The image this woman chose to illustrate her oppression is Anastácia, an enslaved African in 1700s Brazil. Her mist… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Uju Anya (@UjuAnya) May 19, 2020****
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Reparations And White Privilege
Talking reparations and white privilege. #BetweenTheScenes https://t.co/snfdDr5qTv
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The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) February 08, 202027
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Tremendous Pride And Joy
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, 201909
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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, 2017
