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Creator of Humans Of New York: blog, video series, and two #1 NYT bestselling books. More of a party on Instagram: @humansofny

New York, NY
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    Brandon Stanton‏Verified account @humansofny 19 Oct 2018
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    (1/4) “When we heard the president had been killed, I ran into the street with my friends. We wanted to see what was happening. Immediately two men came running after us with guns. They were pointing at us and screaming: ‘You killed the president!’ All of us..."pic.twitter.com/XiTB8o7HdD

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      2. Brandon Stanton‏Verified account @humansofny 19 Oct 2018
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        (2/4) “The conditions were tolerable at first. We were eating twice a day. We could take showers. But people kept pouring into the church compound. Eventually there were two thousand of us. All the young men began sleeping in the ceiling. Women and children..."pic.twitter.com/9EqEukmH8A

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        (3/4) “One morning the killers brought a list of names, and gathered everyone together. They told us to sit on the floor. They stepped through the crowd and began reading out the names. My name was called out, but it was misspelled by one letter. They kept shouting..."pic.twitter.com/VO82sLeTLd

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      4. Brandon Stanton‏Verified account @humansofny 19 Oct 2018
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        (4/4) “I managed to escape that day, but things had grown desperate. In the end there were two thousand of us trying to survive. We’d begun to run out of food. The militia was losing on the battlefield and began to grow frustrated. Two days before our rescue, they came..."pic.twitter.com/9DHEyfd0tM

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      2. αℓнαjι вαя¢α‏ @prinzgrey 19 Oct 2018
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        Replying to @humansofny

        It ain't bad sharing the struggles of Africans but what about their success stories? Why not find a more important use for your medium by telling positive African stories to inspire the world other than just their struggles?

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      3. Sarah Marie‏ @sarahmgawronski 19 Oct 2018
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        Replying to @prinzgrey @humansofny

        Can't you see that these are success stories? Survival, love, fortitude, helping one another despite threat of death. These are the stories that give me hope in humankind

        2 replies 5 retweets 155 likes
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      1. Sarah Marie‏ @sarahmgawronski 19 Oct 2018
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        If you're American, can you even begin to imagine what the alt-right would do if our President was killed? Stop and pay attention.

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      1. Lou the Rapper‏ @okoeborlouis 21 Oct 2018
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        Many in this generation think they can handle a civil war. These stories are totally necessary

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      2. Don Pope‏ @don_popeman 19 Oct 2018
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        Replying to @humansofny @julietkego

        I wish the story of the Biafran genocide could be told like this

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      3. Ona‏ @onaegwame 21 Oct 2018
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        Replying to @don_popeman @humansofny @julietkego

        The first i read about biafra was from Chimanda's half of a yellow sun

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      2. A-LY™‏ @ali_biu335 20 Oct 2018
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        Replying to @Hamim_M_A @humansofny

        Have you read the previous ones? Go and read...you will almost cry, war is bad...very BAD!!!

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