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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 67865

Black history that doesn't make it into the history books v2.0 [View all] 104 Number23 May 2012 Sep 2024 37 60554

Please Read Prior To Posting - Notification From Group Hosts - Approach To Blocking Members [View all] 54 JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 Jul 2019 78 35099

Group Host - Please read re SOP And Alerting hosts 34 JustAnotherGen Sep 2015 May 2018 20 33853

Graphic examples of the racially-based social caste system v2.0 45 Number23 May 2012 Oct 2017 24 53551

Clayborn Temple: Fire at historic Black church in Memphis was intentionally set, investigators say 0 Eugene 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 7 168

Outside of Frankie Beverly & Maze I need a summer playlist. 9 irisblue Apr 29 Yesterday 1 635

Nottoway Plantation Louisiana - a tale of two reactions 5 JustAnotherGen Friday Sunday 6 577

Report Reveals Black Women Lost The Most Jobs In April And Changes In DEI Could Partially Be To Blame 5 littlemissmartypants Thursday Thursday 7 426

Regarding Rep. Jasmine Crockett [View all] 59 JustAnotherGen May 2024 May 13 234 12294

Rep Crockett's White Boy Statement - AfAm Group 18 JustAnotherGen May 12 May 13 25 1694

Novelist Percival Everett and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts 2 qwlauren35 May 6 May 7 5 444

Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review 0 Eugene May 2 May 2 5 458

Excerpt from The Fierce Urgency of Now Rainbow Push Chicago, Keynote Rev. Dr. Frank Thomas: 0 Beringia Apr 24 Apr 24 3 408

Sinners..a masterpiece 11 Demovictory9 Apr 20 Apr 23 1 940

"We ain't scared!" 2 tulipsandroses Jan 2025 Apr 21 8 993

Another image of summer at the Chickenbone Beach in Atlantic City. From twitter 0 irisblue Apr 18 Apr 18 9 611

ACLU: After public opposition, National Park Service restored the Underground Railroad page to include Harriet Tubman. 2 Dennis Donovan Apr 9 Apr 11 7 741

The Black Panther cubs: when the revolution doesn't come 0 cbabe Mar 29 Mar 29 3 621

Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, has died 1 Eugene Mar 28 Mar 28 8 507

Just heard Ida B Wells coin about to be issued! 3 elleng Mar 21 Mar 22 6 740

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 14 834

St George Hospital in London and history of discrimination against women and people of color 0 Beringia Mar 12 Mar 12 2 583

Dear Black Women - Morris Chestnut 1 tulipsandroses Mar 4 Mar 5 2 796

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 6 838

Robert Clark, Mississippi's first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96 0 Eugene Mar 4 Mar 4 4 545

Dangerous Chemicals Were Detected in 100% of the Braiding Hair We Tested 1 Mosby Mar 4 Mar 4 5 3498

A White man's awakening 29 70sEraVet Feb 28 Feb 28 116 4216

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 6 764

Win with Black Women and Win with Black Men emergency call regarding Joy Reid 1 tulipsandroses Feb 25 Feb 26 12 763

African American Continued...

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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 1568

Important words from Andrew Gillum - re Joy Reid and getting back to organizing and protecting our communities. 0 tulipsandroses Feb 24 Feb 24 4 608

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 4050

Black Crossword is a free daily mini crossword puzzle 4 cbabe Aug 2024 Feb 2025 12 1302

Tabitha Brown speaks on Target's rollback of DEI initiatives. 3 tulipsandroses Jan 2025 Feb 2025 8 1204

Lauren's BHM 2025 Jeopardy Board: 21st Century Black History and Current Events - It's Up to Us! 0 qwlauren35 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 630

Black Economic Boycotts Must Be Driven By Strategy, Not Emotions Master Class 1 tulipsandroses Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 774

FYI: Great Migrations Series: A People on The Move PBS 0 Submariner Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 567

Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion 1 struggle4progress Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 929

Peter Bradley Abstract Artist on Local USA PBS show 0 Beringia Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 725

New look for the Nutcracker.. a Black head and male dewdrops 0 Demovictory9 Dec 2024 Dec 2024 14 1136

"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 2174

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 4 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 1458

How Nikki Giovanni's Black American consciousness changed the world 0 cbabe Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 660

Forbes: How Journalists Can Better Explain Why Black Women Vote The Way They Do 5 JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 Dec 2024 6 1514

After Donald Trump's win, Black women are rethinking their role as America's reliable political organizers 5 JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 Dec 2024 16 1633

Renowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81 3 Eugene Dec 2024 Dec 2024 13 879

I won't be here much from now on 15 The Polack MSgt Nov 2024 Nov 2024 11 2346

Robert Dixon, Last Surviving Buffalo Soldier, Dies at 103 0 Omaha Steve Nov 2024 Nov 2024 10 11817

#The92Percent (AfAm Group) 4 JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 Nov 2024 9 1398

Backlash on "a woman whose anger needs to be paid attention to" (Cross-Post) 3 IzzaNuDay Nov 2024 Nov 2024 11 12604

How Kamala Harris' Jamaican father shaped who she is today 0 peppertree Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 637

Anyone else thinking of Bianca Delarosa this week? 6 irisblue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 1192

Justice Department Secures $8M from Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation to Address Redlining in Black Communities i 0 Eugene Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 1157

SAPELO ISLAND RESIDENTS FIGHT TO KEEP GEORGIA'S LAST GULLAH GEECHEE COMMUNITY 0 douglas9 Oct 2024 Oct 2024 19 1120

Make America White Again - Cross-Posting. 1 qwlauren35 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 13013

VP Harris was on point last night 2 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 18 1338

When your grandparents are your babysitters. 15 Mosby Sep 2024 Sep 2024 56 3752

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 1592

JFK, Detroit 1960 & meetingn with AA ministers & labor leaders 1 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 933

African American Continued...

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Wait...Did the Author of 'White Fragility' Plagiarize People of Color In Her Doctoral Thesis?? 1 Mosby Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 1284

Judge rules Breonna Taylor's boyfriend caused her death, throws out major charges against ex-Louisville officers 3 irisblue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 1722

With six words, Michelle Obama rewires America's conversation on race gift article from WaPo 13 irisblue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 31 2456

VP Harris Speech - August 8, 2024 (you tube link) 5 JustAnotherGen Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 1563

Bloomberg gives $600 million to four Black medical schools' endowments 0 Omaha Steve Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 12146

History Segment: "Organizing the 1963 March on Washington: The Struggle for Civil Rights" 0 Omaha Steve Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 911

Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 83 years old today. 0 sheshe2 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 16 1063

Master Chief William Goines, first Black Navy SEAL, passes away at 88 1 douglas9 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 12 1218

Louisiana's Criminalization of Abortion Care Demands We Embrace Reproductive Justice 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 4 1225

Congresswoman Crockett is offering a "A Crockett Clapback Collection" 4 LetMyPeopleVote May 2024 May 2024 14 1481

MIT edits 'women of color' program website after complaint for excluding white students 2 JustAnotherGen May 2024 May 2024 12 1585

For those who missed Rep. Crockett's original reference 5 Marcuse May 2024 May 2024 21 2038

The Twin Demons of Maternal Mortality and Femicide (trigger warning) 2 niyad May 2024 May 2024 9 1062

"Reprehensible": Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates Civil Rights Convention (X-post) 1 Think. Again. Apr 2024 Apr 2024 11 1757

April 3, 1968 Martin Luther King's Last Speech 2 JustAnotherGen Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1935

A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing 2 Eugene Apr 2024 Apr 2024 12 2199

Lou Gossett Jr. Has Died, Age 87 14 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 34 3188

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 1758

Kathleen Parker of WaPo has thinky thoughts on VP Harris- resign 11 irisblue Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 2436

(AfAm Group) We aren't Trump's Demographic 2 JustAnotherGen Mar 2024 Mar 2024 13 1996

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