Lucille Bridges: Moral Courage, Bravery, Love

Today we mourn the loss of one of the mothers of the Civil Rights Movement in New Orleans with the passing of Lucille Bridges — mother of five, including Ruby Bridges, who as a first-grader in 1960 was one of six black children to integrate the all-white William Frantz School. pic.twitter.com/AMvcxsWbJu

— Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) November 11, 2020

Lucille's strength was unbounded during this period. Her husband was reluctant when the request came from the Natio… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) November 11, 2020

Lucille insisted, seeing the action as an opportunity to help all Black children, and walked Ruby, with federal mar… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) November 11, 2020

Today, folks recall Ruby as the little girl depicted in Norman Rockwell's painting 'The Problem We All Live With,'… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) November 11, 2020

I think I speak for all mothers who want the best for their children when I hope for the same moral courage, braver… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) November 11, 2020

Lucille Bridges, the mother of Ruby Bridges, who walked with her daughter past crowds screaming racist slurs as she became the first Black student at her all-white elementary school, has died at the age of 86. https://t.co/j7najsoDe3

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 11, 2020

Ms Bridges is an American heroine. Just imagine— what a tough and dangerous decision she made for her daughter, Ruby, all the little Black girls in New Orleans and across the nation to follow. And she lived long enough to see a Black woman become VP. RIP Lucille Bridges. https://t.co/TY5mtqaIjs pic.twitter.com/VPiyFuSlTr

— Kim Bondy (@KimBondy) November 11, 2020

The Big Six

When you’ve lived eighty years of unimpeachable courage and moral clarity and you arrive on the other side to see t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) July 18, 2020

The Big Six are all together now. https://t.co/OGJwc8gW9M

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Matt Nowling (@MatthewNowling) July 18, 2020

#JusticeForAhmaudArbery

#AhmaudArbery would be turning 26 today. He was killed in February while jogging. Two white men have been charged… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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AJ+ (@ajplus) May 08, 2020

I refuse to applaud an arrest that should have been made 74 days ago. #AhmaudArbery

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brittany packnett cunningham does not do remixes. (@MsPackyetti) May 08, 2020

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"Jog during the day and not at night." They'll still kill you. "Stay in your own backyard." They'll still kill you.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) May 06, 2020

Language matters. Justice (noun): Ahmaud Arbery, alive today to celebrate his birthday. Accountability (noun): Th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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brittany packnett cunningham does not do remixes. (@MsPackyetti) May 08, 2020

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Stand with us and demand that Ahmaud’s murders are charged in his death. They are not immune from prosecution and s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Georgia NAACP (@Georgia_NAACP) April 28, 2020

White America: Watch this Tik Tok of me and my gramama twerking to Megan & Beyoncé’s remix. It’s lit! We do it for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Never Forget: They didn’t make arrests because they saw the tape and were outraged by the evil they saw, they made… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Etan Thomas (@etanthomas36) May 08, 2020

Good Citizens And Good Individuals

A great #Wednesday message from former First Lady @michelleobama. #wcw https://t.co/VvKNF4XKDF

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We Will Rise Up

Andra Day Pays Tribute to President Barack Obama! #ImageAwards https://t.co/Q48I1Ft0au

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TV One (@tvonetv) February 12, 2017

The #ImageAwards are reminding all of us to #RiseUp! ✊🏾 Thanks again @AndraDayMusic! 🎤 @tvonetv https://t.co/yvDwCb6UsN

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Veda Howard (@vedahoward) February 12, 2017

Tweets Of The Day

Everything you need to know about the remarkably strong Obama economic record in one convenient link. RT often. salon.com/2015/08/17/the…

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Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) August 18, 2015

After careful consideration, I support the #IranDeal as it is our best option to halt Iran's nuclear weapons program 1.usa.gov/1UQ6Cwd

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Senator Mazie Hirono (@maziehirono) August 18, 2015

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Dr. W.E.B. Dubois (left) holds the hand of 2 yr-old Julian Bond. http://t.co/acaafZ1HAM

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Hal Dockins (@HalDockins) August 16, 2015

SPLC Pres. Richard Cohen Recalls Julian Bond's Vital Role in SPLC's Founding w/ @democracynow: sp.lc/R0kuZ http://t.co/UIOTkuWyXQ

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SPLC (@splcenter) August 18, 2015

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CNN. Your trusted source in racist news

You don't say. *blank stare* http://t.co/5Q53mKXB2N

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Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) August 18, 2015

.@KingJames will spend more than $41M to send 1,100 kids to college foxsports.com/nba/story/lebr… via @FoxSports

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jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) August 15, 2015

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There is no liberal America for African Americans

WATCH: 14 police officers take down a one-legged homeless black man armed with crutches ow.ly/R0KOl http://t.co/0NyevjNmnO

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Raw Story (@RawStory) August 17, 2015

15 powerful drawings capture the final words spoken by black victims of state violence bit.ly/1hIQuP4 http://t.co/bDFed1NVF5

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Mic (@micnews) August 18, 2015

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#BREAKING: Former Fairfax Co. Police officer Adam Torres indicted, 2nd-degree murder, in shooting of John Geer nbc4dc.com/n1SyQVe

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NBCWashington (@nbcwashington) August 17, 2015

Mugshot: Adam Torres, now held in the Fairfax jail without bond in the death of #JohnGeer. wapo.st/1NoOQ0V http://t.co/K6oiKso708

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Tom Jackman (@stateofnova) August 18, 2015

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Geneva Reed-Veal. Sandra Bland's Mother. #blacklivesmatter #Sayhername #eephustour #HYTB 📷: @joshmellin http://t.co/TQkUsaeUaU

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New: Baltimore prosecutors say their job is to "advocate for Freddie Gray as a victim," seek to quash subpoenas fw.to/iH7P82

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Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) August 18, 2015

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The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to the enslaved. A presidential candidate saying it should be repealed scares the shit out of me.

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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) August 17, 2015

See the original document that got American women the right to vote ti.me/1Jeng0i via @TIMEHistory

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diannewheatleygiliot (@dianne_wheatley) August 18, 2015

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The nuclear deal factors enormously in the lives and hopes of every Iranian. nyti.ms/1TPQMF1 http://t.co/W85Lrs75iQ

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NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) August 17, 2015

Pincus: Republicans’ alternate reality on the Iran nuclear deal wapo.st/1IXmxn8 As with Iraq, creating their own reality.

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Matt Duss (@mattduss) August 17, 2015

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Iran Deal Looking Safer in Congress t.usnews.com/Zce4zi via @usnews

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Tintin (@tintinreports) August 17, 2015

FACT: 36 military leaders strongly support the #IranDeal. Read their letter → wapo.st/1L3wxvQ @AIPAC

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The Iran Deal (@TheIranDeal) August 17, 2015

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What will President Obama do after he leaves the White House? nyti.ms/1DYybzm http://t.co/qu1TjPvjB4

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The New York Times (@nytimes) August 17, 2015

The GOP is starting to see #Obamacare just about everywhere: on.msnbc.com/1UBA6hu (Reuters) http://t.co/phCu0yB675

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Videos show Hillary Clinton's meeting with #BlackLivesMatter activists after campaign event: nym.ag/1hK9Hjk http://t.co/uPDqBmGeTP

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New York Magazine (@NYMag) August 18, 2015

July 2015 was very likely Earth's hottest month on record. (And for the past 4,000 years.) mashable.com/2015/08/17/jul… http://t.co/QzxbGsCJVM

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Jim Roberts (@nycjim) August 18, 2015

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#Bangkok update: Death toll rises to 22 in shrine bombing; tourists are among the victims. mashable.com/2015/08/18/tou… http://t.co/barAyZLjWx

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Jim Roberts (@nycjim) August 18, 2015

#Bangkok update 2: Police seek young man in yellow T-shirst as suspect in shrine bombing. bbc.com/news/world-asi… http://t.co/HTv3kRFFvL

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Jim Roberts (@nycjim) August 18, 2015

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My friend posted this pic from outside tonight's @Cardinals game against the Giants: http://t.co/sC3r7WJB2n

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Benjamin Hochman (@hochman) August 18, 2015

Wrong. And I don't not have grammar neither. http://t.co/pRfpez3mTK

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God (@TheTweetOfGod) August 16, 2015

Rise And Shine

President Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke look out a window at Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier during a flight aboard Air Force One from Los Angeles, Calif., to Seattle, Wash., Aug. 17, 2010. Photo by Pete Souza

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.@nytimes: With Clemency From @POTUS, Drug Offender Embraces Second Chance nytimes.com/2015/08/15/us/… friends - read this.

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Joshua DuBois (@joshuadubois) August 14, 2015

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Alan Schwarz: With Clemency From Obama, Drug Offender Embraces Second Chance

Rudolph Norris walked out of Morgantown federal prison two weeks ago carrying a duffel bag like no other. First, he had spent six months hand-stitching it himself from dozens of mottled leather scraps, symbolizing the shards of his life he longed to piece back together. Then he unzipped it and pulled out his invitation to try. “Dear Rudolph,” the letter began, “I wanted to personally inform you that I have granted your application for commutation.” It was signed “Barack Obama.” Mr. Norris’s 22 years behind bars over with the stroke of the president’s pen. Mr. Norris, 58, was one of 22 federal prisoners released on July 28 through a continuing bipartisan push to shorten the sentences of nonviolent drug offenders who, during the war-on-drugs fervor of decades ago, received punishments far lengthier than they would have drawn today.

Mr. Norris immediately called his parole officer to learn his responsibilities and pledge to follow them. (His clemency does not vacate the eight years of probation to which he was originally sentenced.) He applied for food stamps and, because all he had was his Morgantown inmate card, pursued a more marketable driver’s license. His commitment to playing by the rules was so strong that he avoided a day-labor landscaping opportunity because it paid in cash, and he wanted to pay taxes like everyone else. “As I navigate my way back to society and begin a productive life,” he wrote to Mr. Obama in April, “one of the first and foremost thoughts on my mind will be my solemn commitment to prove to you that your faith in me was not at all misplaced.”

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A must read by @robgreeneII: Julian Bond And American Intellectual History sp.lc/QXQUG #JulianBond http://t.co/5ztfUxdR9W

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SPLC (@splcenter) August 16, 2015

I've shared this already, but this Julian Bond lede from @DPAQreport is worth sharing again. washingtonpost.com/news/post-nati… http://t.co/NInhMUG3FS

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Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) August 16, 2015

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Robert Greene II: Julian Bond And American Intellectual History

Julian Bond personified the Civil Rights Movement, and more broadly, the history of the twentieth century iteration of the Black Freedom Struggle. His death will leave a gaping hole in national leadership on the question of civil and human rights in American society. As historians, we need to recognize the many ways he led during his long—although it feels like it wasn’t long enough—life. And as Bond’s life continued, he never stopped being an exemplar of African American achievement and intellect. He taught at several universities and authored books.

Bond served as a Georgia state representative and senator for twenty years, before losing a controversial Democratic primary race for U.S. Congress seat to John Lewis—a race that included accusations of drug use against Bond and was an ugly episode in the post-Civil Rights Movement legacy of two icons. A consummate Southerner who worked his entire life to change the South, and the nation, into a better place, Bond was a founder of the Institute for Southern Studies in 1970, and later led the Southern Poverty Law Center from 1971 until 1979. He served as Chairman of the NAACP from 1998 until 2009, and also wrote a syndicated newspaper column, Viewpoint, as well as hosted seventeen seasons of the political commentary show, America’s Black Forum.

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Bravo to these two amazing women!

You won't find @JanelleMonae's anti-police brutality speech on The TODAY Show's website thefader.com/2015/08/15/the… http://t.co/exudOjYeoz

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The FADER (@thefader) August 16, 2015

.@amandlastenberg is the socially conscious role model we need right now bit.ly/1IIepEZ http://t.co/ebj7HKxsV1

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Mic (@micnews) August 16, 2015

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John McCain Chased Off Reservation By Pissed-Off Navajo Activists (VIDEO) reverbpress.com/news/mccain-ch… Welp.

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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) August 16, 2015

Bernie Sanders: Apology to Black Lives Matter was 'sent out by a staffer without my knowledge' #twibdocket rawstory.com/2015/08/bernie…

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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) August 16, 2015

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Straight outta compton is thug celebration but American sniper is a moving, emotional biopic..... http://t.co/BlJ0iTTcXy

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♡ ELECTRIC PUNANY ♡ (@FemaleGun) August 15, 2015

Sold cocaine, threatened to kill cops, fought 7, knocked 1 out, destroyed police metal detector. Guess who's alive? http://t.co/1r955j1Cg6

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AT EAZE (@AtEaze808) August 14, 2015

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Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton, right, listens as President Barack Obama holds a round table discussion with local small business owners during a stop at Grand Central Bakery in Seattle, Wash., Aug. 17, 2010. The President met with the group to discuss strengthening the economy and creating jobs for the families and businesses of Washington State. Photo by Pete Souza

Galesburg Senior High volleyball players join in a cheer after meeting President Barack Obama during an unannounced stop in Galesburg, Ill., Aug. 17, 2011, as part of a three-day bus tour in the Midwest. Photo by Pete Souza

Rest In Peace, Power, And Greatness, Julian Bond

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Roy Reed: Julian Bond, Former N.A.A.C.P. Chairman And Civil Rights Leader, Dies At 75

Julian Bond, a former chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a charismatic figure of the 1960s civil rights movement, a lightning rod of the anti-Vietnam War campaign and a lifelong champion of equal rights for minorities, died on Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75. Mr. Bond died in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., after a brief illness, the center said in a statement Sunday morning. He was one of the original leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, while he was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta. He moved from the militancy of the student group to the top leadership of the establishmentarian N.A.A.C.P. Along the way, he was a writer, poet, television commentator, lecturer, college teacher, and persistent opponent of the stubborn remnants of white supremacy.

He also served for 20 years in the Georgia Legislature, mostly in conspicuous isolation from white colleagues who saw him as an interloper and a rabble-rouser. Mr. Bond’s wit, cool personality and youthful face became familiar to millions of television viewers during the 1960s and 1970s; he was described as dashing, handsome and urbane. On the strength of his personality and quick intellect, he moved to the center of the civil rights action in Atlanta, the unofficial capital of the movement, at the height of the struggle for racial equality in the early 1960s. Moving beyond demonstrations, he became a founder, with Morris Dees, of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal advocacy organization in Montgomery, Ala. Mr. Bond was its president from 1971 to 1979 and remained on its board for the rest of his life.

When he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1965 — along with seven other black members — furious white members of the House refused to let him take his seat, accusing him of disloyalty. He was already well known because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s stand against the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War. That touched off a national drama that ended in 1966, when the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision ordered the legislature to seat him, saying it had denied him freedom of speech. He went on to serve 20 years in the two houses of the legislature. As a lawmaker, he sponsored bills to establish a sickle cell anemia testing program and to provide low-interest home loans to low-income Georgians. He also helped create a majority-black congressional district in Atlanta.

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Julian Bond, a former N.A.A.C.P. chairman and civil rights leader, has died at 75 nyti.ms/1Nyin6h http://t.co/w3qHEqfT9G

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The New York Times (@nytimes) August 16, 2015

The NAACP mourns the passing of Chairman Julian Bond, civil rights titan and our brother. May he rest in eternal peace.

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NAACP (@NAACP) August 16, 2015

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Julian Bond was one of a kind. We worked together in the Civil Rights Movement and he became one of my closest and dearest friends.

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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) August 16, 2015

We went through a difficult period during our campaign for Congress in 1986, but many years ago we emerged even closer.

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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) August 16, 2015

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Julian was so smart, so gifted, and so talented. He was deeply committed to making our country a better country.

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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) August 16, 2015

Julian Bond's leadership and his spirit will be deeply missed.

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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) August 16, 2015

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"Julian Bond helped change this country for the better. And what better way to be remembered than that." —@POTUS: http://t.co/Td1ig20iSz

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 16, 2015

Julian Bond & @repjohnlewis registering black voters in the South in early 1970s with the Voter Education Project http://t.co/UDdPDQeQCA

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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) August 16, 2015

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Julian Bond at the GA State House when the assembly voted to bar him from his seat due to his anti-war stance, 1966. http://t.co/JagdvAeNtg

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Robert Greene II (@robgreeneII) August 16, 2015

Julian Bond's lifetime can't be summarized in a Tweet. All we can say is thank you & a job well done. Rest in power. http://t.co/3tJlOxEEX5

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Justice League NYC (@NYjusticeleague) August 16, 2015

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We’re very sad to announce the passing of civil rights icon Julian Bond. We’ve lost a champion sp.lc/QX8aB http://t.co/FIuuSnL8lz

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SPLC (@splcenter) August 16, 2015

Remembering Julian Bond: profile of the civil rights leader before his 30th birthday in 1970. nyti.ms/1DVg4dC http://t.co/qI1dBmJk9C

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NYT Archives (@NYTArchives) August 16, 2015

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1989: Julian Bond delivered the dedication speech at the @CivilRightsCntr in Montgomery. Read: sp.lc/QXshR http://t.co/ftZygctUZm

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SPLC (@splcenter) August 16, 2015

Civil Rights Icon & Longtime @NAACP executive Julian Bond has passed. MLK to President @BarackObama #inspiration http://t.co/a1lz60uBlK

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ESHE MAGAZINE (@ESHEmagazine) August 16, 2015

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You can watch parts 2-6 by clicking on the video and watching it on Youtube

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#JulianBond, a friend & fellow traveler who with courage, set the moral & academic tone of our generation. RIP http://t.co/V2OKZMYNiW

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Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@RevJJackson) August 16, 2015

Sad to hear that Julian Bond (civil rights activist/NAACP board chairman) has passed away. Condolences to his family. http://t.co/1ORiclI6p0

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Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) August 16, 2015

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See civil rights leader Julian Bond's life in photos ti.me/1HPsgr7

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TIME.com (@TIME) August 16, 2015

So profoundly sad to learn of the passing of the great Julian Bond. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/j… - he was equal parts kind, brilliant and fierce.

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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 16, 2015

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Civil rights icon Julian Bond dies age 75 - cbsn.ws/1JZPHnP http://t.co/5z3kaWT5CX

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CBS News (@CBSNews) August 16, 2015

Civil rights activist Julian Bond is dead at 75 ti.me/1UM1PvR

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TIME.com (@TIME) August 16, 2015

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Farewell to Julian Bond. http://t.co/zreHheBFyy

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Yakyu Night Owl (@YakyuNightOwl) August 16, 2015

And here's an image of Paul Robeson with Julian Bond as a young boy. http://t.co/1ctmHi6oBV

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Robert Greene II (@robgreeneII) August 16, 2015

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We have lost a civil rights giant in Julian Bond. And the best way to honor his memory is to pass the Voting Rights Act.

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Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) August 16, 2015

Julian Bond, Civil Rights icon, has passed away at the age of 75. RIP. http://t.co/nkZMLUGwKX

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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 16, 2015

Rise And Shine

President Barack Obama browses crafts and antiques at Grasshoppers store in LeClaire, Iowa, Aug. 16, 2011, during a three-day bus tour in the Midwest. Photo by Pete Souza

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We’ve lost a champion. Rest in power, Julian. sp.lc/QX8aB #JulianBond http://t.co/pN3RwcVlbz

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SPLC (@splcenter) August 16, 2015

Devastated to hear about Julian Bond's passing. He was true American hero, champion of civil rights #RIP http://t.co/pf14bYiuI4

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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) August 16, 2015

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SPLCenter: We’ve Lost A Champion

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of legendary civil rights activist Julian Bond, SPLC’s first president. He was 75 years old and died last evening, August 15, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. From his days as the co-founder and communications director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s to his chairmanship of the NAACP in the 21st century,

Julian was a visionary and tireless champion for civil and human rights. He served as the SPLC’s president from our founding in 1971 to 1979, and later as a member of its board of directors. With Julian’s passing, the country has lost one of its most passionate and eloquent voices for the cause of justice. He advocated not just for African Americans, but for every group, indeed every person subject to oppression and discrimination, because he recognized the common humanity in us all

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Breaking: Administration to restore Pell grants for prison inmates in effort to cut recidivism. on.wsj.com/1LOokNv via @WSJ

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Andrew Cohen (@JustADCohen) July 27, 2015

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WSJ: Pell Grants To Be Restored For Prisoners

The Obama administration plans to restore federal funding for prison inmates to take college courses. The plan would allow potentially thousands of inmates in the U.S. to gain access to Pell grants, the main form of federal aid for low-income college students. The grants cover up to $5,775 a year in tuition, fees, books and other education-related expenses. Prisoners received $34 million in Pell grants in 1993, according to figures the Department of Education provided to Congress at the time.

But a year later, Congress prohibited state and federal prison inmates from getting Pell grants as part of broad anticrime legislation, leading to a sharp drop in the number of in-prison college programs. Between the mid-1990s and 2013, the U.S. prison population doubled to about 1.6 million inmates, many of them repeat offenders, Justice Department figures show. A 2013 study by the Rand Corp. found that inmates who participated in education programs, including college courses, had significantly lower odds of returning to prison than inmates who didn’t.

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"By launching a self-defeating jihad against Obama" Netanyahu has ensured that no one will listen to a word he says politico.com/magazine/story…

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Chemi Shalev (@ChemiShalev) August 15, 2015

Perhaps most succinct explanation of who is 2 blame 4 Isis. U get 2 guesses at the 2 culprits buff.ly/1DN6BFj http://t.co/j8MgAvNlPN

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Patrick M (@andendall) August 14, 2015

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If "All Lives Matter," then why don't we have Universal Healthcare? And why are prisons privatized? And why are there still homeless people?

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Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) August 15, 2015

Tomorrow's mag: Feidin Santana filmed the death of Walter Scott. Now he fears for his own safety. He tells his story http://t.co/r54NWJNMUs

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Guardian Weekend (@guardianweekend) August 14, 2015

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"I have not forgiven."—Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, on justice: thecut.io/1DPy4Wx #BlackLivesMatter http://t.co/y853MoXzII

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The Cut (@TheCut) August 13, 2015

Missouri cop brags about spending his "annual Michael Brown bonus" on vacation bit.ly/1PrTOta http://t.co/RNHfwCZR7c

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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 15, 2015

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BOOM

a man took the audio of the media's commentary of BLACK PROTESTORS and put it over a video of white rioters. http://t.co/AgK1qz6WKj

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plain jane (@thinkbri) June 23, 2015

WATCH: British reporter in Ferguson finds whites openly carrying rifles and peaceful blacks being arrested rawstory.com/2015/08/watch-… Amerikkka.

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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) August 11, 2015

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Double BOOM

I identify as "race that can do pretty much any crime and get taken into custody alive."

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Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) June 18, 2015

@ConnorPatrick What is, you're an idiot.

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Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) June 18, 2015

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SHOCKER: Bush lied about meeting with #BlackLivesMatter in Nevada. huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeb-bush… @dliebelson http://t.co/6fC5zaagXM

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Adam Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) August 14, 2015

Here's where we were wrong: we thought George was Fredo, when all along Jeb was Fredo.

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Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) August 14, 2015

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Monticello’s whitewashed version of history wpo.st/XTvU0

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Alycee (@jazziz2) August 15, 2015

The Formula: 1) Refuse to acknowledge or credit black contributions to America 2) Loudly assert that blacks have done nothing for America

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5'7 Black Male (@absurdistwords) August 14, 2015

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The Formula: 1) Detain black person for nothing 2) Define their demands for cause as "resisting arrest" 3) Kill them.

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5'7 Black Male (@absurdistwords) August 14, 2015

The Formula: 1) Refuse to hire blacks 2) Refuse to sell blacks land 3) Blame blacks for being unemployed and poor.

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5'7 Black Male (@absurdistwords) August 14, 2015

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The Formula: 1) Say blacks are criminals 2) Criminalize blackness 3) Arrest Blacks disproportionally 4) Use arrests to prove point 1

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5'7 Black Male (@absurdistwords) August 14, 2015

The "Black Code" laws sought to make blackness illegal. To make "black" synonymous with "con" and "criminal".

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5'7 Black Male (@absurdistwords) August 14, 2015

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President Barack Obama has breakfast with small business owners at Rausch’s Cafe in Guttenberg, Iowa, during a three-day bus tour in the Midwest, Aug.16, 2011. Photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama signs H.R. 2097, the Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Act, at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, Aug. 16, 2010. Photo by Pete Souza

Television microphones hang in the air as the media listens in while a Park Ranger explains the site to President Barack Obama and family during a tour of the Grand Canyon on Aug. 16, 2009. Photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama looks at the Grand Canyon in Arizona on Aug. 16, 2009. Photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama talks with people at Grasshoppers store in LeClaire, Iowa, Aug. 16, 2011, during a three-day bus tour in the Midwest. Photo by Pete Souza

Rise And Shine

President Barack Obama works on his statement on the compromise reached to reduce the deficit and avert a default, in the Outer Oval Office, Aug. 2, 2011. Standing in the background are, from left: Director of Communications Dan Pfeiffer; Press Secretary Jay Carney; Jon Lovett, Associate Director of Speechwriting; and Senior Advisor David Plouffe. Photo by Pete Souza

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BREAKING: On Monday, @POTUS will release his #CleanPowerPlan—the biggest step we've ever taken to #ActOnClimate. amp.twimg.com/v/48ecc1f6-1ec…

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 02, 2015

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William Saletan: Not Fit To Lead

If Republicans win the White House next year, they’ll almost certainly control the entire federal government. Many of them, running for president or aspiring to leadership roles in Congress, are trying to block the nuclear deal with Iran. This would be a good time for these leaders to show that they’re ready for the responsibilities of national security and foreign policy. Instead, they’re showing the opposite. Over the past several days, congressional hearings on the deal have become a spectacle of dishonesty, incomprehension, and inability to cope with the challenges of a multilateral world.

When the hearings began more than a week ago, I was planning to write about the testimony of Secretary of State John Kerry and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. But the more I watched, the more I saw that the danger in the room wasn’t coming from the deal or its administration proponents. It was coming from the interrogators. In challenging Kerry and Moniz, Republican senators and representatives offered no serious alternative. They misrepresented testimony, dismissed contrary evidence, and substituted vitriol for analysis. They seemed baffled by the idea of having to work and negotiate with other countries. I came away from the hearings dismayed by what the GOP has become in the Obama era. It seems utterly unprepared to govern.

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Calif. women's prison once praised for mental health care has four women commit suicide in 18 months: apne.ws/1gyC3N9

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The Associated Press (@AP) August 01, 2015

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Don Thompson: Suicide Spike Boosts Oversight Of California Women’s Prison

A spike in suicides and attempted suicides has prompted corrections officials to step up oversight at a California women’s prison as inspectors try to pinpoint the cause of the troubling increase. Four women have killed themselves at California Institution for Women in San Bernardino County in the last 18 months, according to state records. The suicide rate at the facility is more than eight times the national rate for female inmates and more than five times the rate for the entire California prison system.

In California, the Institution for Women is the only women’s prison in the state to have had any suicides in the last five years, and another 20 of the prison’s 2,000 inmates have attempted suicide during the last year and a half. It is a shocking turnaround at a facility that last year was cited as a rare example of California providing proper mental health treatment for inmates. All four women who died were receiving mental health treatment in the days before their deaths.

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March to Washington begins with civil rights rally in Selma reut.rs/1Dh7YMg

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Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) August 01, 2015

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Letitia Stein: March To Washington Begins With Civil Rights Rally In Selma

NAACP leaders launched a 40-day march across the U.S. South on Saturday with a rally in Selma, Alabama, drawing on that city’s significance in the 1960s civil rights movement to call attention to the issue of racial injustice in modern America. Organizers of “America’s Journey for Justice” want to build momentum behind a renewed national dialogue over race relations prompted by the killing of a number of unarmed black men by police officers over the past year.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People leaders at the rally urged marchers to honor the memories of New York’s Eric Garner and Cincinnati’s Samuel DuBose, two of the unarmed black men killed in the police confrontations. The march, which would cover nearly 900 miles, began on Selma’s historic Edmund Pettus Bridge, where police beat peaceful marchers with clubs and doused them with tear gas in 1965. The infamous confrontation was a catalyst for the passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act, signed into law 50 years ago this week.

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National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice helps Vice President Joe Biden with a spot on his suit jacket, in a hall outside the Oval Office, Aug. 2, 2013. Robert Cardillo, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Intelligence Integration, watches at right. Photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama talks with diners at Lechonera El Barrio restaurant while waiting for his lunch order during a stop in Orlando, Fla., Aug. 2, 2012. Photo by Pete Souza