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Sidney Poitier would have been 99 today.

Nancy Wilson would have been 89 today.

Charles Barkley is 63 today.

Rihanna is 38 today.

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Toni Morrison would have been 95 today.

Dr Dre is 61 today.

Audre Lorde would have been 92 today.

John Travolta is 72 today.

#blackwomen #blackamerican #blackicons #blackwriters #movie #blackmusic #blackmastodon

Hosea Lorenzo Williams (January 5, 1926 –

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Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975)

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Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was [a Black] American gospel singer. With a career spanning 40 years, Jackson was integral to the development and spread of gospel blues in [Black] churches throughout the U.S.

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#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacksingers

Gaylon Alcaraz (born October 26, 1966) is an American community organizer and human rights activist in Chicago, Illinois. She is the former executive director of the Chicago Abortion Fund.

Career

In 1997, Alcaraz became a founding board member of Affinity Community Services, an organization dedicated to developing leadership skills for black lesbian and bisexual women.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaylon_Alcaraz

#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackLGBTQ #blactivists #blackcommunityorganizers

constructed a type of crude but working and properly tuned harpsichord out of junk in his back yard, since his family lacked the money to buy or rent a piano. On this contraption young Tony was able to reproduce hymns he heard in church;

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Ruchell Cinque Magee (born Ruchell Lewis; 17 March 1939 – October 17, 2023) was [a Black] American man who spent most of his life

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Overton Vertis Wright (October 9, 1939 – November 16, 1980) was an American singer who is generally regarded as a blues artist by African-American fans in the Deep South; he is also regarded as one of Southern soul's most authoritative and individual artists.

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Mary Ann Camberton Shadd Cary (October 9, 1823 – June 5, 1893) was [a Black] American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer. She was the first [Black Woman] publisher in North America and the first woman publisher in Canada.

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Mar 20 1915 – Oct 9 1973)

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William Levi Dawson (September 26, 1899 – May 2, 1990)

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Shari Lynn Belafonte (born September 22, 1954)

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Maud Sulter (19 September 1960 – 27 February 2008)

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Elgin Gay Baylor (September 16, 1934 – March 22, 2021) was [a Black] American professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward

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James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who made history at the 1936 Olympic Games by becoming the first track and

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Michaela Mabinty DePrince (born Mabinty Bangura; January 6, 1995 –

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Harold Alonza Franklin Sr. (November 2, 1932 – September 9, 2021) was [a Black] American academic who became the first [Black] student to attend Auburn University in 1964 after

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Eddie Steven Glaude Jr. (born September 4, 1968) is [a Black] American academic, author, and pundit. He is James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University

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Charles Hamilton Houston (September 3, 1895 – April 22, 1950) was [a Black] American lawyer. He was the dean of Howard University Law School and NAACP first special counsel.

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Brooklyn's Finest released in 2009

If you have to shoot a friend, get them to have a good laugh first.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210042

#movie #blacklivesstillmatter #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #police #whitepeople #whitedevil #blackactors #DonCheadle #WesleySnipes #MichaelKennethWilliams #HassanJohnson #blackmastodon

Chadwick Boseman

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Robert Lee Trice (August 28, 1926 – September 16, 1988)

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Quvenzhané Wallis (born August 28, 2003)

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Chadwick Aaron Boseman (November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020) was an American actor.

…he landed his breakthrough role as baseball player Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013). He continued to portray

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Casandra Elizabeth Ventura (born August 26, 1986)

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Shaun Shiller Fequiere (August 10, 1966 – December 18, 2021), known by his stage name Kangol Kid, was an American hip hop producer, songwriter, break dancer,

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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackhiphopproducers #blacksongwriters #blackbreakdancers #blackemcees #blackmastodon

David Walker (September 28, 1796 – August 6, 1830)

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Dorothea Towles Church (born Dorthy Mae Towles; July 26, 1922 – July 7, 2006) was the first successful [Black] fashion model in Paris…

Racial barriers
Church recalled her experience

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Erik Ki La Salle (born July 23, 1962), professionally known as Eriq La Salle, is an American actor, director, writer and producer. La Salle is known for his performance as

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William Henry Cosby Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American comedian, actor, and media personality.

Trial, conviction, and conviction overturn
…On April 26, 2018,

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Hamilton E. Holmes (8 July, 1941 – 26 October, 1995) was an American orthopedic physician. He and Charlayne Hunter-Gault were the first two African-American students admitted

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Barry White died 22 years ago today

Bill Withers would have been 87 today

Today is the 44th anniversary of the Toxteth [Uprising]

#blackamerican #blackbritish #blacksingers #blackrevolutionaries #blacktivists #liverpoolmastodon #britishmastodon #blackmastodon

@dr.jeanetterichards, a Black Goddess wrote:

In the early hours of July 3rd, 1848, Black [People] on St Croix heard conch shells being blown and understood the code.

9000 Black [People] took machetes and

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Kwame Ture (born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael; June 29, 1941 – November 15, 1998)

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Via CB

Let's celebrate our 2SLGBTQIA+ sisters and brothers openly

#blackwomen #blackLGBTQ #LGBTQ #blackqueer #blackfeminists #blackauthors #blacktheorists #blackeducators #blacksocialcritics #blackamerican #blackmastodon #blacklove

George Padmore (28 June 1903 – 23 September 1959)

https://mastodon.social/@audubonballroon/114763453673798446

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George Padmore (28 June 1903 – 23 September 1959) was a leading Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author. He left his native Trinidad in 1924 to study medicine in the US, where he also joined the Communist Party.

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When Black performers, including [Lena] Horne, faced racism from white neighbors in Hollywood, “’Felix Young, a white man, signed for the house

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Shirley Chisholm became the first Black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackhistory #blackamerican #blackpoliticians #blackfirsts #blackmastodon

Black Women Are The Fastest-Growing Group of Gun Owners

https://www.essence.com/news/black-women-gun-ownership-rise/

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Via AL

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https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/music/does-snoop-dogg-still-football-league-complete-list-players-drafted-nfl-explored

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Here is my alarm:

Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J3lwZjHenA

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Prince would have been 67 on Saturday
Lance Reddick would have been 63 Saturday
Muammar Al-Gaddafi would have been 82 Saturday

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"Urban renewal means negro removal"

- James Baldwin

#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackwriters #blackauthors #blacktivists #blackessayists #blackplaywrights #blackorators #blackfirsts #blackgay #blackhomosexuals #blacklgbtq #blackhistory #blackconsciousness #blackmastodon

How whites killed Black Conscious Original Hip Hop

#KoolMoeDee #KRSOne #publicenemy #hiphop #gangsterrap #blackmen #music #privilege #whitemen #blackhistory #blackamerican #originalhiphop #whitedevil #blackmastodon

Cornel West is 72 today.

Bo Diddley died 17 years ago today.

Morena Baccarin, who is partly African, is 46 today.

#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blachistory #blackphilosophers #blacktheologians #blacktivists #blackpoliticians #blacksocialcritics #blackintellectuals #blackfirsts #blackguitarists #blacksingers #biracial #italy #lebanon #brazil #WOC #POC #multiracial #african #blackmastodon

"If you want to make the world a better place,

Take a look at yourself and make a change."

- Michael Jackson

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"There is no form of protest against racism that is acceptable to racists."

Bernice King

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