This #WomensHistoryMonth , we celebrate the intellectual fortitude, business savvy, and sheer grit of those Black women who fashioned new enterprises against both racial and gender discrimination to birth the vibrant Black business culture we now enjoy today. #HiddenHerStory

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“You don't expect the people who came to invade us to write the truth about us.” ~ Miriam Makeba #WakeUpEverybody ✊🏿

Exactly. The misconception that affirmative action meant unqualified people have been admitted into college solely because of their race was never true and is quite frankly an ignorant interpretation. Thank you @joyannreid for setting the record straight and sharing your truth!

Lawmakers unveiled a U.S. Postal Service stamp honoring Congressman John Lewis yesterday at the U.S. Capitol. The late representative and civil rights icon is more than worthy of this honor for his enduring willingness to get into #GoodTrouble for the sake of equal justice.
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A 13-year-old Tommy Flanagan listed among piano students of Gladys Wade Dillard at a recital in Sept. 943. Dillard (her name is misspelled in the headline) would would also teach Barry Harris, Kirk Lightsey, Alice (McLeod) Coltrane. Detroit Times (African American paper), 1943.

.Karen Gershowitz It was a joy, speaking with you for this interview. Thank you for this wonderful piece. 🙏🏾

#OnThisDay in 1921, one of the deadliest racial massacres in U.S. history began in the thriving Greenwood African American community of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Black Wall Street in Tulsa, OK was destroyed by a racist mob. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory

Great article/advice!

All-star concert honoring SFJAZZ Founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline. Gala, Thurs @ 8:30PM PT. Rebroadcast of the concert will also be shown on Sunday, May 7 at 5PM PT.

American Road Deaths Show an Alarming Racial Gap nyti.ms/3n3f3NV

Gone In A Phrase Of Air
Fri 4/28 7:30p The 92nd Street Y, New York
An exploration of the impact of urban renewal on African American and immigrant communities beginning in the 1950s. W Miche Braden, Xavier Davis Chris Lightcap
Alvester C Garnett 92ny.org/tickets/reserv…

savannahmusicfestival.org/event/regina-c…

Xavier Davis @lightcapchris @alvestergarnett @carlacook577

#goneinaphraseofair
#urbanremoval #healing #positivity #history

TONIGHT! April 1 at 7:30 p.m. ET tune in for the 2023 #NEAJazzMasters concert celebrating Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett, Louis Hayes, and Sue Mingus with the Nat'l Endow f/t Arts ! 🎻🎷🥁

Join us for the unforgettable concert—it would be foolish to miss it! 😉

▶ tkc.co/JazzMasters

'Gone In A Phrase Of Air'
April 5th Trustees Theatre 6:00
Savannah, GA w/ Xavier Davis
Chris Lightcap Alvester C Garnett & Carla Cook. Savannah Music Festival
#Savannah
#1956highwayact #urbanremoval #segregation #redlining