Category Archives: Civil Rights

Open Thread | President Biden Addresses the NAACP

He gave an address to the NAACP Convention in Las Vegas Yesterday. Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) posted at 4:26 PM on Tue, Jul 16, 2024: “I know what a Black job is — it’s the Vice President of the United … Continue reading

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Open Thread | Still Don’t Think The Courts Matter?

The 2016 Election will haunt us FOR DECADES. When we told you that The Courts were at stake. Some of you arrogantly took to purse your lips that you ‘ couldn’t be scared into voting for Hillary by using the … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today is the official celebration of the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This is my favorite section from “Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]” We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by … Continue reading

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Weekend Open Thread

Good Morning. I hope that you are enjoying this weekend, fully vaccinated and boosted, with family and friends. What a moment this will be: Honored to have Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first African-American woman on the Supreme Court, speak … Continue reading

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Harry Belafonte, Passed Away At 96

Breaking News: Harry Belafonte, the barrier-breaking singer, actor and activist who became a major force in the civil rights movement, has died at 96. https://t.co/LTpfanpUDq pic.twitter.com/7aUl89rLzA — The New York Times (@nytimes) April 25, 2023 RIP Harry Belafonte When it … Continue reading

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Open Thread | We Remember ” Bloody Sunday”

The President was in Alabama, remembering the 58th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday”. No matter how hard some people try, we can’t just choose to learn what we want to know, and not what we should know. We should learn everything. … Continue reading

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Open Thread | Election Eve…

We have some great candidates out here…all over the country… If you haven’t voted…..TOMORROW IS IT!! If this doesn’t sum up the GOP….THEY MEAN THIS!😠 https://twitter.com/TinaDuryea/status/1589423998978633728?s=19 Make your plan to vote: https://t.co/ZKn8fJEh9z. pic.twitter.com/UeQg3yJMed — The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) October 31, 2022 … Continue reading

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Open Thread | Just Some Points to Think About …..the Parties ARE NOT ALIKE

Just a compilation of thoughts A reminder: Anyone who tells you NOT to vote is not your friend Anyone who tells you that there is no difference between the Political Parties is a lying CLOWN😠😠 For ppl who say voting4Dems … Continue reading

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Open Thread | This is EXACTLY What the Republicans Are Up to With Regards to True HISTORY of this Country

This entire thread: 1/ The right wants to erase the legacy of the civil rights movement. It's why they want to replace Raphael Warnock in the Senate — the man who leads MLK's old church — w/ someone like Herschel … Continue reading

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Open Thread | Checking in on Other States Around the Country

Other States….like Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, and Florida. All kinds of shenanigans going on. Even though, he wasn’t my candidate in Pennsylvania, the pure ableism against Fetterman in the past week with a so-called interview with a MSM ‘journalist’, was … Continue reading

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