@JLHarwell
I join you in this significant highlight. And, the attendants in the protocol at court last night was like a Black justice gauntlet of justice warriors. All that melaninization of the process.
But I old enough, educated enough to understand that but for Black people, freed Black people, all of 'em - America put little thought into the nature of its character.
We, my , our . . . #Blackhistorymatters #TrustYourStruggle #BlackMastodon

Extremely common in US history.
https://t.co/TIVXfLMKvG
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackHistory #landgrab #domesticterrorism #BlackPolitics

More at the National Archives
#BlackMastadon #BlackHistoryMatters https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/dred-scott-v-sandford

“I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. And I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.” #martinlutherkingjr
#blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #blacklivesmatter #blm

“The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt”
#JesseJackson
#blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #blacklivesmatter #blm

“They hate because they fear, and they fear because they feel that the deepest feelings of their lives are being assaulted and outraged. And they do not know why; they are powerless pawns in a blind play of social forces.” #RichardWright
#blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #blm #blacklivesmatter #LitStudies

Pictured: Ron DeSantis supporters anticipating an announcement for a 2024 POTUS run, as well as a win, confidently prepare for his inaugural parade.
#RonDeSantis #RacistRonDeSantis #RacistRon #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#BlackHistoryMatters #KKK #GOP #MAGA #WhiteNationalism #racism

“Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave, and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.” #AliceChildress
#blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #BLM #blacklivesmatter #LitStudies

🎶There been times that I thought
I couldn't last for long
But now, I think I'm able
To carry on
It's been a long
A long time coming, but I know
A change gon' come
Oh yes, it will 🎶
#SamCooke
#blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #blacklivesmatter #blm #music

“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” #JamesBaldwin
#blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #blacklivesmatter #blm

“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.” #ZoraNealeHurston
#blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #blm #blacklivesmatter #LitStudies @litstudies

“My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.” #BarackObama
#PresidentsDay #blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #blm #immigration

“My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.” #BarackObama
#PresidentsDay #blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #blm

“All classes of people under social pressure are permeated with a common experience; they are emotionally welded as others cannot be. With them, even ordinary living has epic depth and lyric intensity, and this, their material handicap, is their spiritual advantage.” #AlainLocke
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMatters #blacklivesmatter #blm

“Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.”
#HenryLouisGatesJr
#blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #censorshup #blacklivesmatter #blm

“Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live, a place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive; built of hopes and dreams and visions, rock of faith and vault of grace; here the love of Christ shall end divisions: All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.” #MichaelCurry #BishopMichaelCurry #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #episcopal #episcopalian

On February 16, 1847, the legislature of Missouri passed an act that prohibited “Negroes and mulattoes” from learning to read and write and assembling freely for worship services. The act also forbade the migration of free Black people to the state.
#BlackHistoryMatters
https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/feb/16

“Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today.” #MalcolmX
#blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #blacklivesmatter #blm

“A racist system inevitably destroys and damages human beings; it brutalizes and dehumanizes them, blacks and whites alike.” #KennethClark
#blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #blacklivesmatter #blm

I’m listening to the #ChrisHayes podcast- he’s interviewing Minnijean Brown-Trickery, one of #LittleRockNine He asks her if there were any nice white kids. She responds that there were about 20 nice kids, 200 mean kids, and 1800 who said and did nothing but watched. And that there is the societal breakdown of good and evil…then and now. #blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #blacklivesmatter #blm