#Desegregation

Gates of Memphis

GatesofMemphis

YIL about Constance Baker Motley. She was the the first Black woman appointed to the Federal Judiciary. She went Columbia University Law School, clerked for Thurgood Marshall and was assistant

Shannen Dee Williams, Ph.D.

BlkNunHistorian

#OTD in 1965, Fr. Harold Perry, SVD was appointed the auxiliary bishop of New Orleans, becoming the 1st self-identified #BlackCatholic bishop in the US. At his ordination, white Catholic segregationists

BK

BradKutner

I spent the morning observing Judge Cavedo at Richmond Circuit. Remember Cavedo wrote an op-ed about desegregation with some "problematic" language according to @delegatebagby. Between today and a bit of

TheValuesVoter

TheValuesVoter

MLK said “rioting is the language of the unheard.” But yet MLK, himself, was never involved with or encouraged rioting. He preached nonviolence. And with it he helped tear down

Nathan J Robinson

NathanJRobinson

I think the craziest example of Bernie failing to attack Biden is: Biden literally "stole valor" from the Civil Rights movement, pretending to have been a desegregation activist who did

Carla B. Monteiro, MSW

carlab_monteiro

My son walked across the stage to receive his diploma from Belmont High School yesterday. Belmont High is located in a predominantly white town, a high school that is rated

Wajahat "Wears a Mask Because of a Pandemic" Ali

WajahatAli

I hope people realize that there are many white Republican voters in this country if they're given a choice between renting a room in their house to a person of

🗣 Rob Rosenberger

vmyths

Let's talk reality.COVID creates this very situation: your closest hospital can't take more patients so you ambulance to a distant hospital and there you die.Hurricanes create this very situation: flooding

jazzy🌻

hoozukistan

I just want to remind everyone that law enforcement does not and will not show any sort of empathy or compassion for that of black, brown, and indigenous people. They

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD

Arrianna_Planey

This conversation about patient-physician concordance (matching by race, specifically) is making me think about the continued importance of social & political factors as contributors to overall health & well-being. Here's

Malaika Jabali

MalaikaJabali

I talk about Malcolm X a lot, but it’s his bday week & dude was really a prophet. People frame him as the revolutionary foil to King, but they were

Nicole Reed, MPH

nicdreed

Things I have a VERY hard time comprehending... As someone who was raised in a southern state, I’ve often heard the narrative of “racism doesn’t exist anymore. Slavery hasn’t been

Natasha

natasha_faroogh

The best teachers for racialized students are racialized teachers. It’s true. Numerous theorists, practices, reports (read PDSB’s?) have shown this. So while we don’t expect white teachers in predominantly racialized

T.Cat Ⓥ☥

TcatMPS

I’ll start this thread by saying “Fck Trump” republicans and democrats b/c apparently calling out Joe Biden’s racism means I support TrumpI’m an independent that is consistent with calling out

WG Eze

_therealeazye

Respect existence or expect resistance Philly, City Hall. 5/30. Shot by me the statue of ex Philly Mayor, Frank Rizzo, who was a police commissioner that strongly

Quentin Quarantino - stands with Colin K..

BigSQL

/1 I went to Chisholm Jr. High in New Smyrna Beach, FL for 7th grade in 1970. Just the year prior, Chisholm was the black high school in our segregated