Iris Jenkins

@Phillyilj

Staying Woke-Fighter for truth, justice, history and freedom! lover of family and friends, books, music, travel. #1619-2019

Vrijeme pridruživanja: srpanj 2009.

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    1) Ok people Black History, African American History is American History! We been here since before the founding of the USA. If you don’t understand, order a copy of the issue curated by on sale at

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    "The Bluest Eye,” which was published fifty years ago, cut a new path through the American literary landscape by placing black girls at the center of the story."

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    We’re kicking off Black History Month the right way as the legendary and I discuss all things black, past, present, and future!!! Click 🔗 for full video

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    He was in fact the first African American to earn a PhD in *any* subject from an American university, one of the first ten people of any race to earn a PhD in physics from an American university, and one of the first Americans to earn a PhD in any subject in the US.

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    the man who created the “Super Soaker” Lonnie Johnson was awarded $72.9M In Hasbro Settlement for unpaid royalties. The super soaker is the worlds best selling toy. (2013)

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    Overheard convo in Midway Airport: “Ain’t the today?” “I ain’t watching that shit.” “You ain’t got no team in it?” “Naw, motherfucker. I turned off behind that shit. I don’t miss it.” “No question,” I said as I walked past the brothers. At all.

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    For   we'll be sharing tidbits of Black history artifacts coming directly from the LDF Archive! We're kicking the month off with a picture of Constance Baker Motley & Derrick Bell in the LDF Library. To this day, our library is a critical component of our work.

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    This morning my mother gave me a political education history lesson about SCEF (Southern Conference Educational Fund) and it’s unexpected demise as a way of helping me think about the current political moment and I was reminded of how much work we have to do...

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    Studying Black culture and history is necessary for thinking ahead. We hear your instruction

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    This is a tremendous piece of journalism when it came out and speaks directly to the work of the .

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    Thinking of Philando Castile, a Black man, who was killed by police for merely - legally - possessing a gun.

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    1960, four African-American NC A&T students began a sit-in (planned at Bennett College) at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro. While not first sit-in of modern CRM, it triggered wave of direct action U.S.

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    Yes, there are establishment scholars.....read this.

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    Langston Hughes is part of the spiritual center of the . His ashes are interred beneath the Cosmogram in Langston Hughes Lobby and the words of his first published poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," adorn the lobby’s public art installation, Rivers.

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    31. sij

    "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses" As a son of Eritrean refugees, those words mean everything. The President's travel ban on Eritrea & other African countries is reckless, cruel and wrong. Congress must oppose it. And we will.

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    To strip a major academic achievement from a kid over his visibly Black hairstyle is craven, even for a majority white school board.

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    As a son of Eritrean refugees, let me be clear: The President’s travel ban on African countries contradicts our American values & the promise and refuge our country has offered to immigrants and refugees for centuries. It is unconscionable. It is wrong. And we must oppose it.

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