Hank Aaron was one of the best baseball players we’ve ever seen and one of the strongest people I’ve ever met. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to the Aaron family and everyone who was inspired by this unassuming man and his towering example. pic.twitter.com/2RZdc82Y18
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 22, 2021
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Jan
21
A Towering Example
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20
13TH
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Beautiful. 👊🏾 https://t.co/C2262PjsVj
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) June 16, 2020
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In the last 3 weeks, millions of members (a 4,665% increase vs. 3 wks prior) have sought out 13TH, Ava DuVernay’s essential doc about the intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the US.
— Netflix (@netflix) June 16, 2020
The film is also available for free on YouTube as an educational resource. pic.twitter.com/EYOVgHaV82
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20
John Lewis: A Legacy Unmatched
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Not many of us get to live to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful, remarkable way. John Lewis did:https://t.co/KbVfYt5CeQ
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 18, 2020
Farewell, sir.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 18, 2020
You did, indeed, fight the good fight and get into a lot of good trouble.
You served God and humanity well.
Thank you.
Take your rest. #JohnLewis pic.twitter.com/U1cPEwfCGO
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"How long can we be patient? We want our freedom now."
— African American Policy Forum (@AAPolicyForum) July 18, 2020
Rest in power, John Lewis ✊🏿 pic.twitter.com/lx5nOHsCeD
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— Paolo Uggetti (@PaoloUggetti) July 18, 2020
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When I visited Uncle John last week, I looked in his eyes and said, “Well done.”
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 18, 2020
I told him that I loved him and that we are going to continue to fight.
So I must mourn and move at the same time.#JohnLewis pic.twitter.com/v6VxL48vgw
Vivian. Lowery. Lewis. Young.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 17, 2020
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#CTVivian and #JohnLewis have journeyed on together.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 18, 2020
Two great vessels for the work of justice, including for voting rights for Black people in America.
It’s not happenstance that, in this critical hour, with so much on the line in November, their lives are lifted high. pic.twitter.com/LsW7Ol0eXL
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— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 17, 2020
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“We were beaten, we were tear gassed. I thought I was going to die on this bridge. But somehow and someway, God Almighty helped me here.”
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 18, 2020
This would be the last time John Lewis would visit the Edmund Pettus Bridge, 55 years after Bloody Sunday pic.twitter.com/BXqHyO0CQl
https://twitter.com/ira/status/1284336818490466304
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I’m finding myself in the deepest gratitude that John Lewis and CT Vivian got the chance to become elders. To pass on the wisdom. To pray for us. Grow us. Lead us.
— brittany packnett cunningham. (@MsPackyetti) July 18, 2020
They chose freedom work that easily shortens one’s life. And we got to keep them for a while. What a blessing.
John Lewis could have been martyred that Bloody Sunday. Rev. Vivian could have been murdered at those sit ins.
— brittany packnett cunningham. (@MsPackyetti) July 18, 2020
God spared them long enough for them to keep fighting and to teach us how to fight.
I’m awe struck by the privilege to walk this earth at the same time as them.
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My heart is heavy, but I am resolute.
— brittany packnett cunningham. (@MsPackyetti) July 18, 2020
They tread paths we get to walk.
What an awesome privilege.
What an awesome responsibility.
John Lewis. CT Vivian.
Giants who walked among us.
And we get to walk in their footsteps.
I say we get to, because liberation work is as much a privilege as it is a duty.
— brittany packnett cunningham. (@MsPackyetti) July 18, 2020
So many didn’t live long enough to see themselves worthy of being free, let alone struggle for it to become real.
Walk upright, family. As they did. As they want us to. No matter the strife.
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There is nothing we can’t over come.
— brittany packnett cunningham. (@MsPackyetti) July 18, 2020
I don’t care who beats us back. I don’t care who snatched progress. I don’t care how hard they try to wrestle freedom from our hands.
Freedom is ours. Justice is divine.
We will win.
— brittany packnett cunningham. (@MsPackyetti) July 18, 2020
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https://twitter.com/BridgetMarie/status/1284335406000070657
Elders, now ancestors. Hallelujah. pic.twitter.com/ze53PFMTuh
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 18, 2020
Talking reparations and white privilege. #BetweenTheScenes pic.twitter.com/snfdDr5qTv
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) February 8, 2020
“Mary Turner, who after denouncing her husband’s lynching by a rampaging white mob, was hung upside down, burned and then sliced open so that her unborn child fell to the ground.” #neverforget https://t.co/FcrNOBLlrK
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) April 26, 2018
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15
President Obama Gives The Country Some Well Deserved Real Talk
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A must listen to interview. Marc was great. He asked very relevant questions and covered an interesting breadth of topics. President Obama was fantastic. He doesn’t have to run his answers through pollsters, a communication team, a PR firm, etc., He is always refreshingly honest because he speaks from the heart. A hallmark of a true leader
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.@POTUS ✓@MarcMaron ✓
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) June 22, 2015
In the garage ✓
Listen to the podcast now → http://t.co/QdBakcxZZI pic.twitter.com/7kXfGtvFQ6
Today is @POTUS day on @WTFpod! He’s the President! Good talk! Do it up! http://t.co/TRZkCfIIIs pic.twitter.com/y6ddDtL2z8
— marc maron (@marcmaron) June 22, 2015
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"Outraged" over POTUS use of n word? Try listening to the whole podcast. But, beware, you may learn something. http://t.co/6dD50Uosu4
— gwen ifill (@gwenifill) June 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/elonjames/status/613013555156135936
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Hey white people - Obama did not create race tensions by using the N-word. Your ancestors already accomplished that centuries ago.
— it’s frickin bats 🦇 (@TypicalTahdig) June 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/ChiefElk/status/613008630003052544
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Notice the fake azz outrage white #Presstitutes are displaying b/c PresObama used the n-word. Yet they're not outrage by ConfedFlag. .@whca
— RanMan — 🎇✨🎆🎉🎊🍾🥂 (@ranman09) June 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/thetrudz/status/532014660351180801
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How many times has Obama been called a nigger over the past 7 years? But y’all are feigning surprise when he uses it in context? Fall down.
— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) June 22, 2015
White folks more mad at Obama and @deray than they are at Dylann Roof. This country is irrevocably broken.
— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) June 22, 2015
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I appreciate Obama. I’m pretty sure he’s about to drop some serious truth bombs on people and white folks are going to lose it.
— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) June 22, 2015
Obama didn’t just drop the word nigger in a podcast for no reason. Something is up.
— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) June 22, 2015
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