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Nov

Descendant

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Tags: Africans, Barack, Barack Obama, Black History, Black History Month, Clotilda, Descendant, Descendants, documentary, netflix, Obama, President, ship, slavery, Survivors, tweets, White Supremacy

Descendant is a powerful documentary that shares the story of the descendants of the survivors of the Clotilda, believed to be the last ship that carried enslaved Africans to the United States. pic.twitter.com/PEwoDthH1c
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 22, 2022

This @HGMedia film is one way for the families of the survivors to reclaim part of their story. I hope you’ll watch… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 22, 2022

Sep

If You Call Yourself An Ally, Then Pull Up

By Nerdy Wonka 208 Comments

Categories: All Videos
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, activism, Ally, Allyship, Celebrities, Celebrity, cops, discussion, Hollwyood, interview, janelle, monae, panel, police brutality, racism, roundtable, service, slavery, The Hollywood Reporter, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy

Janelle did not stutter https://t.co/apOygCdcad
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Brianna Holt (@BriannaNHolt) August 27, 2020

Aug

Dream Bigger Than Your Last Dream

By Nerdy Wonka 167 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: #VotingMatters, 2020 Election, Biden, civil rights, Civil Rights Act, Civil Rights Movement, election, Harris, Joe Biden, kamala, Kamala Harris, slavery, texas, tweets, Voter Suppression, voting, vp, White Supremacy

Just spent the last 2 hours phone banking here in Texas. I called a grandmother. She’s 91. Black. She answered so s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Stephanie Clay 🐝 (@_StephanieClay) August 12, 2020

“.... for the Biden Harris ticket.” She said, “Harris?” I said yes. She said, “He picked Kamala“ and broke down in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Stephanie Clay 🐝 (@_StephanieClay) August 12, 2020

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“baby, I’m overjoyed. Look at God.” I told her I’ve been emotional all afternoon thinking about my slave great grea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Stephanie Clay 🐝 (@_StephanieClay) August 12, 2020

She talked about her grandfather being lynched. She told me she hoped Kamala had the best security. She’s afraid so… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Stephanie Clay 🐝 (@_StephanieClay) August 12, 2020

Aug

13TH

By Nerdy Wonka 110 Comments

Categories: All Photos and All Videos
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #CrimingWhileWhite, 13th, 13th Amendment, activism, Activist, Activists, amendment, ava, Ava Duvernay, Barack Obama, cops, documentary, Duvernay, interview, Jim Crow, Mass Incarceration, Obama, police, police brutality, Prison Pipeline, Prison Reform, Prisons, Private Prisons, racism, reform, slavery, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy

Beautiful. 👊🏾 twitter.com/netflix/status…
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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 e… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Netflix (@netflix) June 16, 2020

Jul

Let It Sink In: 8:46

By Nerdy Wonka 143 Comments

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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, #GeorgeFloyd, Brooks, cops, Floyd, george, Gun Violence, history, lynching, murder, police brutality, Rayshard, Rayshard Brooks, slavery, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy

Black people have been wondering why white people and other non-black people have been riled so much by George Floy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020

America watched black men get shot and killed. America watched reporters get shot on camera. Twenty *white* chi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020

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We sanitize our language and imagery around gunshot victims. Not many Americans see the damage bullets do to a body… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020

The white officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in the back--- also kicked Brooks as he lay dying on the ground. There… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020

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The lynchings of black people were public entertainment. White folks even made photographs and postcards of lynch… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020

Perhaps now, what we finally see is a collective white shame and guilt about these cruelties. So white people, yo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020

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In short, what Derek Chauvin and Garret Rolfe did to George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks was barbaric. Primitive. Th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020

I will never forget that George Floyd called out for his late mother in the moments before he died. And the whole… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 18, 2020

Jul

white People Refuse To Handle The Truth

By Nerdy Wonka 105 Comments

This narrative that black people who want an accurate reflection of history are "angry and resentful" leaves us wit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

First, let's be clear: The Founders were racists. They weren't "products of their time." They KNEW slavery was wr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

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James Madison, who wrote the Constitution, "thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

In the only book Thomas Jefferson ever wrote, "Notes on the State of Virginia," he dedicated pages to explaining wh… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

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BUT here is the thing: When these truths are pointed out by black people or actual historians, it doesn't mean we… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

The problem is that many white people believe that being a racist is an all-encompassing trait that stains everythi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

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For instance: The fact that police disproportionately shoot black people is racist. It does not mean that individ… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington and others did not explicitly say they hated black people. They just created a syst… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

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White supremacy is the reason there is an electoral college There were more enslaved people in the south, which wou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

White supremacy is the reason every state has different voting laws. Some states allowed free black landowners to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

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White supremacy is the reason behind America's military might. Southern states didn't think the federal government… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

So, instead of facing these historical truths and force us to reconcile with how this country has treated black peo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

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Why wouldn't you hate the idea of defunding the police if you didn't know that American policing descended from sla… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

Why wouldn't you think black people are lazy and less intelligent if you didn't know about redlining and how it sti… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

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Why wouldn't you think a speech at Mount Rushmore was a great idea if you didn't know how America stole the land fr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

Confederate monuments do represent history. They represent the historical lengths this country has gone to whitewa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

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Removing these symbols of white supremacy has nothing to do with anger or resentment. If black people ever unleash… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

There is only one way. See, a long time ago, we read another activist explained exactly how to eliminate racism an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

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"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free:"
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020

Jul

‘What To My People Is The Fourth Of July?’

By Nerdy Wonka 134 Comments

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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

Amidst the national uprising for racial justice, ’Hamilton’ star @DaveedDiggs and a collective of Black artists cre… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 03, 2020

Jul

‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’

By Nerdy Wonka 120 Comments

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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, 4th Of July, america, Black History, Colonialism, Colonization, Descendants, Douglass, Fourth Of July, Frederick, Frederick Douglass, history, July 4th, slavery, speech, United States, White Privilege, White Supremacy

Jun

Juneteenth: A Story Of Progress

By Nerdy Wonka 128 Comments

Categories: All Photos, All Videos and Michelle Obama
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, Barack Obama, Black History, Emancipation, Emancipation Proclamation, freedom, Freedom Day, Galveston, history, Juneteenth, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Obama, President, progress, slavery, texas, tweets

Here's what #Juneteenth means to me: https://t.co/KlOoYwdzD5
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Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 19, 2020

This #Juneteenth, let’s all pledge to keep using our voices—and our votes—to keep marching toward freedom. https://t.co/I510X0HCKe
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Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 19, 2020

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Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, or an acceptance of the way things are. It's a celebration of p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 19, 2020

Jun

Juneteenth: Freedom Day

By Nerdy Wonka 125 Comments

"Juneteenth is a time to recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) June 19, 2020

Harriet Tubman Mother Freedom #Juneteenth https://t.co/iI1DdcxJno
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Be A King (@BerniceKing) June 19, 2020

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A great way to celebrate #Juneteenth? Support Black women filmmakers like @cgpeoples - her film @Juneteenthmovie d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Rebecca Theodore-Vachon (@FilmFatale_NYC) June 19, 2020

#OTD in 1865, enslaved African Americans were notified of their freedom by Union troops in Galveston Bay, TX—two ye… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020

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Happy Emancipation Day! Just a few facts:The US was 3rd to last in the Americas to abolish slavery. The Emancipat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 19, 2020

In fact, the idea for the proclamation came because enslaved people emancipated themselves and ran away to Fort Mon… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 19, 2020

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When their “owner” came to claim his property, the Union general over the fort decided that as “property”, the Unio… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 19, 2020

So as we celebrate the last enslaved people learning they were free, let’s remember that all across the South ensla… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 19, 2020

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Though it has long been celebrated among the African American community, it is a history that has been marginalized… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020

Although the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still unde… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020

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For more than 250,000 African Americans, June 19, 1865, signaled the final day of their enslavement. Two and a half… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020

Not until Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX with 2,000 soldiers on June 19, 1865, did enslaved… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020