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25/07/2020

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Search activity for Black-owned businesses on Yelp increased by 7,043% in the last two months compared to the same period in 2019. That’s according to a Yelp report released on Wednesday. Interest in Black owned businesses is at a fever pitch after the deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and Ah...

10/07/2020

The two sisters worked at the ice cream shop when they were teenagers. Years later, they now own it and have gone viral.

20/06/2020

It's no accident that:

You learned about Helen Keller instead of W.E.B. DuBois

You learned about the Watts and L.A. Riots, but not Tulsa or Wilmington.

You learned that George Washington’s dentures were made from wood, rather than the teeth from slaves.

You learned about black ghettos, but not about Black Wall Street.

You learned about the New Deal, but not “red lining.”

You learned about Tommie Smith’s fist in the air at the 1968 Olympics, but not that he was sent home the next day and stripped of his medals.

You learned about “black crime,” but white criminals were never lumped together and discussed in terms of their race.

You learned about “states rights” as the cause of the Civil War, but not that slavery was mentioned 80 times in the articles of secession.

Privilege is having history rewritten so that you don’t have to acknowledge uncomfortable facts.

Racism is perpetuated by people who refuse to learn or acknowledge this reality.

You have a choice.

Happy Juneteenth! 🇱🇾

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15/06/2020

I’m glad! Seems like we ready to love on ourselves

Far too few Americans, have a true understanding of the history of slavery and struggle of Black people in the United States. Making Juneteenth a national holiday can help change that.

15/06/2020

My cousin wrote this article and it’s damn good! Worth a read!

"A powerful binary choice guided my journey: 'You can only be one of two things ― a credit to the race or a disgrace to the race.'”

13/06/2020

08/06/2020

Let’s buy it

The small town of Toomsboro, Georgia, is on sale for $1.7million. It is home to 700 residents and spans more than 40 acres.

08/06/2020

BUT I CAN FEEL THE WINDS OF CHANGE! Thank you JESUS

04/06/2020

Dont even bring yourself!!!

Solidarity with the community and black people everywhere

errr'day! ✊🏿✊🏿

04/06/2020

Momodou Lamin Sisay, 39, from The Gambia, was shot dead after a car chase in Georgia.

04/06/2020

“We believe in the power of story. Our film ‘Just Mercy,’ based on the life work of civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, is one resource we can humbly offer to those who are interested in learnin…

04/06/2020

Tear gas choked Paris streets as riot police faced off with protesters setting fires

03/06/2020

The Pope lead a prayer for Floyd "and of all those others who have lost their lives as a result of the sin of racism."

03/06/2020

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On Monday night, the city of Birmingham commenced the removal of one of Alabama's most prominent physical memorials to its racist history.

03/06/2020

THIS

A viral image shows scores of White women in Lousiville lined up arm-in-arm to form a human shield separating the Louisville Metro Police from protestors.

03/06/2020

George Floyd’s daughter, Gianna, sitting atop the shoulders of her “uncle” retired NBA star, Stephen Jackson, said, “Daddy changed the world.”

03/06/2020

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Opara urged the United StatePresident Donald Trump and everyone in government to take up the challenge of making “Black Lives Matter now and forever in the US”.