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…and just like that, my blue check mark is gone.
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Join @ire_nicar’s #Investigative Managers and #Editors of Color community for a conversation w/ @keithlalexander, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editor-at-large at @BLaw on Friday, 6/12 from noon to 1 pm. Zoom link is in the JOC Slack investigative managers channel. #journalism
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Aunt Benét: Retire? Nope! #IRE retweeted
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JFK TERMINAL 8 TONIGHT WHEN THE KNICKS TOOK THE LEAD
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This is *exactly* why I pay $99 a year to store my stories on @Authory. I’ve had 2 publications close & 2 more that erased my past stories. Authory saves them so they never disappear. I do NOT get anything from Authory; I just want y’all to have a home for your work. #journalism
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ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com/politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge.
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Here’s wishing you ALL a very happy #maythe4th ! I was 14 when the first movie came out. How much do I love #StarWars? Here’s my story for @thepointsguy about my voyage at @waltdisneyworld’s Star Wars Hotel (RIP).
thepointsguy.com/news/star-w…
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Where is everyone? @BWI_Airport is empty. There was NO line at Einstein Bagels. It’s kinda eerie here… #travel #letsgo #nicar26
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William Norwood was the 1st #Black #pilot to fly for @United. He was inspiration to fly while in elementary school in Centralia, Ill., where his principal was a #pilot with the #TuskegeeAirmen during World War II. #BHM #blacksinaviation 🧵/1
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Norwood was in ROTC at @SIUC and was quarterback of the football team as the first #Black in that position. He graduated with a degree in chemistry in 1959. He flew B-52s in the @USAirForce through 1965. #BHM #blacksinaviation 🧵/2
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#Pilot Marlon D. Green is known as the “Jackie Robinson of Aviation." He joined the @usairforce in 1948 to become an #aircraft mechanic. He was one of very few black airmen accepted into basic pilot training school in San Antonio in March 1950. #bhm #blacksinaviation 🧵/1
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Green’s lawyer then petitioned the @USSupremeCourt to hear the case and was granted a hearing. US Attorney General Robert Kennedy and other influential figures & organizations filed “friend of the court” briefs on Green’s behalf. #bhm #blacksinaviation 🧵/6
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In 1963, the @USSupremeCourt sided with Capt. Marlon Green, which paved the way for David Harris to become the first #Black #pilot for a major U.S. airline, @AmericanAir. #ContinentalAirlines did eventually hire Green and named a plane after him. #bhm #blacksinaviation 🧵/7
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TONIGHT!! Join the @NABJ #Entrepreneur Task Force for a timely webinar on how to handle taxes as a solo entrepreneur or #freelancer . #nabj #work
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Ruth Carol Taylor, a nurse, became the first #Black flight attendant when she was hired by #MohawkAirlines in December 1957. She applied earlier for a job at #TWA but was rejected. #BHM #blacksinaviation 🧵/1
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#Airlines didn’t hire many #Black flight attendants by #airlines until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed. Flight attendants fought for their rights as women and against age, race and marriage restrictions. #BHM #blacksinaviation 🧵/4
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