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We also remember his family and community as they grieved that year during during the holiday season. No one was ever convicted for his murder. In 1924, an African American was lynched in the United States every 22 days.
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Taking a moment to remember Sam Smith, a young teen who was lynched in Cane Ridge on this day in 1924.
#ThrowbackThursday
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"She did not believe in talent as much as hard work. She never told an aspiring writer they should give up, rather that they should learn, study, observe, and persist. Persistence was the lesson she received from her mother, her grandmother, and her aunt."
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Also been playing this oldie on my runs. You’re welcome.
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Coming off Twitter break briefly to say there’s almost a stubborn begrudging dimwitted refusal to accept that Jalen Hurts is great and the Eagles are for real.
Okay, see you people later.
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Logging off Twitter this coming week. See you people soon.
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The Carolina Panthers leadership tried to write off the season, Steve Wilks didn’t write them back.
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1.1 million Americans have died of COVID since this tweet.
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Signed every copy of my memoir Uphill at the Orlando airport’s Hudson News store. Have at it.
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Jalen Hurts with an interesting/honest answer about if he's motivated by naysayers:
"I carry my scars with me everywhere I go. I don't forget. Do I waste my energy worrying about the opinion of someone else, the opinion of a sheep? No. I truly invest my focus in getting better."
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The number of Twitter employees in Slack is dropping significantly — looks like more than 100 people were just let go.
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NEW: Elon Musk is threatening to sue Twitter employees who leak confidential information to the press. He's asking staffers to sign a pledge indicating they've understood. Here's the email:
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Holy crap Russell Wilson hit head hard on the turf
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Tom Brady: 9 for 19, 78 yards, INT
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Oh man
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Oh crap Deebo
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I’m trying to think of a great player that I’ve ever covered who fell off such a gigantic cliff so quickly as Russell Wilson did this season.
None coming to mind.
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How did Lockett catch that holy smokes
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You have got to be (expletive deleted) kidding me.
BTW most underrated TD celebration: opening the safe.
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Jags-Lions Super Bowl
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You’re a Lions fan so you know all about Ls
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Derrick Henry in first quarter: 98 rushing yards.
Derrick Henry rushing yards IN THE ENTIRE SECOND HALF: 2.
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Justin Jefferson: 10 catches, 213 yards
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Holy crap Gallup got blasted
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Jared Montana
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Here’s a brief article about Paul Silas in the St. Louis Sentinel (Black)
That first paragraph is perfect.
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Damn. RIP Paul Silas.
The one coach you definitely didn’t want to f*** with.
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That play to draw the Jets offsides was so deliciously good.
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Oh no Jets
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Jared Goff
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5 people gonna see the Avatar sequel
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Joey Galloway reportedly saying he didn’t know Jackson State existed until Deion became coach isn’t a credit to Deion but an indictment of the network he’s employed by for doing a poor job of covering HBCU athletics over the years.
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Quite the opening to an email:
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Know the name Roger Carstens. He is an American hero who embodies compassion in leadership. We will continue to enthusiastically support his work to bring Americans like Paul Whelan home. #WeAreBG
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TW: r-pe, sex assault, U.S. slavery
Pondering. After the transatlantic slave trade ended, slave owners increased wealth by raping enslaved women & of course, enslaving & often selling their kids, products of said assaults.
I imagine “knocked up” took hold, then, colloquially.
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When we say racism is all around us, please believe us the first time. Receipt:
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The phrase “knocked up,” referring to pregnancy, originated with U.S. slavery. The Oxford English Dictionary traces the expression back to 1813.
Back then the price of enslaved African women was “knocked up” by the auctioneer when she was pregnant—promoted as a deal for buyers.
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