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Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19th, marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas learned they were free. This came two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. The holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. and celebrates African American culture. 
Traditionally, Juneteenth celebrations include parades, picnics, and barbecues. Families and communities come together to share in food and music that reflect their heritage. Educational events focus on the history and achievements of Black Americans.
In 2021, Juneteenth became a federal holiday, an important step in acknowledging its historical significance. This official recognition encourages wider celebration and education about the contributions and experiences of African Americans.
"I said Georgia
Ooh Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps #Georgia on my mind"
β Ray Charles
Until you understand why #AfricanAmericans left the Republican Party, you will never understand the Republican Party.
#OperationEagleEye
Ooh Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps #Georgia on my mind"
β Ray Charles
Until you understand why #AfricanAmericans left the Republican Party, you will never understand the Republican Party.
#OperationEagleEye
When they found America lynched from a Georgia tree; they asked how -- why? And, a weeping black child shouted from the mountains, βI saw them. I watched them. I saw it. They killed her. They said, she kept dancing with the Africans and the Mexicans."
"Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity."
--- James Baldwin
The Fire Next Time
--- James Baldwin
The Fire Next Time
"I said Georgia
Ooh Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps #Georgia on my mind"
βRay Charles
Until you understand why #AfricanAmericans left the Republican Party, you will never understand the Republican Party.
#TheLilyWhiteMovement
Ooh Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps #Georgia on my mind"
βRay Charles
Until you understand why #AfricanAmericans left the Republican Party, you will never understand the Republican Party.
#TheLilyWhiteMovement
"Father characterized the promoters of the warfare as THIEVES."
"Father asked no quarter in the coming struggle and would give none. The White Republicans, angered, attempted to influence the colored delegates to split on the color question."
"Father asked no quarter in the coming struggle and would give none. The White Republicans, angered, attempted to influence the colored delegates to split on the color question."
25 years AFTER the Civil War.
132 years ago ...
"However, in 1888, the struggle was begun by the organization of "white Republican clubs," for the purpose of controlling the county conventions"
blackconservative360.blogspot.com/2020/02/maud-cβ¦
132 years ago ...
"However, in 1888, the struggle was begun by the organization of "white Republican clubs," for the purpose of controlling the county conventions"
blackconservative360.blogspot.com/2020/02/maud-cβ¦
1. This thread is about an interesting clue @CzebotarJessie inspired me to look into- #architecture. Apparently, certain masonic architects, such as #FrankLloydWright, designed structures, which can indicate either a safe house, a house where sex & rituals can take place etc.
Many houses have a network of tunnels underneath them. From the outside, it is hard to tell, but for instance, looking at the #WHWinslowResidence, the stairs from the pantry, could indicate an entrance to the tunnels.
2. The #IsidoreHHeller house however is possibly telling an interesting story. Originally owned by an Austrian butcher, Isidore H. Heller, who worked at Wold Sayer & Heller Packers & Butcher's Supplies. #FrankLoydWright designed this house in 1897.
Why Africa remains a least developed part of the World despite being the richest continent in the World?. #Africa #africanamericans
Here are some of the reasons to why is underdeveloped and some nations do deliberately try to make sure Africa doesn't develop. #Africa #AfricaIsNotAJungle
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racist police practices more generally, and the systemic racism that runs through criminal justice systems. We also wish to extend our solidarity with the many thousands who have been moved to protest on streets all over the world in response. [2/14]
ππ’π΅π΅π¦π³π―π΄ π°π§ ππ³π¦π«πΆπ₯πͺπ€π¦ has been documenting and analysing all forms of racism, historical and contemporary, throughout the world for over fifty year. [3/14]
Remember when #Republicans #seceded from the #Union to defend the @PeculiarInstitution of #Slavery?
Neither do I.
Neither do I.
Remember when #Republicans created the #KKK as an armed force of masked #terrorists to #murder newly #freedslaves and government officials that protected them?
Neither do I.
Neither do I.
Remember when #Republicans enacted #apartheid in America through so-called #JimCrow laws?
Neither do I.
Neither do I.
Just to recap and circulate at a more visible time, early this morning I circulate a few threads making the case AGAINST #BernieSanders who is Trump's and the Republicans' Dream Candidate.
10 years ago #DHS sent American law enforcement agencies an intelligence briefing warning of a rising threat of #domestic #RightWing #extremism, including #WhiteSupremacist #terrorism.
#economicrecession & election of Americaβs 1st #blackpresident fertile ground #radicalization
#economicrecession & election of Americaβs 1st #blackpresident fertile ground #radicalization
Military #veterans returning from #Iraq & #Afghanistan, would be attractive #targets for #recruitment, #Republican #politicians & #conservativepundits reacted with outrage & demanded a retraction. The small team of domestic terrorism analysts who had produced report was disbanded
and analysts were reassigned to study #Muslim #extremism, according to Daryl Johnson, the career federal intelligence analyst who had led the team, By the next year, Johnson had been forced out of the #DHS altogether..
Let me ask @realDonaldTrump, should these women have gone home for asking for Freedom?
They were complaining about their status in America?
#womensrights
#WomensRightsAreHumanRights
They were complaining about their status in America?
#womensrights
#WomensRightsAreHumanRights
Whoβs On First?
When analyzing our predicament today (for me, βweβ is both non-Black #postcolonial peoples, Muslims, as well as #AfricanAmericans) I have made the observation that we are so highly manipulated by the dominant culture and its post-colonial psychology
When analyzing our predicament today (for me, βweβ is both non-Black #postcolonial peoples, Muslims, as well as #AfricanAmericans) I have made the observation that we are so highly manipulated by the dominant culture and its post-colonial psychology
and institutions that itβs akin to Abbot in the classic skit, βWhoβs On First?β.
By this I mean that we have been confused and then directed to focus on the puppet show and to pay very little attention to the puppet master. But the insidious nature of this psychology is not simply to *what* we pay attention to but *how*.
