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Jennifer

@jennykirk33

Misplaced native Texan, but will return!

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It’s Chip Gaines birthday today and we want to give him the best gift ever: one million followers! RT and help us get the word out. We even have a few giveaways up our sleeve when we hit our goal 🎉

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The CDC is urging everyone to stop eating all romaine lettuce immediately because of E-coli fears. Dr Jennifer Ashton will explain why you should not eat it and the symptoms to look for if you have.

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Text-to-911 is now available in Dublin as well throughout Delaware & Franklin Counties. Please call if you can, text if you can't! More details available at dublinohiousa.gov/newsroom/text-…

Text-to-911 is now available in Dublin as well throughout Delaware & Franklin Counties. Please call if you can, text if you can't! More details available at dublinohiousa.gov/newsroom/text-…
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“You can get further in life with love than hate.” – Buck Buck O’Neil was more than a Negro Leagues 1st baseman. The ❤️of Black ⚾️ history-Player, scout, manager, storyteller, & Hall of Famer. Embodied grace,❤️& joy, shaping Black ⚾️.Bob Kendrick Negro Leagues Baseball Museum James Franklin Byland

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Buck O’Neil had the talent to play in MLB, but segregation denied him that opportunity. The Negro Leagues existed because America excluded Black athletes from full participation. Baseball mirrored the game & society’s racial barriers. #Segregation #BaseballHistory

Buck O’Neil had the talent to play in MLB, but segregation denied him that opportunity. The Negro Leagues existed because America excluded Black athletes from full participation. Baseball mirrored the game & society’s racial barriers. #Segregation #BaseballHistory
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Buck chose leadership. He scouted legendary players – Lou Brock, Lee Smith, Joe Carter, manager for the Monarchs, mentored players & helped found the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to protect this history. That’s agency — turning exclusion into legacy.

Buck chose leadership.

He scouted legendary players – Lou Brock, Lee Smith, Joe Carter, manager for the Monarchs, mentored players & helped found the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to protect this history.

That’s agency — turning exclusion into legacy.
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Buck O’Neil’s era exposes America’s contradiction: A nation built on freedom…yet enforced segregation in its “national pastime.” Baseball reflected a society's injustice, but was slowly changing through courageous individuals.

Buck O’Neil’s era exposes America’s contradiction:

A nation built on freedom…yet enforced segregation in its “national pastime.”

Baseball reflected a society's injustice, but was slowly changing through courageous individuals.
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"Hug everybody you can, especially the pretty women. Drain the bitterness out of your heart." - Buck Dignity matters. He responded to injustice with grace & ❤️. American history is incomplete without the voices that were once excluded.

"Hug everybody you can, especially the pretty women. Drain the bitterness out of your heart." - Buck

Dignity matters. He responded to injustice with grace & ❤️. American history is incomplete without the voices that were once excluded.