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David Whettstone retweeted
17 Mar 2025
The GREATNESS in this photo…Happy birthday, #MyrlieEversWilliams! I celebrate your life and legacy. #WomensHistoryMonth #BettyShabazz #CorettaScottKing
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12 Mar 2025
TODAY 11 am ET Wed March 12-We the People WPFWDC 89.3FM wpfwfm.org Black Wealth Gap in Wash, DC w/Dr Sabiyha Prince, anthropologist/filmmaker; who wrote & directed the doc, Diminished Returns: The #BlackWealth Gap in #WashingtonDC
@if_fdn #Race #Economics #Cities
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David Whettstone retweeted
11 Dec 2024
I am so excited to share the cover for King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South coming out March 25! It charts his long challenge to Northern segregation from grad school onward alongside his political partner Coretta Scott King.
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David Whettstone retweeted
11 Dec 2024
On this day in 1917, the U.S. Army executed 13 Black soldiers who were sentenced to death and denied any right to appeal for defending themselves after a white mob attacked them.
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David Whettstone retweeted
10 Dec 2024
I love this:
“saying no saves you time in the future. Saying yes costs you time in the future. No is a form of time credit. You retain the ability to spend your future time however you want. Yes is a form of time debt. You have to pay back your commitment at some point.”
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David Whettstone retweeted
10 Dec 2024
Imani Perry blurbed my new book! Thank you @imaniperry!
“Dark Laboratory is stunning, brilliant and transformative. With a vast archive and a mighty pen, Goffe tells the story of modernity and it discontents through the land, legacy, and people of the Caribbean…”
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11 Dec 2024
11amET Wed Dec 11-WethePeople @WPFWDC 89.3FM wpfwfm.org #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls--
#DomesticViolence & #Femicide w/Kalliopi Mingeirou Chief-Ending Violence... at #UNWomen; Karma Cottman CEO Ujima: Natl Ctr on Violence Agnst #Women...Black Cmmnty @ujimacommunity
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30 Oct 2024
TODAY 11 am ET Wed Oct 30 on We the People @WPFWDC 89.3FM wpfwfm.org When Freedom Is the Question, Abolition is the Answer w/Bill Ayers @WilliamAyers What is freedom? How do we get free? What freedom dreams encourage us & drive us forward? @BeaconPressBks #Justice
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23 Oct 2024
TODAY 11 am ET on We the People @WPFWDC 89.3FM wpfwfm.org Exploring the Culture of Black Washington with guest Lauri Williamson founder/Chief Experience Officer at DC Tours and Events.
#BlackCulture #WashingtonDC
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David Whettstone retweeted
15 Oct 2024
Prince Saunders (b. 1775) was a scholar, diplomat, author, & Dartmouth alum. His father, born in Guyana & known for his great medical skill, served with the Patriots during the American Revolution & purchased his freedom with his enlistment bounty.
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David Whettstone retweeted
16 Oct 2024
B/R graphic lists what Tom Brady cannot do as on air person because of his NFL ownership stake. Could any other person be a football broadcaster with these kinds of restrictions? How is he supposed to get better at the job? (and he really needs to get better).
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David Whettstone retweeted
16 Oct 2024
Afro-Portuguese ivory vessel (salt cellar). Kingdom of Benin, 1500-1550. #slaveryarchive
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David Whettstone retweeted
16 Oct 2024
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
16 Oct 2024
Three (3) people — Elon Musk, Miriam Adelson, and Dick Uihlein — tossed $220 million ($220,000,000) into pro-Trump funds just between July & September
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David Whettstone retweeted
15 Oct 2024
Amiri Baraka's Tribute - Poetry Libation with Brian Gilmore, Laini Mataka and more, a World of Black Authors, Black Writers in the Storm's Wake....all happening at Sankofa! wix.to/GMVjKWf
#sankofa #sankofadc #sankofabookstore #sankofadmv #dcevents #dmvevents
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David Whettstone retweeted
16 Oct 2024
On this day in 1968, Black Olympic medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos faced death threats and expulsion for protesting racial inequality. calendar.eji.org/racial-inju…
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David Whettstone retweeted
16 Oct 2024
Lieutenant Colonel Allen Allensworth (b. 1842) freed himself during the Civil War & enlisted in the US Navy where he was appointed Chaplain of the 24th Regiment by President Grover Cleveland. In 1908 he founded Allensworth, California, a free Black town that is now a state park.
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David Whettstone retweeted
16 Oct 2024
BREAKING: Victory! A Georgia judge blocked the Election Board’s hand count rule, which would’ve required poll workers to count the total number of ballots by hand on Election Day. The judge called the rule “too much, too late” for the 2024 elections:cbsnews.com/news/georgia-j… 1/4
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