburg Freedom Day Rally' visit: voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/ella-baker-fre… #FreedomSummer2024 #FreedomToLearn #AAPF

“Peace is not the absence of war or struggle. It is the presence of JUSTICE.” - Rosalyn Coleman Williams | Rosalyn Coleman performing the words from Ella Baker's “ADDRESS AT THE HATTIESBURG FREEDOM DAY RALLY” (21 JANUARY 1964) #FreedomSummer2024 #FreedomToLearn #AAPF