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today, I was asked what has Pres. Obama ever done for the African-American Community [View all] 52 FrenchieCat Feb 2016 Dec 2024 96 67858
Black history that doesn't make it into the history books v2.0 [View all] 104 Number23 May 2012 Sep 2024 37 60544
Please Read Prior To Posting - Notification From Group Hosts - Approach To Blocking Members [View all] 54 JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 Jul 2019 78 35085
Group Host - Please read re SOP And Alerting hosts 34 JustAnotherGen Sep 2015 May 2018 20 33846
Graphic examples of the racially-based social caste system v2.0 45 Number23 May 2012 Oct 2017 24 53543
Outside of Frankie Beverly & Maze I need a summer playlist. 9 irisblue Apr 29 11 hrs ago 1 628
Nottoway Plantation Louisiana - a tale of two reactions 5 JustAnotherGen Friday Sunday 6 560
Report Reveals Black Women Lost The Most Jobs In April And Changes In DEI Could Partially Be To Blame 5 littlemissmartypants Thursday Thursday 7 419
Regarding Rep. Jasmine Crockett [View all] 59 JustAnotherGen May 2024 May 13 234 12288
Rep Crockett's White Boy Statement - AfAm Group 18 JustAnotherGen May 12 May 13 25 1677
Novelist Percival Everett and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts 2 qwlauren35 May 6 May 7 5 438
Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review 0 Eugene May 2 May 2 5 456
Excerpt from The Fierce Urgency of Now Rainbow Push Chicago, Keynote Rev. Dr. Frank Thomas: 0 Beringia Apr 24 Apr 24 3 404
Sinners..a masterpiece 11 Demovictory9 Apr 20 Apr 23 1 936
"We ain't scared!" 2 tulipsandroses Jan 2025 Apr 21 8 990
Another image of summer at the Chickenbone Beach in Atlantic City. From twitter 0 irisblue Apr 18 Apr 18 9 605
ACLU: After public opposition, National Park Service restored the Underground Railroad page to include Harriet Tubman. 2 Dennis Donovan Apr 9 Apr 11 7 738
The Black Panther cubs: when the revolution doesn't come 0 cbabe Mar 29 Mar 29 3 617
Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, has died 1 Eugene Mar 28 Mar 28 8 503
Just heard Ida B Wells coin about to be issued! 3 elleng Mar 21 Mar 22 6 734
People enjoy their time at "chicken bone" beach, Atlantic city, NJ in the 1950s. This was a segregated beach. 1 irisblue Mar 20 Mar 20 14 832
St George Hospital in London and history of discrimination against women and people of color 0 Beringia Mar 12 Mar 12 2 581
Dear Black Women - Morris Chestnut 1 tulipsandroses Mar 4 Mar 5 2 791
250 K tuned into Roland Martin's State of Our Union instead of the trump shit show. Its still going if anyone wants to 1 tulipsandroses Mar 5 Mar 5 6 836
Robert Clark, Mississippi's first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96 0 Eugene Mar 4 Mar 4 4 543
Dangerous Chemicals Were Detected in 100% of the Braiding Hair We Tested 1 Mosby Mar 4 Mar 4 5 3322
A White man's awakening 29 70sEraVet Feb 28 Feb 28 116 4208
For those that Turned The TV Off. Don Lemon is live at Five and Roland Martin is live at 6PM. 0 tulipsandroses Feb 27 Feb 27 6 761
Win with Black Women and Win with Black Men emergency call regarding Joy Reid 1 tulipsandroses Feb 25 Feb 26 12 762
In light of hearing that MSNBC is canceling Joy Reid's show, I want to highlight independent black journalists/news 7 tulipsandroses Feb 23 Feb 24 23 1564

African American Continued...

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Important words from Andrew Gillum - re Joy Reid and getting back to organizing and protecting our communities. 0 tulipsandroses Feb 24 Feb 24 4 605
To these Black retirees, the federal civil service now under attack was a path to the middle class 0 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 3874
Black Crossword is a free daily mini crossword puzzle 4 cbabe Aug 2024 Feb 2025 12 1299
Tabitha Brown speaks on Target's rollback of DEI initiatives. 3 tulipsandroses Jan 2025 Feb 2025 8 1202
Lauren's BHM 2025 Jeopardy Board: 21st Century Black History and Current Events - It's Up to Us! 0 qwlauren35 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 628
Black Economic Boycotts Must Be Driven By Strategy, Not Emotions Master Class 1 tulipsandroses Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 771
FYI: Great Migrations Series: A People on The Move PBS 0 Submariner Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 566
Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion 1 struggle4progress Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 925
Peter Bradley Abstract Artist on Local USA PBS show 0 Beringia Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 722
New look for the Nutcracker.. a Black head and male dewdrops 0 Demovictory9 Dec 2024 Dec 2024 14 1131
"They played their little white card on election day, and they are about to find out they're people of color." 5 Dem4life1970 Dec 2024 Dec 2024 11 2171
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 4 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 1455
How Nikki Giovanni's Black American consciousness changed the world 0 cbabe Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 658
Forbes: How Journalists Can Better Explain Why Black Women Vote The Way They Do 5 JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 Dec 2024 6 1509
After Donald Trump's win, Black women are rethinking their role as America's reliable political organizers 5 JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 Dec 2024 16 1628
Renowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81 3 Eugene Dec 2024 Dec 2024 13 878
I won't be here much from now on 15 The Polack MSgt Nov 2024 Nov 2024 11 2343
Robert Dixon, Last Surviving Buffalo Soldier, Dies at 103 0 Omaha Steve Nov 2024 Nov 2024 10 11640
#The92Percent (AfAm Group) 4 JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 Nov 2024 9 1395
Backlash on "a woman whose anger needs to be paid attention to" (Cross-Post) 3 IzzaNuDay Nov 2024 Nov 2024 11 12424
How Kamala Harris' Jamaican father shaped who she is today 0 peppertree Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 635
Anyone else thinking of Bianca Delarosa this week? 6 irisblue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 1189
Justice Department Secures $8M from Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation to Address Redlining in Black Communities i 0 Eugene Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 1156
SAPELO ISLAND RESIDENTS FIGHT TO KEEP GEORGIA'S LAST GULLAH GEECHEE COMMUNITY 0 douglas9 Oct 2024 Oct 2024 19 1118
Make America White Again - Cross-Posting. 1 qwlauren35 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 12835
VP Harris was on point last night 2 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 18 1336
When your grandparents are your babysitters. 15 Mosby Sep 2024 Sep 2024 56 3747
Big Tobacco Seizes Upon Biden's Menthol Cigarette Ban to Try to Drive a Wedge Between Harris and Black Voters 4 douglas9 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 1588
JFK, Detroit 1960 & meetingn with AA ministers & labor leaders 1 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 931
Wait...Did the Author of 'White Fragility' Plagiarize People of Color In Her Doctoral Thesis?? 1 Mosby Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 1281

African American Continued...

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Judge rules Breonna Taylor's boyfriend caused her death, throws out major charges against ex-Louisville officers 3 irisblue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 1720
With six words, Michelle Obama rewires America's conversation on race gift article from WaPo 13 irisblue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 31 2453
VP Harris Speech - August 8, 2024 (you tube link) 5 JustAnotherGen Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 1561
Bloomberg gives $600 million to four Black medical schools' endowments 0 Omaha Steve Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 11970
History Segment: "Organizing the 1963 March on Washington: The Struggle for Civil Rights" 0 Omaha Steve Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 909
Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 83 years old today. 0 sheshe2 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 16 1060
Master Chief William Goines, first Black Navy SEAL, passes away at 88 1 douglas9 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 12 1216
Louisiana's Criminalization of Abortion Care Demands We Embrace Reproductive Justice 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 4 1224
Congresswoman Crockett is offering a "A Crockett Clapback Collection" 4 LetMyPeopleVote May 2024 May 2024 14 1477
MIT edits 'women of color' program website after complaint for excluding white students 2 JustAnotherGen May 2024 May 2024 12 1582
For those who missed Rep. Crockett's original reference 5 Marcuse May 2024 May 2024 21 2033
The Twin Demons of Maternal Mortality and Femicide (trigger warning) 2 niyad May 2024 May 2024 9 1060
"Reprehensible": Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates Civil Rights Convention (X-post) 1 Think. Again. Apr 2024 Apr 2024 11 1755
April 3, 1968 Martin Luther King's Last Speech 2 JustAnotherGen Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1932
A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing 2 Eugene Apr 2024 Apr 2024 12 2198
Lou Gossett Jr. Has Died, Age 87 14 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 34 3183
Her City, Her Rules: Celebrating Black Women at the Helm of America's Largest Cities - From Lauren's Blog 1 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 1757
Kathleen Parker of WaPo has thinky thoughts on VP Harris- resign 11 irisblue Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 2430
(AfAm Group) We aren't Trump's Demographic 2 JustAnotherGen Mar 2024 Mar 2024 13 1993
Doris Miller, Hero Pearl Harbor 1941, Fired AA Machine Gun from USS West Virginia, Navy Cross (AA) 0 appalachiablue Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 1873
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