Woman describes moment her 111-year-old grandmother met Michelle Obama hill.cm/E8TNzD3 https://t.co/NzZOqbwVFw
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The Hill (@thehill) July 26, 2019Posts Tagged ‘slavery
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Tremendous Pride And Joy
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Land Of The “Free”
2019 marks the 400th year since enslaved Africans were brought here, before this was even a country. Black people h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) January 08, 2019****
I just read this tweet 5 times. I invite you to do the same. twitter.com/clintsmithiii/…
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kerry washington (@kerrywashington) January 09, 201928
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August 28th
Tonight on OWN at 7PM EST/6PM CST
I was commissioned to create an installation about Black people in America by Smithsonian’s National Museum of Afri… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 28, 2018****
Tonight, watch @Ava's short-form film “August 28: A Day in the Life of a People” as it makes its television debut o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Queen Sugar (@QueenSugarOWN) August 28, 2018****
August 28 marks a significant day in black history. So much so that director Ava DuVernay made it the focus of an o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 28, 2018****
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Freedom: Juneteenth
A school in Richmond, Virginia, is dropping the name of a slaveholding confederate general and becoming Barack Obam… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) June 19, 2018#OTD in 1865, enslaved African Americans were notified of their freedom by Union troops in Galveston Bay, TX. Known… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2018****
Today is Juneteenth, otherwise known as America's second Independence Day. And there's no better time to remember w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 19, 201819
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A-Yup
Obamacare is pretty popular now. Folks are always too slow to come around on black folks' ideas, like with Rap or Not Slavery.
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Rae Sanni (@raesanni) September 18, 201705
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Melvinia To Michelle
Become your ancestor's wildest dream. https://t.co/4xvyBZauwY
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 05, 201704
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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, 2017Paul Krugman on President Obama:
“He’s doing more to advance the progressive agenda than anyone since L.B.J.”
nytimes.com/2016/01/22/opi…
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) January 22, 2016"The spectacle of a socialist opposing reparations as 'divisive' is only rivaled by Sanders posing as a pragmatist" theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) January 19, 2016****
As of today, 26 nations have taken in, at Obama request, #Gitmo detainees who can't go home. hrld.us/1NmZnpa https://t.co/mTd8IkClyE
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Carol Rosenberg (@carolrosenberg) January 21, 2016Updated: Your @MiamiHerald guide to the last 91 captives at #Guantanamo at close of downsizing period. hrld.us/1CNIxeB
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Carol Rosenberg (@carolrosenberg) January 21, 2016****
Two Guantanamo Bay inmates sent to Bosnia and Montenegro ow.ly/XnmdQ
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Raw Story (@RawStory) January 21, 2016For deep divers, our #Guantanamo by the numbers chart, hrld.us/1wrTi6n, with new categories. @MiamiHerald https://t.co/6qP20FuvDo
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Carol Rosenberg (@carolrosenberg) January 21, 2016****
which of these two people should we listen to about eating healthy? https://t.co/g78NRzlVGQ
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Oliver Willis (@owillis) January 19, 2016“SNL” Mocked The Overwhelming Whiteness Of Hollywood Awards
buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii… https://t.co/CpLPPpOL72
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BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 24, 2016****
Michael Che explains why he won't be watching the Oscars #OscarsSoWhite @SNLUpdate #SNL vine.co/v/ii76ZPHvEEZ
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The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) January 24, 2016SNL brings back Tina Fey's Sarah Palin to give Trump a rousing, rhyming endorsement vox.com/2016/1/24/1082… https://t.co/bhOCVkd8h9
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Vox (@voxdotcom) January 24, 2016****
More evidence Wall Street reform is working. Some big banks are breaking themselves up. on.wsj.com/1RF8aLf
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Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) January 14, 2016Both Sanders and Clinton produced terrific ads, but only one of them makes me feel included. wapo.st/1OLFWbw
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Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) January 22, 2016The BBC just began a documentary series (a real one, not the crap foisted upon us by History or Discovery) entitled “Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners.” Written and presented by historian David Olusoga, it details Britain’s abolition of slavery, and how much it cost the country.
A commission was empaneled to determine compensation. The compensation had a budget of £20 million. In today’s money, according to Measuring Worth, that amounts from almost £2 billion at the low end to almost £80 billion at the high end. (What’s a few billion among friends?)
Of course, here’s the thing: the outlay wasn’t to compensate the 800,000 slaves. It was to compensate the slave owners.
Continue reading ‘Profit and Loss – Why #BlackLivesMatter Matters’
