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She taught us so much about Black women, resilience and survival. She comforted those who were victims of domestic abuse with her indomitable spirit. Rest in peace & power. Tina Turner: legendary rock’n’roll singer dies aged 83 | Tina Turner | The Guardian theguardian.com/music/2023/may…

simply the best. rip to the incomparable tina turner, queen of legs, our hearts, and breaking every rule. the queen of rock 'n roll performing on "soul train" in 1972.

Mother Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, is publishing her memoir - releasing July 4! botwc.co/3qryqBx

the salvation was always in the work.

folks, i needs us to not sink into despair. people are alive, and their lives depend on us fighting for them. call your reps. go to protests. donate. write letters to your workplaces demanding they stand with palestine. organize. please. we are needed. answer the call.

We call upon all our communities and co-strugglers to take immediate action: to get informed, to spread awareness, to speak out and up, to organize, mobilize, and to commit to standing on the right side of history. 🧵

my heart is broken into a million tiny pieces for Gaza right now. i cannot even fathom this evil.

the rage i feel is paralyzing.

"every media minute America’s hysterical hands drip blood, a pointing finger un-inward, the people scroll over bodies, wet dreams of war, we want to believe we aren’t dying too." -aja monet

what do we do with all this grief inside?

Palestine is radicalizing the world.

Gaza's 9-year-old aspiring journalist Lama Jamous interviews Al Jazeera Arabic’s Gaza Bureau Chief وائل الدحدوح Wael Al dahdouh.

Ella Jenkins and her music were part of my childhood growing up on the South Side of Chicago in the 1960s. I might have been one those children singing along at her feet. Rest in Peace & Love. npr.org/2024/11/10/530…

I should write a poem but there’s almost nothing that hasn’t been said and said and said beautifully, ugly, blandly excitingly — nikki giovanni

Some of my favorite poems by Nikki Giovanni were the ones she wrote for others. “Poem for Aretha” and “For Gwendolyn Brooks” are just beautiful. She loved us for real.

Robin DG Kelley on the poetry of aja monet (1:05:33) "This is what makes the poems so powerful and dangerous. Like violets pushing through concrete to kiss the sun, or unarmed people, arms locked, chanting and singing, forcing armies to retreat." youtube.com/watch?v=BBoQI9…