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The title of this thread is called "Angry Black Women".

On January 20, 2017 this picture was my Facebook avatar. It is Michelle Obama at the inauguration of the 45th president. About a month later, a white female person I know texted me "Can you change your avatar photo, now." Which I did. The following is a selection of the Angry Black Women avatars I used since. These Angry Black Women changed our lives for the better.

Nov 26, 2022 at 12:51pmWeb
Show threadAlikufogoNov 26, 2022

"I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important." -- Ms. Nina Simone

I know all you Europeans love Nina Simone music. But she paid a hellish price for her activism. Never forget that.

Show threadAlikufogoNov 26, 2022
When she was 10 years old, Amariyanna Copeny, former Little Miss Flint Michigan, wrote a letter to Barack Obama about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Her letter and her subsequent fund raising effort lead to Obama authorizing $100 million to fix the crisis.
Show threadAlikufogoNov 26, 2022
"Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me." --Zora Neale Hurston
Show threadAlikufogoNov 26, 2022
“There was very little that was written for and about the Canadian Black community, and the presence of Black people as part of Canadian history…It was a passion of mine to see how we could make this happen – to have Black history be part of the curriculum, and Black people acknowledged and celebrated in the Canadian mosaic.”
— Jean Augustine, PC CM CBE, first Black woman elected to Canadian Parliament
Show threadAlikufogoNov 26, 2022
Viola Irene Desmond (July 6, 1914 – February 7, 1965) Canadian civil and women's rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. In 1946, she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre. Desmond's case is one of the most publicized incidents of racial discrimination in Canadian history and helped start the modern civil rights movement in Canada.
Show threadAlikufogoNov 26, 2022
“I consider myself a crayon... I may not be your favourite colour, but you’re gonna need me to complete your picture.”
-Lauryn Hill
Show threadAlikufogoNov 26, 2022
Rt. Hon. Dr. Louise Bennett Coverly, aka "Miss Lou" to many Jamaican children. The list of her accomplishments is long and distinguished. But the most important (to me) is she formalized Jamaican patois into a written language. She formalized our voice, on our own terms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W58MtDzanqA
MISS LOU: Fi Wi Language (Jamaican Patwah)

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Show threadAlikufogoNov 26, 2022
"Make a million dollars,
make a million mo'...
Tax time come around,
still a nigga po'!"
--Erykah Badu
Show threadAlikufogoNov 26, 2022
"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."-- Maya Angelou
Show threadAlikufogoNov 26, 2022
"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas."
--Shirley Chisholm.
Show threadAlikufogoNov 26, 2022
I could hear this crowd, this mob that had gathered outside....And so this woman collects us and takes us all to the office...
And one guy says, 'Maybe what we're going to have to do is let them hang one kid while we get the other eight out. At least we'll save eight.'
And then another white gentleman - I believe to be assistant chief of police of North Little Rock, stood up and said, 'No, look, I'm a parent, I'm not doing this. I'm getting them all out. We're going. We're going to do it.'
Show threadKaren PinholtNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo great thread! Thanks.
Show threadRasta™ OLDNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo great thread, amazing ladies. we've got tributes to Viola Desmond everywhere here.
Thanks for sharing
Show threadLakeRNistiredNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo horrifying! Adults willing to sacrifice children?! Pure evil.
Show threadJR 🏳️‍🌈Nov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo
I'd add Marian Anderson to that list. Fought to have a voice in a nation that shunned her for her skin. (great story behind this for those who want to know real history)
Show threadLeslie VarneyNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo I never heard this, thank you!
Show threadahimsaNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo Thank you for this great thread ❤️
Show threadDr. Lola PolitickaNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo Wonderful thread!!
Show threadCat WestNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo Shocking how ugly we, as a nation dominated by White elites, were. The courage of those who had no choice but to stand up to it created the spine of steel we rely on today, to force a mythical nation into the light of truth and reconciliation. I say, we are still too gently prodded by those who find the status quo, a place to rest.
Show threadRazNov 27, 2022
@Alikufogo thank you for this thread.
Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteNov 27, 2022
@Alikufogo Jesus, that poor baby to have to hear that.
Show threadchillerNov 27, 2022
@Alikufogo amazing thread, thank you for sharing.
Show threadCourtney Heard 🇨🇦Nov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo a humanist and a hero #humanist
Show threadCan_Skeptic_WmNov 26, 2022

@godlessmom @Alikufogo

Great to see you over here. I just followed and look forward to your content. Welcome

Show threadDiligence JonesNov 26, 2022

@Alikufogo

Chisholm is one of my hands-down FAVORITE Black women.

Show threadPeggyJoan ☮️💙🌈🐶Nov 30, 2022
@Alikufogo
Adored Ms. Chisholm. She made 'good trouble'.
Show threadonce wasNov 28, 2022
@Alikufogo I love that she was also a Calypso singer.
Show threadChazz Michael-Michaels Nov 27, 2022
@Alikufogo her brother went to my high school
Show threadLeslie VarneyNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo OMG yes!
Show threadBellison22Nov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo 💙💙💙💙💙
Show threadShawn Hooper (he/him)Nov 26, 2022

@Alikufogo Thank you for this thread.

I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t learn of Viola Desmond, or segregation in Canada until I was in my 30s, visiting the Canadian Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg.

Our education system really needs to be improved - in so many ways.

Show thread Tam Nov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo From this Nova Scotian, I didn't learn about Mrs. Desmond as a kid but I made good & bloody sure my kids knew about here and so many other amazing Black women like Dr. Carry Best & Portia White. For years everyone here would talk about Rosa Parks, with never knowing that Viola Desmond made a stand - or rather took a seat - nine years before her. Thank you for this thread!
Show threadLeslie VarneyNov 26, 2022
@TammyJFrCowBay @Alikufogo most of the US doesn't know about Claudette Colvin, the young woman whose arrest for not giving up her seat inspired the Rosa Parks incident.
Show thread Tam Nov 26, 2022
@virtuallyleslie @Alikufogo I do recall reading that previously! Thanks for the reminder! Will remember to note it with my students when they start having the conversations in their grade 8 classes.
Show threaddavidfNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo Great thread. I was not aware of segregation in Canada.
Show threadJNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo I love this quote of hers. She was just the best.
Show threadRandy Noseworthy 😼 Nov 26, 2022

@Alikufogo

👍 Love it

Show threadMervyn "CW" SeivwrightNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo As a poet, I feel as Zora spoke.
Show threadtyorkNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo love this!
Show threadPrairiedog37Nov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo
And did it get fixed? Or was it like Mississippi State that took took the federal funding and did nothing to fix the water supply in black areas?
Show threadChelle 🌻🌊Nov 26, 2022
@JamesWingert @Alikufogo it was fixed. There was a huge settlement of over $600 million to the families, but none of the lying jackasses were convicted for the damages they caused to the people.
Show threadZaytheLegendNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo wait... It's nearly 10 years later and they STILL don't have clean water?? This is absurd!
Show threadAlikufogoNov 26, 2022
@zaythelegend https://www.nrdc.org/stories/flint-water-crisis-everything-you-need-know
Flint Water Crisis: Everything You Need to Know

After officials repeatedly dismissed claims that Flint’s water was making people sick, residents took action. Here’s how the lead contamination crisis unfolded—and what we can learn from it.

Show threadouroborosNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo wowwww
Show threadBlue HeronNov 27, 2022
@Alikufogo All beautiful photographs, but as a waterfowl I have a particular soft spot for this young human.
Show threadAppagal CrochetNov 27, 2022
@Alikufogo Now this is one hell of a kid/teen/young adult. Can't wait to see what she becomes in the future!
Show threadantipode77Nov 27, 2022

@Alikufogo

Wondering whether the crisis in Flint was satisfactorily resolved. Can the citizens of Flint now drink from the tap without fear of lead poisoning ?

Infrastructure maintenance seems to be a big problem in the USA. Republican governments dislike it very much. Let the citizens fend for themselves. This is not why one has a government.

https://infrastructurereportcard.org/cat-item/drinking-water-infrastructure/

Show threadBarbarastNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo She must have been so lonely. Such a shame, she was such a fantastic musician. And indeed a committed activist.
Show threadPauline Oplossingen bestaan alNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo I love Nina Simone and many black female vocalists.
Show threadbuntyNov 26, 2022

@Alikufogo Without compare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96jRnBYymU

NINA SIMONE on DAVID BOWIE, JANIS JOPLIN and singing STARS( Live at Montreux, 1976)

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Show threadVes AkimboNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo named my [new] guitar after her ✊🏽🥲👍🏽
Show threadSerendipNov 27, 2022
@Alikufogo I like Nina Simone. And, sorry, don't try to convince me that skin color is important. The more people will consider it meaningless, like, say, the color of your hair, the better.
Show threadAlikufogoNov 27, 2022
@O_Chamboredon O.K., I won't try to convince you. This message is for other readers:
My skin colour is meaningful to me. It is who I am. It matters. I don't believe in the concept of racial "colour blindness". I think this world is more valuable when we can recognize and appreciate the beauty our differences, without having to resort to hatred. Hair and skin colour are important expressions of who we are. I've changed my hair occasionally. Skin colour, never.
Show threadSerendipNov 27, 2022
@Alikufogo OK for me. In your context your mirror action seems necessary. How others are looking at us, again... In my view, genetic and cultural identities are highly unrelated, stone-hard as a person, and fluid as a group. I live in a context where social groups define primarily as cultural groups. That's why.
Show threadGary Richmond-DixonNov 27, 2022
@Alikufogo amazing woman
Show threadAntonius Marie ⚧Nov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo I get that it was (her own!) racism that *actually* upset her with that image but ... Did she give any reason to why?
Show threadAlikufogoNov 26, 2022
If you are referring to the white female person I knew, she did not give any reasons.
Show threadThisStarChildNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo Thank you for sharing these inspiring women!
Show threadThatAuntieNov 26, 2022
@Alikufogo As an "Angry Black Woman," I appreciate the love letter that is this thread, this hallowed ground. 🌊