I first picked up Toni Morrison’s novels when I was entering college, and her voice fundamentally changed my perspective on the world. This Black History Month, I reflected on the impact that her writing has had on my life. https://t.co/zSLkfkHmET pic.twitter.com/W6Yn1YYaSF
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 26, 2021
Posts Tagged ‘poetry
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Perspective On The World
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Black Renaissance
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Feb
19
Hello, Black History Month!
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, 2019On 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****
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****
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****
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, 2019In 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, 201909
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A Gentle Human
Remind them. https://t.co/an9VboMTCv
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) July 08, 2018****
Wild Embers by Nikita Gill
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17
POTUS 44. Hip Hop 44
Make sure to visit Google today and have fun with the amazing interactive Hip Hop doodle!
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Google: 44th Anniversary of the Birth of Hip Hop
On August 11, 1973, an 18-year-old, Jamaican-American DJ who went by the name of Kool Herc threw a back-to-school jam at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, New York. During his set, he decided to do something different. Instead of playing the songs in full, he played only their instrumental sections, or “breaks” – sections where he noticed the crowd went wild. During these “breaks” his friend Coke La Rock hyped up the crowd with a microphone. And with that, Hip Hop was born.
Today, we celebrate the 44th anniversary of that very moment with a first-of-its-kind Doodle featuring a custom logo graphic by famed graffiti artist Cey Adams, interactive turntables on which users can mix samples from legendary tracks, and a serving of Hip Hop history – with an emphasis on its founding pioneers. What’s more, the whole experience is narrated by Hip Hop icon Fab 5 Freddy, former host of “Yo! MTV Raps.”
More here
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17
The 4th
This is my form of patriotism: https://t.co/w1bRopSSPC
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Broderick Greer (@BroderickGreer) July 04, 2017Before you celebrate the Fourth, I do think it is important to read Frederick Douglass' July 4th oration.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) July 04, 2017****
I try not to forget that we also live in a country where a black president delivered this speech across from Indepe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) July 04, 2017The ghost of Frederick Douglass came down & said enjoying your ribs today isn't mutually exclusive from critiquing America. You can do both.
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Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) July 04, 2017****
Fourth of July, 2009. https://t.co/1zgK3hB1B7
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Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) July 04, 2017****
July 4 = obama and kids https://t.co/KXrh6nGwGV
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Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) July 04, 2017July 4, 2011 🇺🇸 https://t.co/Lhwv1Z3MnS
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shauna (@goldengateblond) July 04, 2017****
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama always had a picnic for military families every year on July 4th. https://t.co/nlH7D7Yd4F
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meta (@metaquest) July 04, 2017Happy Independence Day! https://t.co/Swft0ooCzD
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The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) July 04, 201710
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17
Orator In Chief
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Jacqueline OBoomer: Orator-in-Chief
He wrote what he saw “in Lincoln’s eyes”
And to some of us reading it was no surprise
That we were certainly in for a treat
When Barack H. Obama rose to his feet
Remember when we heard him speak
At that Democratic National Convention
His remarks got rave reviews in ’04
Much more than honorable mention
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And during his first presidential campaign
When we craved to hear him even more
Remember he told us that we … we …
Were the ones we’d been waiting for
When he cajoled we’re ” … a nation of immigrants …
… strangers once, too,” he stood tall
Prodding us to come together as one, for
“Embracing tribe dooms us all”
From his loftiest words heard in a consoling speech:
“Faith doesn’t mean that you don’t have doubt”
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To his hysterically funny two words to the press:
“Obama, Out!”
Sometimes he delivered oration in a hymn
Often his words caught us all on fire
This man seems to have come out of history
In colonial days, he’d have been a town crier
We love this man, his mind, voice, and tone
We see he’s armed us better than we were before
And when we wonder if we’ll be able to go it alone
We whisper we are the ones we’ve been waiting for
And isn’t that the proof of the orator he’s been
And the fact we seldom see his kind
We’re not sure which of our heartstrings he pulled
But we know he also left his words in our minds
And this year we thank him
Genuinely, without measure
For being Orator-in-Chief
And our national treasure
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Jacqueline OBoomer
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The Michelle Obama Lesson Plan
She rose up and she stood up
And she said, “Listen here”
And she was our grandmothers
And mothers through the years
This was the lesson they all had tried
To teach us to take in our stride:
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To rise up and stand up
To rise up and stand up.
Treat us with dignity
We are your women and girls
Treat us as equals
We are your diamonds and pearls
Treat us with respect
We are your soulmates and loves
Treat us as partners
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When push comes to shove
Give us our due
As we return it to you
Rise up and stand up
Speak up and give a hand up ~
Enough is enough
Enough is enough, through and through
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First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities poetry reading to honor student poets at the White House
Rapper and Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Hip Hop Culture, Q-Tip recite a poem
The Obama Diary 
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