We Ain’t Going Back

Rev. Joseph Lowery was a giant who let so many of us stand on his shoulders. With boundless generosity, patience, a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 28, 2020

What a joy it was to watch him pray and preach. I took heart in him saying, “We ain’t going back. We’ve come too fa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 28, 2020

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We are grateful for what he did for this country. He carried the baton longer and surer than almost anybody. It fal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 28, 2020

Justice Stevens

NEW: Former Pres. Barack Obama on the passing of retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens: "He was a good ma… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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ABC News (@ABC) July 17, 2019

Quite a kicker: nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/… https://t.co/4wFaL24rFw

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Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) July 17, 2019

Major Strides

All 19 black women running for judge in Texas county win hill.cm/vVS2ZPY https://t.co/RPAwBgZ0Jp

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The Hill (@thehill) November 08, 2018

These two judges lost their re-election bids yesterday. twitter.com/helenprejean/s…

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Sister Helen Prejean (@helenprejean) November 07, 2018

‘You Serve The American People’

The first time President Obama met with his US Attorneys, he told us, “I appointed you but you don’t serve me. You… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

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Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) December 29, 2017

@BeverlyWade His words meant the world to us, even at the time. Enough so that people wrote them down, kept them on… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

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Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) December 29, 2017

54 Years Ago Today

54 years ago today MLK writes Letter From a Birmingham Jail. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) April 16, 2017

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Her Relationship With President Obama

#BlackLivesMatter: May The Kids Who Die Rest In Peace

On the one year anniversary of Michael Brown’s murder, we say you are never forgotten and may you rest in peace, you beautiful soul.

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Thank you, PrettyFoot58

Early Owl Chat – MLK Day

A few songs to recall and reinvigorate the struggle.

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Shirley Verrett – Oh Freedom

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Mavis Staples – We Shall Not Be Moved

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We Are The Media

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I haven’t written much about Ferguson since my last post, mostly because I can’t believe that in 2014 we’re reliving the 1960s.

But, this is something I haven’t done in the string of nights of unrest. I haven’t once turned on our vaunted mainstream media. No CNN, no MSNBC, heavens no Fox News. I’ve relied solely on Twitter to get information.

“But LL,” someone will say, “Twitter? People writing from their parents’ basements?”

Here’s a bit of what Twitter has produced.

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Night owl chat – Paul Robeson

True story: Every once in a while, I’ll break out into “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”. And invariably, it’s Paul Robeson who tries to come out. He doesn’t, but once you hear him singing that song, no other voice can fill it  in your head.

For our night owl chat, some of the inestimable Paul Robeson.

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Ol’ Man River

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Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child