#Black #Librarians @SchomburgCenter in 1970s! They mean business!

Alfa Anderson, a vocal powerhouse best known for her work with the 1970s disco band Chic on hits like “Good Times” and “Le Freak,” has died. She was 78. whatimreading.net/p/alfa-and…

Insurance Company Celebrates 50 Billionth Fucking Over Of Customer theonion.com/insurance-compa…

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Today’s my birthday {38} and also the one year anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Refaat Alareer, the Palestinian poet, editor and educator. Amplifying his words today. May Palestine - and all other places suffering under colonialism- become free in our lifetime.

If You Can Be President With Felonies, Why Can’t Everyone Have a Fair Shot blackwestchester.com/if-you-… via @BWEditorInChief

See everyone @inclasswithcarr in 30 Minutes: this holiday week, I’ll be in today’s live chat to contribute to the discussion in relation to time! Don’t forget to like, share and subscribe! #JailbreakTheBlackUniversity youtu.be/_ZkC7LMZ2Nw?si=4ua5…

It’s enraging to know that @carloswatson of @ozy is facing 37 years in prison, given the presiding judge’s conflicts of interest. Judge Komitee admittedly has multi-million dollar financial stake, via Viking Global (where he was General Counsel), in businesses owned by the victims, and repeatedly made objections to the introduction of potentially exculpatory evidence, on behalf of the prosecution. Watch this video. Share your thoughts.

MAGA: "Why is everything about race with you?" Yeah, they went there. Let's see: •Jim Crow •Segregation •White Flight •Sundown Towns •Housing/Job Discrimination •Denial of Black historical facts/banning books •Attacks on DEI/CRT Truth is: It's always been about race.

We just came through an election where $15 billion were spent on campaign—$5 billion on the Presidential campaigns alone—but all that money didn’t get us any closer to addressing the crisis of 140 million Americans living in poverty.

140 years ago today, the Berlin Conference opened. It was a conference where European nations established the 'legal' claim that all of Africa could be occupied by whomever could take it. They set out murdering africans and taking their wealth to make Europe wealthier. THREAD

Join Billie Holiday Theatre, Inc. for its inaugural "BLACK NARRATIVE" series for a weekend of theater with works from New Heritage Repertory Theatre Voza Rivers, The Fire This Time Festival and Awoye Timpo's CLASSIX Collective. November 15-17, 2024. Get your tickets NOW!

Meanwhile..."Carbon dioxide emissions from private jets leaped almost 50% in four years, driven by a shift in the wealthy's post-pandemic travel habits including high numbers of flights serving big global events." ft.com/content/13a89ac6-6fa8…

There are so many amazing people who work at the Academy archive. Their assistance in my work and that of innumerable other historians is incalculable avclub.com/academy-lays-off-…

Trump's "secret plan" with Mike Johnson to steal the election is more devious than you probably think. It's not just electing Trump via the House. It's decreasing the overall number of electoral votes until Trump wins a majority. I explain in @thenation: thenation.com/article/politi…

New Orleans students Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson, credited with solving the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, have discovered nine more solutions to the problem nola.com/news/education/st-m…