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On this day in 1955, Claudette Colvin,15, was arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white woman on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
She was arrested 9months before Rosa Parks, but NAACP didn't want her to represent their organization because she was 15 and pregnant.
1990er Jahre so ruhig?? Die bisherig größten antirassistischen Bewegungen wie z.B.die Schwarze Deutsche, May Ayim oder Kanak Attak, bildeten sich alle Mitte der 90er.Nur weil man als weiße, unbetroffene Menschen diese Bewegungen nicht kannte, heißt’s nicht, dass es sie nicht gab!
Lots of people constantly call on young activists, particularly BLM, to be like Martin Luther King. They have no idea what they're really calling for. Five ways to actually BE like Martin Luther King on what would have been his 94th birthday.
Before serving as minister in his native Haiti, scholar Anténor Firmin took a diplomatic post in Paris & joined the Society of Anthropology. His 1885 book On the Equality of Human Races used scientific empiricism to refute racist pseudoscience & pioneer modern anthropology.
Centering the human experience of displacement, Refuge shines needed light on how countries structure the potential of people, new arrivals or otherwise, within their borders. Out now in paperback, e-book, and hardcover. hubs.ly/Q01w5lFL0#MigrantDay
ALT Slate grey background with book cover of Refuge. On cover is a pair of people walking down a paved road several bags of luggage. Title is in tall white letters at the top.
I am often asked 'what exactly do you mean by no borders"
So I wrote on what borders are, why we need to abolish borders, and how movements are defying & dismantling borders.
w/thanks to Robin Kelley, Adom Getachew, Deborah Chasman, Hannah Liberman.
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Liebe Geschichtsbubble, ich bin auf der Suche nach einer/einem Podcaster:in, der/die Lust hätte, für ein größeres Projekt eine Podcastreihe zu u.a. Grenzgedenkstätten an der hessisch-thüringischen Grenze zu konzipieren und umzusetzen. Gern retweeten! Vielen Dank! #twitterstorians
Where were the Black GIs sent to keep them away from German women? Korea! Last chance to register & watch the film. I’ve been waiting to hold this conversation for years. Deann is an exemplary documentarian, ethically telling stories from an adoptee’s perspective.@hackenesch 1/2
The film has been made available for our registered guests. You don’t want to miss this film, or the conversation with the filmmaker next week! eventbrite.com/e/a-conversat…
This is from my Ukranian friend Zoriana: „I am shocked that the world is still silent. It is important for us that the countries impose tough sanctions on Russia. Now Germany needs only one thing - to separate Russia from SWIFT. Please help influence this.“ She‘s right.
Heute vor 21 Jahren wurde der damals 38-jährige #EnverŞimşek an seinem mobilen Blumenstand in #Nürnberg von #NSU -Nazis mit 8 Schüssen hingerichtet. Es war der erste Mord der rassistischen Mordserie der NSU. Şimşek hinterließ eine Frau & 2 Kinder #Rassismustötet#niemalsvergessen
Ich kann dieses Gerede von „unserem Wohlstand“ einfach nicht mehr hören. Deutschland ist ein tief gespaltenes Land. Die reichsten 10 % teilen 2/3 des gesamten Vermögens unter sich auf, währen 16 % in #Armut leben. Klimaschutz wird nur #sozialökologisch funktionieren. #Umverteilen