‘It’s deeper than slavery’: Lisbon street project reclaims Portugal’s unseen black history’ theguardian.com/world/article/…

France has helped assassinate 23 progressive African presidents since 1963, and people have the audacity to ask “why is Africa the way it is “

Thomas Sankara held the view that “a soldier without any political or ideological training is a potential criminal.” This speaks to the fact that soldiers need ideological training in addition to military training.

Queen Nzinga Mbande stands as one of the most extraordinary monarchs in African history, renowned for her intelligence, political and diplomatic wisdom, and unmatched bravery in the face of the Portuguese colonial onslaught in the 17th century. #Africanhistory #blackhistorymonth

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me. —Zora Neale
Hurston

St Mark the Evangelist holding a fly-whisk and a cross

Ethiopia, 17th c. (?) #StMark #mark #evangelist #cross #africanart

I sort of created the hiphop music ’sketchOgraph. For example when 172 people lined up in London to purchase my Art book i merely didn’t sign them I sketchographed them. I seek to do beyond what rappers do. So I don’t battle rap for attention i challenge ART ..fast as FLASH

In 2004, Sheena Meade was arrested over a bounced check. Since then she's fought the stigma of her record, and now leads The Clean Slate Initiative, which has passed laws in 12 states and advocates for over 30M eligible individuals. brnw.ch/21wJFIo

#OnThisDay in 1968, the Poor People’s Campaign arrived in Washington, D.C. A town called “Resurrection City” was erected as a tribute to the slain Martin Luther King Jr.
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“There is no better teacher than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.”

— Malcolm X

Student newsrooms at HBCUs to receive $200,000 in boost for journalism | US universities | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

In the underlying case that originated in Kansas and provided the name most people know, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, all but one of the plaintiffs were young girls.

Here are the girls who shaped #BrownvBoard : naacpldf.org/naacp-publicat…

The novelist ⁦colson whitehead⁩ cancels UMass commencement address, citing “shameful” police arrests of peaceful demonstrators westernmassnews.com/2024/05/09/uma…

“Like some of the songs. I couldn’t translate their language, but it was the tune of some old songs I used to hear my grandmother sing. It was just so close to my family that I cried.”
-Fannie Lou Hamer describing her experience in Guinea

Each one reach one. Each one teach one

Tuesday, May 21 | 6 PM: Join us for the premiere of the 30-minute audio drama, How Emeline Got Free. It tells the story of the 1852 Lemmon Slave Case from the perspective of Emeline Thompson, whose freedom was at stake during the trial. #SchomburgCenter
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Admiral José Padilla, hero of Colombia’s independence war, had served in the Spanish Royal Navy 'which made him familiar with the French Revolution, Haitian Revolution, & English abolitionism.” A revolutionary founder among the many Afro-descendants who fought for independence.

'In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.' - Strength to Love, 1963

#MLK #MartinLutherKingJr

The mighty, timeless Congo River flows past DRC's capital Kinshasa, its towers made dreamlike behind a haze of river mist. The current carries along two boys in the type of dugout that has made this journey for a thousand years.

We fought for our own freedom, despite the three Charters of Freedom, amendments and laws. This is why our freedom rituals look different to those ignorant of history. Today, we paid homage to the ancestors in Matthews County who believed where freedom is, God is there too.