I will never get over the fact that Harris tried to run on "Trump will actually do the things he says he will do" and was called a liar by the media.

Michelle Obama says we're not ready for a woman to be president

Michelle Obama: “Don't even look at me about running, because you all are lying. You're not ready for a woman. So don't waste my time. We got a lot of growing up to do.”

A young girl in a school for black civil rights activists being trained to not react to smoke blown in her face, 1960.

Reminder that the civil rights movement was not just random people who had enough one day. They were carefully and militantly trained political activists who deployed strategic forces to end Jim Crow segregation. Never forget them.

Cherish

— “i’m referred to as ‘the female mick jagger’, where it should be just the opposite” exactly mother tina! you’re the blueprint. they got the moves from you! 👏🏾

Hayley Williams reveals who is not welcome at her concert: “I don’t want racists around, and I don’t want sexist people around, and I don’t want people there who think that trans people are a burden.”

“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through

Fun Fact: Betty Davis wrote, arranged, and produced every track herself at 28 — one of the first Black women to fully self-produce a major-label funk album.

People were slow to accept change."- Bo Diddley "You were Black."- Little Richard "Tell him again, will you tell that man, again." -Chuck Berry Remembering Little Richard on his birthday 🕊️💙 (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020)

FBA greatness

On this day in 1780, Ignatius Sancho died and became the first African to be given an obituary in the British press. He was 51 years old. Ignatius Sancho, a composer, actor, writer and businessman was the first Black person known to have voted in Britain in 1774 and 1780. Sancho

In 1781, over 100 enslaved Africans were thrown overboard and drowned so that the slavers could cash in on the insurance of those enslaved. The Zong Massacre, THREAD

Aaliyah songs written by Static Major : • Are You That Somebody • Come Back In One Piece • More Than A Woman • Don’t Know What To Tell Ya • Loose Rap • Rock The Boat • Try Again • We Need A Resolution • Steady Ground • Basically the entire self titled album

Brandy delivered with this song. ‘Almost Doesn’t Count’ is one of the greatest songs of all time. Checkout my interview with the songs writer Shelly Peiken who wrote it after breaking up with her college boyfriend: youtu.be/CGQ6w-CYiB0?si…

Celebrity Hair Stylist, Chuckie Amos, tells Complex Magazine about his work with Brandy and the vision behind some of her famous braided looks.

Historic activist Claudette Colvin has passed away at the age of 86. Colvin was just 15 when she refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus, an act that aided the modern civil rights movement.

😂 it was rhetorical

Jimmy Jam And Terry Lewis hearing ‘Rhythm Nation’ for Janet on the same song is 🔥