GACO - Greenwich African Caribbean Organisation(@GreenwichAfric1) 's Twitter Profileg
GACO - Greenwich African Caribbean Organisation

@GreenwichAfric1

Established in 2002 by Mavis Best MBE and Ann-Marie Cousins, today GACO’s main focus is now on hosting this Annual Memorial Tree event...lest we forget!!

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It was such a pleasure to visit the Memorial tree planted in the gardens at .
Hearing Clr Res ipsa loquitur....AMC01 speak about the history of how her & the GACO - Greenwich African Caribbean Organisation iniated this project demonstrates the importance of us telling our own stories & being credited for our deads

It was such a pleasure to visit the Memorial tree planted in the gardens at #Charltonhouse. Hearing Clr @AMCo1 speak about the history of how her & the @GreenwichAfric1 iniated this project demonstrates the importance of us telling our own stories & being credited for our deads
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Congo is silently going through a silent genocide. Millions of people are being killed so that the western world can benefit from its natural resources.

More than 60% of the world’s cobalt reserves are found in Congo, used in the production of smartphones.

Western countries are

Congo is silently going through a silent genocide. Millions of people are being killed so that the western world can benefit from its natural resources. More than 60% of the world’s cobalt reserves are found in Congo, used in the production of smartphones. Western countries are
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We are taught it’s only one holocaust, but you need to remember. you should not remember anything about the black holocaust. No mention about the African genocide. Dr. Ben.

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Activist Dion Diamond sitting on a counter stool during a civil rights sit-in, Arlington, 1960. He sat there being insulted, harassed, hit and was arrested multiple times for doing it and he’s still alive today.

—It was in the year 1960, at the height of racial segregation in

Activist Dion Diamond sitting on a counter stool during a civil rights sit-in, Arlington, 1960. He sat there being insulted, harassed, hit and was arrested multiple times for doing it and he’s still alive today. —It was in the year 1960, at the height of racial segregation in
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20th century's first genocide, was a concerted extermination of over 100,000 Heroro people by the Germans in today's Namibia.

An additional 50,000 Herero were shipped off to Europe during World War I to fight. They never came back.

Some images of captured Herero people getting

20th century's first genocide, was a concerted extermination of over 100,000 Heroro people by the Germans in today's Namibia. An additional 50,000 Herero were shipped off to Europe during World War I to fight. They never came back. Some images of captured Herero people getting
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Typical African “This is just 10 percent of what we have. We think we have more than a million buried here,” said Ali Ould Sidi, a government official responsible for managing the town’s World Heritage Sites. reuters.com/article/us-mal…

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The Black Panther Party first & most notable community program was the Free Breakfast for Children Program.

The program began in January 1969 because poverty forced families to send their children to school hungry.

—By the end of 1969, the Black Panthers were serving full free

The Black Panther Party first & most notable community program was the Free Breakfast for Children Program. The program began in January 1969 because poverty forced families to send their children to school hungry. —By the end of 1969, the Black Panthers were serving full free
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'The Black skin is not a badge of shame but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness' – Marcus Garvey ❤️💚🖤✊🏾

'The Black skin is not a badge of shame but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness' – Marcus Garvey ❤️💚🖤✊🏾
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Stephen Lawrence's father, Neville Lawrence, says 'I want Stephen's killers to confess' three decades after his son's murder.

Read more: trib.al/5uc6PC9

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Did you know that Rita Marley, the wife of Bob Marley has lived in Ghana🇬🇭 for over 20 years? She moved to Ghana alongside Bob Marley's family in the 1990s. She became a Ghanaian citizen in 2013. She changed her name to Nana Afua Adobea, a Ghanaian name.

Did you know that Rita Marley, the wife of Bob Marley has lived in Ghana🇬🇭 for over 20 years? She moved to Ghana alongside Bob Marley's family in the 1990s. She became a Ghanaian citizen in 2013. She changed her name to Nana Afua Adobea, a Ghanaian name. #ritamarley #reggaemonth
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