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Sandra Green Thomas

@sandragreentho2

Highly opinionated woman, advocate for equality & equity for all, extremely proud mom, loyal friend, OPDEC & DSCC member, reader, aspiring writer she/her

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Sad to lose this elegant and majestic spirit, Judith Jamison, at age 81. For decades she danced for and led the Alvin Ailey dance troupe and moved audiences along the way. Rest in Peace!

Sad to lose this elegant and majestic spirit, Judith Jamison, at age 81. For decades she danced for and led the Alvin Ailey dance troupe and moved audiences along the way. Rest in Peace!
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In 1938, Lloyd Gaines filed a lawsuit after being denied admission to the University of Missouri Law School in 1935 because he was black. The Court ruled in his favor & required Missouri to admit him or set up a black law school. He disappeared 3 months later never to be

In 1938, Lloyd Gaines filed a lawsuit after being denied admission to the University of Missouri Law School in 1935 because he was black. 

The Court ruled in his favor & required Missouri to admit him or set up a black law school.

He disappeared 3 months later never to be
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Dear friends: Today marks the 35th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Jesuits and their companions in El Salvador. On November 16, 1989, Ignacio Ellacuría, SJ; Ignacio Martín-Baró, SJ; Segundo Montes, SJ; Amando López, SJ; Joaquín López y López, SJ; Juan Ramón Moreno Pardo, SJ;

Dear friends: Today marks the 35th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Jesuits and their companions in El Salvador. On November 16, 1989, Ignacio Ellacuría, SJ; Ignacio Martín-Baró, SJ; Segundo Montes, SJ; Amando López, SJ; Joaquín López y López, SJ; Juan Ramón Moreno Pardo, SJ;
African Stream (@african_stream) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'WOULD YOU SAY THAT TO A JEW?' Britain not being forced to reckon with colonialism and slavery has helped sanitise British imperialism and dilute the historical scale of its destruction of societies. This video clip shows the cognitive dissonance of former British member of

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Happy Birthday to Denise McNair. She would’ve been 73 years old today. She was among 4 girls who were killed when white supremacists bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham in 1963.

Happy Birthday to Denise McNair. She would’ve been 73 years old today.

She was among 4 girls who were killed when white supremacists bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham in 1963.
Derek W. Black (@derekwblack) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Twenty of the private white academies formed in NC during desegregation are now drawing state funds through vouchers—$20 million a year. And 83% of families receiving vouchers across the state are white. Hard to say vouchers are expanding access. propublica.org/article/segreg…

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Sarah Rector became a multi-millionare oil baron and the richest black child at just 12 years old. She was so rich that Oklahoma legislature legally declared her to be a white person.   A THREAD!

Sarah Rector became a multi-millionare oil baron and the richest black child at just 12 years old.

She was so rich that Oklahoma legislature legally declared her to be a white person.   

A THREAD!
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To improve your writing, read more. To improve your thinking, write more. To improve your storytelling, present more. To improve your energy, rest more. To improve your understanding, teach more. To improve your network, give more. To improve your happiness, appreciate more.

To improve your writing, read more. 
To improve your thinking, write more.
To improve your storytelling, present more.

To improve your energy, rest more.
To improve your understanding, teach more.
To improve your network, give more.

To improve your happiness, appreciate more.
AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@africanarchives) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In 1959, 69 black boys were padlocked in their dormitory at school and it was then set on fire. 21 burnt to death while 48 managed to escape. A THREAD.

In 1959, 69 black boys were padlocked in their dormitory at school and it was then set on fire.

21 burnt to death while 48 managed to escape. 

A THREAD.
Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD (@araujohistorian) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congratulations to dear Marlene Daut co-winner of the Frederick Douglass Prize with her Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution (The University of North Carolina Press, 2023). Congrats to Sara Johnson as well for her beautiful Encyclopédie Noire

Congratulations to dear Marlene Daut co-winner of the Frederick Douglass Prize with her Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution (The University of North Carolina Press, 2023). Congrats to Sara Johnson as well for her beautiful Encyclopédie Noire
Arthur L. Hunter Jr. (@arthurhunterjr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There’s an ancient Chinese proverb that says, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”. If you want to learn how to fish to start a career or get your HiSet(GED), call us (504)671-6487 or email [email protected].

There’s an ancient Chinese proverb that says, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”.
If you want to learn how to fish to start a career or get your HiSet(GED), call us (504)671-6487 or email tjorda@dcc.edu.