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  1. @MichelleHux @MichaelEDyson Thanks! It was SO fun to read the debates and write about them, and a real honor to be asked to do so :) 1:38 PM May 29th via web in reply to MichelleHux
  2. Morning Music: Strafe's SET IT OFF: youtu.be/z8wokfoyHf4 via @youtube 4:10 AM May 29th via Tweet Button
  3. Another evocative beautiful Af Am writer's work for memorial day: amazon.com/For-Confederat… 10:49 AM May 28th via web
  4. Origins of memorial day w/ Af Am civil war heroes: davidwblight.com/memorial.htm 10:47 AM May 28th via web
  5. At any rate, Happy Memorial Day! remember with love :) 6:30 AM May 28th via web
  6. Back to my great aunt, her husband divorced her because he didn't want her to serve in the military, she did it anyway :) 6:28 AM May 28th via web
  7. especially when the society reviles instead of reveres them... 6:25 AM May 28th via web
  8. I'm generally anti-war and anti-militarism, but often in awe of the courage and discipline of many who serve in the armed forces... 6:25 AM May 28th via web
  9. That was when NAACP was a radical organization, and dangerous to belong to... 6:23 AM May 28th via web
  10. Many generations of service-people in my family. My great Aunt Avie was a W.A.C. who died while out canvassing for the NAACP... 6:23 AM May 28th via web
  11. @analuciaraujo_ your soul will be touched! 6:22 AM May 28th via web in reply to analuciaraujo_
  12. It would be wonderful if we honored the living wounded service people in this nation. If we showed appreciation in deed... 6:21 AM May 28th via web
  13. He didn't die in the war, but his soul was wounded... 6:20 AM May 28th via web
  14. Toni Morrison's Home is a fitting literary tribute on Memorial Day, abt a Korea vet. If you haven't read it, you ought to. It's amazing. 6:19 AM May 28th via web
  15. @tnopper I really hear you. When the big names get involved it is always a double edged sword & powerful movements start w/ the ppl 5:39 AM May 27th via web in reply to tnopper
  16. @alondra @tnopper WOOT!!! Very well deserved! :) 5:37 AM May 27th via web in reply to alondra
  • Name Imani Perry
  • Location Land of mind and heart
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  • Bio Professor, Princeton Center for African American Studies. Scholar of law, culture and race. Writer and cultural critic.
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