“Lift education out of the slough of the passive voice.”

—Fannie Jackson Coppin

It’s like a Christopher Nolan movie…
Watch it one time….you will miss something…

Watch it again…you’ll see everything…

#KDot

A bunch of NYPD officers climbed through a window of Hamilton Hall at Columbia:

There’s no better feeling than the mutual hatred of a coworker. Akilah Hughes Milana Vayntrub

Keep in mind: These are the folks claiming to be colorblind, claiming that DEI focuses too much on race, explicitly saying the real problem is white men in a university system that is at least 75% white in a state that is 90% white need a space that’s racially for them. It’s…

You can start a task at anytime babes. Not just times that end in “:00” and “:30”

Brown Sugar (2024)

- ari lennox
- foggie raw

Sandy Ground, 'the nation's oldest free Black settlement still inhabited by descendants of its pioneers,” located on Staten Island is fighting to preserve its history silive.com/news/2024/04/t…

This is a friendly reminder that if you can get a library card. You can borrow all kinds of media for free. Physically at a library or digitally using library system apps like Libby or Hoopla.

Video games, comic books, movies, TV shows audiobooks, magazines. You name it.

This is so surreal! I can’t believe I’m holding my book in my hands.

Also, the design team DID THAT SHIT!

The engraving is an Easter egg….just saying.

My dreams are truly coming true.

Powerade’s new ad ‘Pause is Power’ with Simone Biles is so good, & so societally timely. 20/10. 🏆

I can’t wait!

“Black faces in high places are not going to save us.”

—Ruha Benjamin

zendaya wearing vintage fall 1998 carolina herrera paying homage to this shot of serena & venus williams for vogue may’s 1998 issue

UNC Chapel Hill was literally built by enslaved people and would not admit their descendants until forced to do so by the courts a century after the Civil War, and still does not enroll Black people proportionate to their state population. Republicans want to kill diversity

🧵Today is my birthday! I am the founder of Black-Miami Dade, a history platform that resists the erasure of Miami's Black past.

Support at blackmiamidade.com/support to send a bday gift that will support this ongoing work. See a bit of what we've done in this thread.

The real live Clovers!!!!?!?! Why am I crying? For those who aren't familiar with competitive cheer, this is HUGE!! And it's NOT due to a lack of talent. Jada Lynn 🌿🥀✨ let em know! 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾 #BringItOn

'I am not surprised by those who attempt to propagate hatred. I am surprised that my own university—my home for four years—has abandoned me.'

Every line of USC valedictorian Asna Tabassum's statement is brilliant, heartbreaking and infuriating cair.com/wp-content/upl…

This was a tremendous conversation about James Reese Europe, Puerto Rico, and Black New York in the first 2 decades of the 20th century. Part of the #LegaciesOfSanJuanHill project Lincoln Center. Thank you for the invitation! More here: lincolncenter.org/feature/legaci…

Come celebrate the power of words and Black authors at our Black Authors Festival 2024! We are committed to supporting literacy and honoring influential Black authors and thought leaders in our community.