Today, I'm proud to stand with so many around the world in solidarity with the courageous women and girls in Iran. Your protests have inspired us. pic.twitter.com/KkWRlCWReF
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) October 30, 2022
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14
Nov
22
Courageous Women And Girls
Categories: Michelle Obama
Tags: activism, Activists, Community Organizing, First Lady, iran, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Obama, protest, protests, tweets
Tags: activism, Activists, Community Organizing, First Lady, iran, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Obama, protest, protests, tweets
27
Aug
20
#StrikeForBlackLives
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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, #GeorgeFloyd, #JacobBlake, #JusticeForAhmaud, #JusticeForBreonna, #StrikeForBlackLives, Ahmaud, Arbery, Barack Obama, Breonna, colin, Floyd, george, Jacob Blake, Kaepernick, MLS, Naomi, nba, nfl, NHL, Obama, Osaka, President, protest, Protesting, protests, sports, strike, tennis, The Daily Show, tweets, wnba
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I commend the players on the @Bucks for standing up for what they believe in, coaches like @DocRivers, and the @NBA and @WNBA for setting an example. It’s going to take all our institutions to stand up for our values. pic.twitter.com/rUGETgAt7P
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 27, 2020
NBA players are courageously on strike (withholding labor), NOT boycotting (withholding their $ /purchase). The diff is important bc it shows their power as *workers.*
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 27, 2020
The courage this takes is profound. WNBA organizing in this moment MUST be recognized too. #StrikeForBlackLives https://t.co/QfsJAHLVLx
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Why do the police decide that some threats must be extinguished, while other threats get defused? We know the answer. pic.twitter.com/3GpyT8zEhf
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) August 27, 2020
Ariel Atkins delivers a message for the @WashMystics players. pic.twitter.com/tz5ojpo30A
— WNBA (@WNBA) August 27, 2020
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.@E_Williams_1 of the @AtlantaDream reads a statement as a representative for all WNBA players. pic.twitter.com/Gb0fhYM8T9
— WNBA (@WNBA) August 27, 2020
.@Nnemkadi30 discusses the unity within the league and looking ahead. pic.twitter.com/eeYqWDrzLy
— WNBA (@WNBA) August 27, 2020
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United. pic.twitter.com/wRgXRHVUsA
— WNBA (@WNBA) August 27, 2020
— NaomiOsaka大坂なおみ (@naomiosaka) August 27, 2020
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Inter Miami and Atlanta United stand together in solidarity as they boycott their match tonight. pic.twitter.com/AuJDSbNvQ1
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) August 27, 2020
The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers have voted to boycott the rest of the playoffs and were the first two teams to exit the meeting, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 27, 2020
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“It is the young people leading the way and I applaud them.” @realchriswebber delivers a powerful message in support of the NBA players. pic.twitter.com/KVCUINw8Vx
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) August 26, 2020
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Today’s boycotts, anniversary of Kaepernick’s protest and it all hovering around the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is just some really, really, really heavy perspective. Injustice takes on so many forms with so many Black women and men fighting to tackle America’s sins.
— Justin Tinsley (@JustinTinsley) August 26, 2020
On August 26, 2020, games and matches in four leagues were boycotted or postponed.
— ESPN (@espn) August 27, 2020
NBA
WNBA
MLB
MLS
An unprecedented day in sports history.
31
Jul
20
Together, You Can Redeem The Soul Of Our Nation
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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #VotingMatters, atlanta, Black History, civil rights, Civil Rights Act, Civil Rights Movement, Congress, Congressman, death, democrat, election, essay, freeman, funeral, georgia, Good Trouble, hope, john, John Lewis, lewis, love, morgan, msnbc, New York Times, nyt, protest, voting, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act
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18
Jul
20
John Lewis: A Legacy Unmatched
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Tags: Abernathy, activism, Activist, alabama, Andrew, Barack Obama, Black History, bridge, C.T. Vivian, celebration, civil rights, Civil Rights Act, Civil Rights Movement, Comic Book, Comic Con, Congress, Cosplay, death, democrat, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Equal Pay, equality, georgia, Graphic Novel, House of Representatives, icon, Jim Crow, john, John Lewis, joseph, legacy, lewis, liberation, lowery, March, March On Washington, montgomery, Obama, President, prison, protest, protests, Racial Segregation, racism, ralph, reverend, Segregation, selma, speech, tweets, Vivian, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act, White Supremacy, young
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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
https://t.co/XPFsWuGmFJ pic.twitter.com/z6HMNH53w2
— 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
👑👑👑👑 pic.twitter.com/aJyz9ML6FE
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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
Lowery
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 17, 2020
Vivian
Young
Shuttlesworth pic.twitter.com/1GRVnTYd1I
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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
04
Jul
20
‘What To My People Is The Fourth Of July?’
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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, 4th Of July, activism, Activists, america, Black History, Celebrities, Celebrity, cops, Daveed, Diggs, Douglass, Fourth Of July, Frederick, Frederick Douglass, July 4th, police, police brutality, protest, protests, slavery, speech, tweets, United States, White Supremacy
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, 4th Of July, activism, Activists, america, Black History, Celebrities, Celebrity, cops, Daveed, Diggs, Douglass, Fourth Of July, Frederick, Frederick Douglass, July 4th, police, police brutality, protest, protests, slavery, speech, tweets, United States, White Supremacy
Amidst the national uprising for racial justice, ’Hamilton’ star @DaveedDiggs and a collective of Black artists created this evocative video inspired by Frederick Douglass’ ‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?’ pic.twitter.com/FFcCVVeWcr
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 3, 2020
01
Jul
20
The Movement Is Ongoing
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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, Civil Rights Movement, cops, movement, New York, police brutality, protest, Protesters, protests, tweets
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, Civil Rights Movement, cops, movement, New York, police brutality, protest, Protesters, protests, tweets
I don’t think people understand.
— Stop Cop City (@JoshuaPHilll) June 30, 2020
This is NYC right now. Day 30. In a row.
The #BlackLivesMatter movement is just getting started.pic.twitter.com/O45EhLdRU5
28
Jun
20
Stonewall Day
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Tags: #PrideMonth, anniversary, Barack Obama, bayard, celebration, lgbt, LGBTQIA, Marriage Equality, Marsha, Marsha P. Johnson, Obama, politics, President, pride, Pride Month, progress, protest, rustin, SCOTUS, Stonewall, Stonewall Day, Supreme Court, youtube
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09
Jun
20
Waiting For Justice
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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #GeorgeFloyd, #JusticeForAhmaud, Ahmaud, Breonna, civil rights, cops, george, georgia, Justice, Kentucky, minneapolis, morrison, police brutality, protest, protests, racism, statement, taylor, toni, Toni Morrison, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #GeorgeFloyd, #JusticeForAhmaud, Ahmaud, Breonna, civil rights, cops, george, georgia, Justice, Kentucky, minneapolis, morrison, police brutality, protest, protests, racism, statement, taylor, toni, Toni Morrison, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy
“what struck me most about those who rioted was how long they waited. the restraint they showed. not the spontaneity, the restraint. they waited and waited for justice. and it didn’t come. no one talks about that...” - Toni Morrison
— Shamari K. Reid (@shamarikreid) May 28, 2020
01
Jun
20
If You’re Not With/For Us, You’re Against Us
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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #GeorgeFloyd, #JusticeForAhmaud, Agitators, Ahmaud, Breonna, civil rights, Floyd, george, March, police brutality, protest, Protesters, Protesting, protestors, racism, racists, taylor, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #GeorgeFloyd, #JusticeForAhmaud, Agitators, Ahmaud, Breonna, civil rights, Floyd, george, March, police brutality, protest, Protesters, Protesting, protestors, racism, racists, taylor, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy
https://twitter.com/bIackspicegurl/status/1266906757239996421
In this video, a black woman picks up a brick and returns it to a car with white people and admonishes them not to give bricks to black people to throw so that black people will get in trouble with the police. https://t.co/ZFzAF8gye5
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 1, 2020
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What a moment on CNN. pic.twitter.com/T9XMzXmlVb
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 31, 2020
https://twitter.com/sahluwal/status/1266931348251373568
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Put this on the news. pic.twitter.com/YfXB2x6bcz
— Frosty (@FrostyTheSkid) May 30, 2020
What the media won’t show in Minneapolis. Free food, water and resources.
— zellie (@zellieimani) May 30, 2020
Community is a verb. pic.twitter.com/piKlEqun0t
31
May
20
“It Broke Me Down”
Categories: All Photos and Michelle Obama
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #GeorgeFloyd, #JusticeForAhmaud, activism, Activist, Barack Obama, Breonna, civil rights, cops, death, First Lady, Floyd, george, georgia, Kentucky, Michelle, Michelle Obama, minneapolis, minnesota, murder, Obama, police brutality, President, protest, Protesters, protests, racism, statement, taylor, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #GeorgeFloyd, #JusticeForAhmaud, activism, Activist, Barack Obama, Breonna, civil rights, cops, death, First Lady, Floyd, george, georgia, Kentucky, Michelle, Michelle Obama, minneapolis, minnesota, murder, Obama, police brutality, President, protest, Protesters, protests, racism, statement, taylor, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy
My statement on the death of George Floyd: pic.twitter.com/Hg1k9JHT6R
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 29, 2020
Like so many of you, I’m pained by these recent tragedies. And I’m exhausted by a heartbreak that never seems to stop. Right now it’s George, Breonna, and Ahmaud. Before that it was Eric, Sandra, and Michael. It just goes on, and on, and on. pic.twitter.com/lFWEtTzVT8
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 29, 2020
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Race and racism is a reality that so many of us grow up learning to just deal with. But if we ever hope to move past it, it can’t just be on people of color to deal with it.
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 29, 2020
It’s up to all of us—Black, white, everyone—no matter how well-meaning we think we might be, to do the honest, uncomfortable work of rooting it out. It starts with self-examination and listening to those whose lives are different from our own.
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 29, 2020
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It ends with justice, compassion, and empathy that manifests in our lives and on our streets. I pray we all have the strength for that journey, just as I pray for the souls and the families of those who were taken from us.
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 29, 2020
The Obama Diary 
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