Recognizing Andrew Young (b1932) -Civil Rights leader -Pastor -Executive Director of Southern Christian Leadership Conference -Congressman from Georgia -US Ambassador to the United Nations -Mayor of Atlanta -Co-chair, 1996 Summer Olympics #BlackTwitter #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM

Remembering Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901) -AME minister -Organized two United States Colored Troops regiments during Civil War -First Black U.S. Senator -Founding president, Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Alcorn State) #BlackTwitter #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM

Remembering John Lewis (1940-2020) -Freedom Rides and Nashville sit-ins activist -Chairman, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee -Leader, Selma to Montgomery march -One of "Big Six" March on Washington leaders -Congressman from Georgia #BlackTwitter #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM

Remembering Colin Powell (1937-2021) -Four star general -National Security Advisor -Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff -First Black US Secretary of State #BlackTwitter #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM

Recognizing Kamala Harris (b1964) -District Attorney of San Francisco -Attorney General of California -US Senator from California -Vice President of the United States -Democratic Candidate for President #BlackTwitter #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM

Recognizing Barack Obama (b1961) -Community Organizer -Civil Rights Attorney -Lecturer in constitutional law -Author -Illinois state senator -US Senator from Illinois -Nobel Peace Prize laureate -44th President of the United States #BlackTwitter #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM

Remembering Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) -Lawyer -Author -Anti-apartheid activist -Cofounder, African National Congress Youth League -Cofounder, ANC uMkhonto weSizwe ("Spear of the Nation") -Nobel Peace Prize laureate -President of South Africa #BlackTwitter #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM

I write about the Monroe Doctrine (as well as Manifest Destiny) in my new book and discuss how Trump has seemed to embrace those principles in his new term. But now he's not only invoking the Monroe Doctrine but making a literal mockery of it. Disturbing times.