#Abolitionists

The Times

thetimes

Black British history is growing. We know more with each passing year.In our new series for kids (and parents!), historian and presenter @DavidOlusoga teaches the history that he was never

Charles Arrowsmith

ArrowsmithUSA

“That women were left out of the nation’s founding documents, and out of its founders’ idea of civil society, considered, like slaves, to be confined to a state of nature,

Africa Archives

Africa_Archives

5 horrifying ways enslaved African men were sexually exploited and abused by their white masters #Thread Time and time again, the horrifying experiences of enslaved Africans working on plantations in

david

RedConversation

The word communism was first noted decades before Marx adopted it.And like every other well-known formally educated white male revolutionary writer, there was a sea of people with more opsec

Arlen Parsa

arlenparsa

Time for some forgotten history.*Twenty two* African Americans served in Congress during the 1800s after the Civil War. Right before Southern racists took voting rights away from black people again.Since

The Black Collective Movement Tampa

thebcmtampa

Welcome to a conversation surrounding Restorative and Transformative Justice. We ask that you all engage with us via QUOTE tweeting to not inturupt the thread. Ask any and all questions!

Grits for Breakfast

Grits4Breakfast

Back from researching slave patrols at the Guadalupe County, TX clerk. I'm beginning to get a clearer picture of the relationship between slave patrols and early Texas policing. (Thread)https://twitter.com/Grits4Breakfast/status/1306211

Olivia

Oliviaj_8

The first of October, the beginning of #BlackHistoryMonth and the perfect time to start a music review thread of Black composers!31 pieces in 31 days, let's go! #blackhistorymonthuk #BlackLivesMatter

Marilyn Buck Edukation Committee

merlin_buk

I'm about to compress a thread right here of my favorite of Stevie @agitateorganize's writings, both good threads, essays, and letters, to bring attention to his current situation. He's consecutively

Kobayashi's Basilisk

FaeceSocietatis

Hired by the Federal Writers Project in 1937 (an agency of FDRs New Deal govt), Henry Grant was one of hundreds tasked with interviewing, documenting and recording the memories of

CrimethInc.

crimethinc

Joe Biden didn't beat Trump. It was grassroots resistance from anti-fascists, anarchists, abolitionists, and—above all—courageous members of targeted communities that stopped Trump.Permit us to make our case in this thread—one

Marisol LeBrón

marisollebron

Today for the #ScholarStrike I'm going to do a on the history of policing in the U.S. We can't understand how we got to where we are with policing today

Anti-Fascist Abolitionist AWK

AWKWORDrap

Derek Chauvin was involved in 5 police killings before suffocating George Floyd to deathBut Chauvin's far from the only cop to get away with murder.In fact, those who *are* fired

Dean Clay

DeanClay82

On this day in 1835, the future Leopold II, second King of the Belgians, was born in Brussels, Belgium. He was the second but eldest surviving son of Leopold I,

Caffeinated Living

WokeLiving

Alright educators, parents, women, this is a failure of education and curriculum. NO ONE should be flocking to SUSAN B. ANTHONY'S gravesight to celebrate the election of this (Black) woman

謎解きOctopus

cyber_octopus

Today we commemorate the Abolishment of Slavery in Martinique. May 22, 1848. So recent!https://twitter.com/Tanlistwa/status/1263765300811649024 On March 25th, 1848, a boat arrives at the coastal town of St Pierre, cultural capital