Audubon Ballroon (he/him)@travestylane.bsky.social wrote:
[ #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory #WomensHistoryIsUSHistory #BlackWomensHistoryIsUSHistory ]
If you’re in Boston for a visit, the monument is on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall between Fairfield Street & Gloucester Street.
CultureStorm
rootwoman123There is no bottom with Trump and his despicable fascistic supporters. Universities, libraries, and museums are under attack by an intolerant criminal determined to erase history, rewrite truth and crush democracy while #Republicans do nothing. #USHistory #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory #ProtectTheTruth #ResistFascism #AuthoritarianAlert #Resist #VoteBlue
There is no bottom with Trump and his despicable fascistic supporters. Universities, libraries, and museums are under attack by an intolerant criminal determined to erase history, rewrite truth and crush democracy while #Republicans do nothing. #USHistory #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory #ProtectTheTruth #ResistFascism #AuthoritarianAlert #Resist #VoteBlue
Purple Haze II
DoomsdaysCWBoo hiss! #DC's #BlackLivesMatter mural will be erased. Look back at the iconic street painting
March 8, 2025
"#WashingtonDC's iconic 'Black Lives Matter' street mural, which has served as a powerful symbol of #activism and a gathering place for #joy and #resistance, will soon be gone.
"The decision to remove the enormous mural near the #WhiteHouse comes after a U.S. Rep. #AndrewClyde, R-#Georgia, introduced legislation earlier this week that gave D.C. an ultimatum: either paint over the slogan or risk losing federal funding. The bill also called for the area in downtown D.C. to be re-named from #BlackLivesMatterPlaza to Liberty Plaza."
Read more:
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5321872/dc-black-lives-matter-street-mural-history?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#USPol #ErasingHistory #BLM #StreetArt #BlackHistory #Racism #Censorship #FascistBlackmail #Fascism #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory #FederalFunding #Authoritarianism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #Racism
Julia S.THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BLACK ACTIVIST Russell “Maroon” Shoatz is an extraordinary look into the struggle for liberation as it played out on the streets, sometimes through violence, and for decades in prison cells. A tough and timely read. SOLID A
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/i-am-maroon-russell-shoatz/1144963434?ean=9781645030492
#book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #nonfiction #autobiography #BlackHistory #Blackwriters #BlackPantherParty #politics #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory #USHistory
I Am Maroon: The True Story of an American Political Prisoner|Hardcover
In this cinematic memoir, follow one man's journey from gang member to Black liberation leader to political prisoner–and the justice and redemption he fought for along the way. Inspired by Malcolm X, Russell Shoatz became a lifelong crusader for justice, a soldier in...
"The Freedom Democrats helped lead the way to President Barack Obama's election in 2008 and now to Harris' nomination. To me, it's all connected. It's like a relay race. One baton moving to the next." #DemConvention #FannieLouHamer #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory
https://apnews.com/article/fannie-lou-hamer-democratic-convention-atlantic-city-79b54880412b373aa12fc832c9b2bb07
https://apnews.com/article/fannie-lou-hamer-democratic-convention-atlantic-city-79b54880412b373aa12fc832c9b2bb07
DNC: A look back at Fannie Lou Hamer's speech 60 years ago
Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats’ presidential nomination Thursday exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the nation with a speech that still resonates in American politics. Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In 1964, the racially integrated group challenged the seating of an all-white Mississippi delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Hamer told the credentials committee about losing her home and being beaten because of civil rights activities. Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson says the lesson he learned from Hamer in the 1960s still applies: It's important to ensure democracy is for everybody, not just the wealthy.
"The Freedom Democrats helped lead the way to President Barack Obama's election in 2008 and now to Harris' nomination. To me, it's all connected. It's like a relay race. One baton moving to the next." #DemConvention #FannieLouHamer #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory
https://apnews.com/article/fannie-lou-hamer-democratic-convention-atlantic-city-79b54880412b373aa12fc832c9b2bb07
https://apnews.com/article/fannie-lou-hamer-democratic-convention-atlantic-city-79b54880412b373aa12fc832c9b2bb07
DNC: A look back at Fannie Lou Hamer's speech 60 years ago
Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats’ presidential nomination Thursday exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the nation with a speech that still resonates in American politics. Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In 1964, the racially integrated group challenged the seating of an all-white Mississippi delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Hamer told the credentials committee about losing her home and being beaten because of civil rights activities. Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson says the lesson he learned from Hamer in the 1960s still applies: It's important to ensure democracy is for everybody, not just the wealthy.