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Jun

Serving Up Progress

Categories: All Photos
Tags: activism, Activist, Activists, Black History, Black History Month, chase, Chef, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, death, Dooky Chase, food, Gumbo, Leah, Leah Chase, louisiana, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK Jr., new orleans, Obama, President

What a life. American history has always been driven by visionaries like Leah Chase—and all the men and women who w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 03, 2019

Mar

Dancing Queen

By Nerdy Wonka 117 Comments

Categories: All Photos, All Videos and Michelle Obama
Tags: Barack Obama, birthday, Black History, Black History Month, Blue Room, celebrating, celebration, celebrations, dance, dancing, Happy Birthday, Michelle Obama, Music, Obama, Political And Funny Tweets, tweets, virginia, Virginia McLaurin, white house

Still dancing at 110 years old—happy birthday, Virginia! https://t.co/IYuNYLJqT5
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Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) March 12, 2019

@MichelleObama This was truly a wonderful moment to see at the White House. Love watching this. Thank you! amp.twimg.com/v/549ad94b-166…
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Matt Leeds (@Mleeds2048) March 12, 2019

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@MichelleObama Ms. Virginia McLaurin is enjoying her birthday and greatly appreciates your greetings. She reflects… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Deborah Menkart (@dmenkart) March 12, 2019

What a great moment. Happy 110th, Virginia. twitter.com/michelleobama/…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 12, 2019

Feb

The Real SOTU

By Nerdy Wonka 116 Comments

Categories: All Videos
Tags: abrams, Black History, Black History Month, Climate Change, Congress, democrats, economy, georgia, healthcare, jobs, medicaid, poverty, SCOTUS, SOTU, Stacey, Voter Suppression, voting

Feb

Hello, Black History Month!

By Nerdy Wonka 106 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: Black History, Black History Month, education, Hughes, Langston, Peoms, poetry, Political And Funny Tweets, students, teacher, teachers, tweets

Just look at how this teacher reimagined her classroom door in celebration of Black History Month! ❤️🙏🏿 https://t.co/zBLZozo4zz
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Kyra's Shea Medleys Hair & Skincare (@KyraSheaMedleys) January 30, 2019

On this eve of #BlackHistoryMonth, I am beyond grateful to have been born black, raised by black people, and consis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Broderick Greer (@BroderickGreer) February 01, 2019

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Today’s Google doodle in honour of the great Sojourner Truth. Born Isabella Baumfree in 1797, she was an African-Am… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ebyan (@EbyanEgal) February 01, 2019

...at the Ohio women’s convention, her speech highlighted how both the black movement and women’s suffragette were… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ebyan (@EbyanEgal) February 01, 2019

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In my first piece for @nytimes, I write about legendary black fashion designer Zelda Wynn Valdes, who designed your… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Tanisha C. Ford (@SoulistaPhD) February 01, 2019

"I started to ask myself some important questions, like 'what do I really care about?' and 'how do I give something… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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MAKERS (@MAKERSwomen) February 01, 2019

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To fling my arms wide In some place of the sun, To whirl and to dance Till the white day is done. Then rest at cool… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Poets.org (@POETSorg) February 01, 2019

In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, we celebrate American abolitionist Sojourner Truth, who escaped from slavery & beca… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Google Doodles (@GoogleDoodles) February 01, 2019

Feb

Strutting Into Black History Month

By Nerdy Wonka 116 Comments

Categories: All Photos and All Videos
Tags: beyonce, Black History, Black History Month, california, Celebrities, Celebrity, Coachella, Music, Political And Funny Tweets, tweets

Happy Black History Month https://t.co/baaitGYl93
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slum beautiful (@naimaism) February 01, 2019

Feb

Celebrating People Who Made America Better

By Nerdy Wonka 133 Comments

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Tags: Barack Obama, Black History, Black History Month, jackie, Jackie Robinson, Obama, Political And Funny Tweets, President, robinson, tweets

As we celebrate Black History Month and Jackie Robinson’s 100th birthday, we celebrate the life of all whose courag… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 01, 2019

Aug

August 28th

By Nerdy Wonka 143 Comments

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Tags: August 28th, Black History, Black History Month, Emancipation Proclamation, history, slavery, Smithsonian

Tonight on OWN at 7PM EST/6PM CST

I was commissioned to create an installation about Black people in America by Smithsonian’s National Museum of Afri… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 28, 2018

From the opening of @NMAAHC a couple of years ago. We gathered for the dedication ceremony by the last real Preside… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 28, 2018

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A few frames from the making of AUGUST 28: A Day In The Life Of A People. I was an African-American Studies major a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 28, 2018

Tonight, watch @Ava's short-form film “August 28: A Day in the Life of a People” as it makes its television debut o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Queen Sugar (@QueenSugarOWN) August 28, 2018

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August 28 marks a significant day in black history. So much so that director Ava DuVernay made it the focus of an o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 28, 2018

August 28, 1833: Slavery was abolished in the U.K. and throughout the British empire. (Photo: Getty) https://t.co/2UqQEvF1Je
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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 28, 2018

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August 28, 1955: Emmett Till, 14, was brutally beaten and shot to death by white men in Mississippi. The trial arou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 28, 2018

August 28, 1963: Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have A Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., as the M… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 28, 2018

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August 28, 2005: Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana, and the resulting devastation disproportionately imp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 28, 2018

August 28, 2008: Sen. Barack Obama became the first black man to win the nomination of a major party for president.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 28, 2018

Apr

The Victims Of White Supremacy

By Nerdy Wonka 121 Comments

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Tags: alabama, Ava Duvernay, Black History, Black History Month, bryan, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, lynching, Lynching Memorial, memorial, montgomery, Political And Funny Tweets, slaves, Stevenson, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy

“Mary Turner, who after denouncing her husband’s lynching by a rampaging white mob, was hung upside down, burned an… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) April 26, 2018

Feb

#BlackPanther: Perfect Timing

By Nerdy Wonka 113 Comments

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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, Basketball, Black History, Black History Month, Black Panther, LeBron, movies, nba, Political And Funny Tweets, tweets

LeBron James’ ringing endorsement of Black Panther: https://t.co/t5iDDzMik8
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Dave McMenamin (@mcten) February 27, 2018

Feb

Chat Away

By Nerdy Wonka 99 Comments

Categories: All Photos, All Videos and Michelle Obama
Tags: Amanpour, Amy, Artists, Barack Obama, Black History, Black History Month, Cinema, cnn, Films, Gallery, interview, Kehinde, Michelle, Michelle Obama, movies, national, National Portrait Gallery, Obama, portrait, portraits, President, Sherald, washington, Wiley

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From HOUSE PARTY to LOSING GROUND to GANJA AND HESS to I AM SOMEBODY, this list makes me swoon. A strong starting p… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) February 01, 2018