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today, I was asked what has Pres. Obama ever done for the African-American Community [View all] 52 FrenchieCat Feb 2016 Dec 2024 96 67850

Black history that doesn't make it into the history books v2.0 [View all] 104 Number23 May 2012 Sep 2024 37 60530

Please Read Prior To Posting - Notification From Group Hosts - Approach To Blocking Members [View all] 54 JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 Jul 2019 78 35075

Group Host - Please read re SOP And Alerting hosts 34 JustAnotherGen Sep 2015 May 2018 20 33841

Graphic examples of the racially-based social caste system v2.0 45 Number23 May 2012 Oct 2017 24 53541

Outside of Frankie Beverly & Maze I need a summer playlist. 9 irisblue Apr 29 1 hr ago 1 627

Nottoway Plantation Louisiana - a tale of two reactions 5 JustAnotherGen Friday Sunday 6 558

Report Reveals Black Women Lost The Most Jobs In April And Changes In DEI Could Partially Be To Blame 5 littlemissmartypants Thursday Thursday 7 416

Regarding Rep. Jasmine Crockett [View all] 59 JustAnotherGen May 2024 Tuesday 234 12279

Rep Crockett's White Boy Statement - AfAm Group 18 JustAnotherGen May 12 Tuesday 25 1663

Novelist Percival Everett and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts 2 qwlauren35 May 6 May 7 5 438

Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review 0 Eugene May 2 May 2 5 456

Excerpt from The Fierce Urgency of Now Rainbow Push Chicago, Keynote Rev. Dr. Frank Thomas: 0 Beringia Apr 24 Apr 24 3 404

Sinners..a masterpiece 11 Demovictory9 Apr 20 Apr 23 1 932

"We ain't scared!" 2 tulipsandroses Jan 2025 Apr 21 8 985

Another image of summer at the Chickenbone Beach in Atlantic City. From twitter 0 irisblue Apr 18 Apr 18 9 603

ACLU: After public opposition, National Park Service restored the Underground Railroad page to include Harriet Tubman. 2 Dennis Donovan Apr 9 Apr 11 7 734

The Black Panther cubs: when the revolution doesn't come 0 cbabe Mar 29 Mar 29 3 614

Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, has died 1 Eugene Mar 28 Mar 28 8 501

Just heard Ida B Wells coin about to be issued! 3 elleng Mar 21 Mar 22 6 734

People enjoy their time at "chicken bone" beach, Atlantic city, NJ in the 1950s. This was a segregated beach. 1 irisblue Mar 20 Mar 20 14 829

St George Hospital in London and history of discrimination against women and people of color 0 Beringia Mar 12 Mar 12 2 580

Dear Black Women - Morris Chestnut 1 tulipsandroses Mar 4 Mar 5 2 788

250 K tuned into Roland Martin's State of Our Union instead of the trump shit show. Its still going if anyone wants to 1 tulipsandroses Mar 5 Mar 5 6 834

Robert Clark, Mississippi's first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96 0 Eugene Mar 4 Mar 4 4 540

Dangerous Chemicals Were Detected in 100% of the Braiding Hair We Tested 1 Mosby Mar 4 Mar 4 5 3256

A White man's awakening 29 70sEraVet Feb 28 Feb 28 116 4201

For those that Turned The TV Off. Don Lemon is live at Five and Roland Martin is live at 6PM. 0 tulipsandroses Feb 27 Feb 27 6 760

Win with Black Women and Win with Black Men emergency call regarding Joy Reid 1 tulipsandroses Feb 25 Feb 26 12 761

In light of hearing that MSNBC is canceling Joy Reid's show, I want to highlight independent black journalists/news 7 tulipsandroses Feb 23 Feb 24 23 1562

African American Continued...

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Important words from Andrew Gillum - re Joy Reid and getting back to organizing and protecting our communities. 0 tulipsandroses Feb 24 Feb 24 4 604

To these Black retirees, the federal civil service now under attack was a path to the middle class 0 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 3808

Black Crossword is a free daily mini crossword puzzle 4 cbabe Aug 2024 Feb 2025 12 1296

Tabitha Brown speaks on Target's rollback of DEI initiatives. 3 tulipsandroses Jan 2025 Feb 2025 8 1201

Lauren's BHM 2025 Jeopardy Board: 21st Century Black History and Current Events - It's Up to Us! 0 qwlauren35 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 615

Black Economic Boycotts Must Be Driven By Strategy, Not Emotions Master Class 1 tulipsandroses Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 770

FYI: Great Migrations Series: A People on The Move PBS 0 Submariner Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 563

Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion 1 struggle4progress Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 924

Peter Bradley Abstract Artist on Local USA PBS show 0 Beringia Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 721

New look for the Nutcracker.. a Black head and male dewdrops 0 Demovictory9 Dec 2024 Dec 2024 14 1128

"They played their little white card on election day, and they are about to find out they're people of color." 5 Dem4life1970 Dec 2024 Dec 2024 11 2168

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 4 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 1454

How Nikki Giovanni's Black American consciousness changed the world 0 cbabe Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 656

Forbes: How Journalists Can Better Explain Why Black Women Vote The Way They Do 5 JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 Dec 2024 6 1506

After Donald Trump's win, Black women are rethinking their role as America's reliable political organizers 5 JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 Dec 2024 16 1625

Renowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81 3 Eugene Dec 2024 Dec 2024 13 877

I won't be here much from now on 15 The Polack MSgt Nov 2024 Nov 2024 11 2339

Robert Dixon, Last Surviving Buffalo Soldier, Dies at 103 0 Omaha Steve Nov 2024 Nov 2024 10 11573

#The92Percent (AfAm Group) 4 JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 Nov 2024 9 1392

Backlash on "a woman whose anger needs to be paid attention to" (Cross-Post) 3 IzzaNuDay Nov 2024 Nov 2024 11 12356

How Kamala Harris' Jamaican father shaped who she is today 0 peppertree Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 634

Anyone else thinking of Bianca Delarosa this week? 6 irisblue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 1188

Justice Department Secures $8M from Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation to Address Redlining in Black Communities i 0 Eugene Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 1155

SAPELO ISLAND RESIDENTS FIGHT TO KEEP GEORGIA'S LAST GULLAH GEECHEE COMMUNITY 0 douglas9 Oct 2024 Oct 2024 19 1116

Make America White Again - Cross-Posting. 1 qwlauren35 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 12768

VP Harris was on point last night 2 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 18 1335

When your grandparents are your babysitters. 15 Mosby Sep 2024 Sep 2024 56 3746

Big Tobacco Seizes Upon Biden's Menthol Cigarette Ban to Try to Drive a Wedge Between Harris and Black Voters 4 douglas9 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 1587

JFK, Detroit 1960 & meetingn with AA ministers & labor leaders 1 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 930

Wait...Did the Author of 'White Fragility' Plagiarize People of Color In Her Doctoral Thesis?? 1 Mosby Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 1277

African American Continued...

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Judge rules Breonna Taylor's boyfriend caused her death, throws out major charges against ex-Louisville officers 3 irisblue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 1719

With six words, Michelle Obama rewires America's conversation on race gift article from WaPo 13 irisblue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 31 2448

VP Harris Speech - August 8, 2024 (you tube link) 5 JustAnotherGen Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 1560

Bloomberg gives $600 million to four Black medical schools' endowments 0 Omaha Steve Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 11903

History Segment: "Organizing the 1963 March on Washington: The Struggle for Civil Rights" 0 Omaha Steve Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 908

Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 83 years old today. 0 sheshe2 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 16 1059

Master Chief William Goines, first Black Navy SEAL, passes away at 88 1 douglas9 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 12 1213

Louisiana's Criminalization of Abortion Care Demands We Embrace Reproductive Justice 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 4 1223

Congresswoman Crockett is offering a "A Crockett Clapback Collection" 4 LetMyPeopleVote May 2024 May 2024 14 1476

MIT edits 'women of color' program website after complaint for excluding white students 2 JustAnotherGen May 2024 May 2024 12 1580

For those who missed Rep. Crockett's original reference 5 Marcuse May 2024 May 2024 21 2031

The Twin Demons of Maternal Mortality and Femicide (trigger warning) 2 niyad May 2024 May 2024 9 1059

"Reprehensible": Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates Civil Rights Convention (X-post) 1 Think. Again. Apr 2024 Apr 2024 11 1753

April 3, 1968 Martin Luther King's Last Speech 2 JustAnotherGen Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1931

A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing 2 Eugene Apr 2024 Apr 2024 12 2196

Lou Gossett Jr. Has Died, Age 87 14 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 34 3180

Her City, Her Rules: Celebrating Black Women at the Helm of America's Largest Cities - From Lauren's Blog 1 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 1755

Kathleen Parker of WaPo has thinky thoughts on VP Harris- resign 11 irisblue Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 2428

(AfAm Group) We aren't Trump's Demographic 2 JustAnotherGen Mar 2024 Mar 2024 13 1991

Doris Miller, Hero Pearl Harbor 1941, Fired AA Machine Gun from USS West Virginia, Navy Cross (AA) 0 appalachiablue Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 1869

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