@blackjoy @clayrivers The best thing about that statue is its placement. The SA Embassy is directly across Massachusetts Avenue from the #British Embassy, and its statue of #Churchill giving the “V-For-Victory” salute. #Mandela was placed across from him, giving a #BlackPower salute. It’s just a giant F—- You to #colonialism that I adore every time I pass it. So brilliant.

“Black women have long been the backbone of the Democratic Party. It was Black women who tried to deliver a Hillary presidency, with 94% voting for her compared with only 47% of white women. It was Black women who got Joe Biden elected and also insisted on a Black woman Vice President.”

https://epgn.com/2023/08/16/can-black-women-save-our-democracy/

#BlackWomen #BlackLivesMatter #BlackPower #Democracy

Mutulu Shakur passed beginning his transition on July 7, 2023. A New Afrikan movement veteran, member of the Black Liberation Army, and stepfather of Tupac Shakur. He spent 36 years behind bars as a political prisoner/prisoner of war and was only released late last year.

"The struggle was never about me, but for the will of the people,” the longtime political prisoner once wrote.
#BlackMastodon #FreeEmAll #MutuluShakur #BlackPower

Political prisoner and wife get #mural in East# Oakland

On Monday, April 24, friends and family joined together to celebrate the unveiling of a new mural on the East Oakland Youth Development Center. The mural holds significance for many reasons – from the rich history of radical #BlackPower the Black Panthers held onto to form their organization and to protect their community to the depiction of Black lovers.

The lovers in question are none other than #Mumia Abu Jamal and his late wife #Wadiya Jamal, who passed away last year near Christmas. Mumia Abu Jamal, the Black Panther Party’s Minister of Information for the Philly chapter, has been wrongfully imprisoned for 41 years. Despite the circumstances, Mumia, his family and his many international followers have maintained hope and courage in the face of cruelty. (...)

https://sfbayview.com/2023/05/political-prisoner-and-wife-get-mural-in-east-oakland/

#BPP #PoliticalPrisoners #FreeMumia #FreeThemAll

The largely unknown (but fascinating) story of Peter Norman, the white Australian runner on the podium for a silver medal at the 1968 #Olympics when Tommy Smith and John Carlos gave their famous #BlackPower salute during the US national anthem.

https://kottke.org/16/08/the-white-man-in-the-photo-of-the-black-power-salute-at-the-1968-olympics

“He has endured death threats, seen employees walk away and been told by others in the industry that his future is ruined. He started wearing a bulletproof vest on job sites and got a permit to carry a concealed firearm for protection.”

White contractors wouldn’t remove Confederate statues. So a Black man did it. (Gift article) https://wapo.st/3G8CATj #WhiteSupremacy #Racism #AntiRacism #Equality #BlackPower

“A history of the women’s movement with children, race & welfare rights at its core, a history of women’s politics grounded in community organizing & African American economic development.” The Story of Iconic Feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes: WITH HER FIST RAISED https://blackwallst.media/the-story-of-iconic-feminist-dorothy-pitman-hughes-with-her-fist-raised/ #DorothyPitmanHughes #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackPower #BlackFeminism (Alt-text: Iconic black & white photo of a youthful Dorothy Pitman Hughes & Gloria Steinem raising their fists; National Portrait Gallery.)

“Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power”: New Film on Radical Voting Activism in 1960s Alabama
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/12/12/lowndes_county_road_to_black_power
#BlackPower

Dorothy Pitman Hughes 1938-2022
May she rest in power.
#Feminism #BlackPower #BlackMastodon

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/11/dorothy-pitman-hughes-pioneering-black-feminist-dies-age-84

Yall gotta realize if you live outside the US is that racism against black people ain't going nowhere.
This shit ain't moved 1 inch since the segregation of the 1960's.
Our people still stopped and asked where you going? What you doing?
Especially in the south, these people racist asf no cap !
We have work to do family for real 💯
We need to build a soundboard thru hashtags #BlackLivesMatter #BlackMastodon #BlackPower follow me and I follow you back to share and try and make a mark 👊🏾👊🏾

RT @finneyk@twitter.com

#blackpower despite Kemp/GOP voter suppression efforts!

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/finneyk/status/1600331524884541443

#Blackpower ✊🏿

#moin Handschuhe nicht vergessen ❄ #Blackpower ✊

Fela Kuti - Water No Get Enemy #Nigeria #BlackPower #BlackMastodon #BlackPresident #PanAfrica https://youtu.be/IQBC5URoF0s

Emmanuel Macron : “Il ne faut pas politiser le #sport.”

Rappel : le poing levé du « #BlackPower » aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1968.

'i hope i die warmed by the life i tried to live.'
#art/#history: also, please accept this quick scribbled birthday tribute to preeminent poet, essayist & activist, nikki giovanni. as a member of the black arts movement, she became a leading light amongst the black power poets.
#mastoArt #nikkiGiovanni #blackPower #poetry #activism