Sunday Open Thread

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24 Responses to Sunday Open Thread

  1. Black people in #BatonRouge keep your eyes peeled & stay vigilant. Don’t let this mofo ambush you. Be ready. You have a right to defend yourself.

    https://twitter.com/newsone/status/909456141264064512

    • yahtzeebutterfly says:

      I am so frightened for that lady. I worry about the injuries she sustained from that attack.
      Scary, scary, SCARY!

  2. Cop caught breaking the windows of Culpeppers and trying to frame protesters for it.
    https://twitter.com/1wisechic/status/909210542237200384

  3. yahtzeebutterfly says:

    From the February 4, 2011 issue of the Harvard Gazette:

    https://harvardgazette.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/black_history_002_940.jpg
    W.E.B. Dubois, Harvard Class of 1890

    https://harvardgazette.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/black_history_003_940.jpg
    “This image shows the title page of W.E.B. Du Bois’ 1895 doctoral dissertation, “The Suppression of the African Slave Trade,” which was the first book in the Harvard Historical Series, published in 1896. Du Bois earned three degrees from Harvard — A.B. 1890, A.M. 1891, and Ph.D. 1895 — and was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. Credit: Harvard University Archives”

  4. yahtzeebutterfly says:

    Baseball pioneer and Negro League executive Rube Foster was born on this day, September 17, in 1879.

    “Rube Foster – Baseball Hall of Fame Biographies”
    https://youtu.be/69jN6yUxZFo&rel=0

    https://youtu.be/gGulPbg61jY&rel=0

  5. rikyrah says:

    Good Morning,Everyone 😐😐😐

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