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Learn from the Past, Organize for the Future, Make Democracy Work
Durham, NCsnccdigital.orgJoined November 2016

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Happy bday SNCC veteran Joyce Ladner! About 1963📷, Dr. Ladner said: "I had literally gotten out of jail a couple of hours earlier. At Tougaloo College, the chapel bells tolled when students got out of jail. Everyone ran to the chapel. . ." 🧵
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Charles Sherrod, ¡Presente! "Sherrod smiles boyishly when he speaks [at a mass meeting], his voice is softly resonant, & he lowers it to a vibrant whisper when he wants to emphasize a point." -- H. Zinn SNCC: The New Abolitionists, 1964 See ⬇️
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“To tell the story of the civil rights movement through song that was the purpose of the group,’’ Rutha Mae Harris, 81, one of the original Freedom Singers told me. “It worked.’’ , @SNCC60th, #BlackHistoryMonth
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Freedom songs performed by @snccdigital's Freedom Singers gave momentum to the civil rights movement. “Freedom songs were messages that gave hope,'' Tougaloo College professor said. @SNCC60th bit.ly/3I1gwti
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"The Greensboro sit-ins inspired mass movement across the South. By April 1960, 70 southern cities had sit-ins of their own. Direct-action sit-ins made public what Jim Crow wanted to hide – Black resistance to segregation." via youth-led ⬇️
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Traditional Civil Rights Movement narratives ignore that fight for civil, voting, and human rights was often met with terrorist violence, as exemplified by story of Louis Allen and countless others. #TeachOutsideTextbook 3/6 See more in ⬇️
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SNCC organizer Worth Long has contributed this post, "Red Sky, Black Fire" in tribute to his friend and comrade in the struggle, Bob Moses. Words authored by Worth Long, Image owned by the estate of Posy Lombard.
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Loved this conversation w/ about people power + elections. I secretly hoped that if I worked the phrase “academic freedom” or “free expression” into my remarks three times would show up.
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We're honoured to have @nseufot from @NewGAProject and @Ryan_M_Doyle speak to our @canstudyus Fellows about political mobilization & grassroot organizing. Thank you for sharing your passion and for the work you are doing to build leadership in your communities. #CanStudyUS2021
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Grateful to for centering young people's political vision + collective wisdom in Ella Baker's nod to Dr. King, "the movement made Martin." Proud our sister archive @mlk_institute cited. , pls link to living activists + @SNCC60th directly
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"Despite his youth, or perhaps because of it, Dr. King understood the long view of history," writes @IAmRichBenjamin. nyti.ms/2XP2MMR
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The nation is realizing what we have known all along: Georgia is a battleground state. Thanks to the relentless work done toward investing in & turning out voters of color. Senator-elect Raphael Warnock’s win is an extraordinary moment in Georgia’s & our country’s history.
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Organizer Aaron Henry () and other Black leaders were arrested & convicted for “Conspiring to withhold trade.” Henry’s business was attacked and Noelle Michael Henry was fired from teaching. (Whose side was local gov't. on?) See ⬇️
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Im so so so moved by the outpouring of love, appreciation, and encouragement. We do this for the love. Love of ourselves, families, and communities. And we do this to build power. The power to change our circumstances and shape the future of the Georgia, and our country.
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