Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #blackleaders, aggregated by home.social.
Government of Canada invests in lasting change through fourth call for proposals under Black-led Philanthropic Endowment Fund
GATINEAU, QC, Sept. 15, 2026 /CNW/ — Black-led organizations are driving meaningful change in communities across Canada. Through…
#Canada #BlackCanadians #BlackCommunities #Blackleaders #EndowmentFund #FoundationforBlackCommunities #GovernmentofCanada #non-profitorganizations
https://www.europesays.com/canada/210920/
"‘We're fighting this by ourselves’: Southern Black leaders feel abandoned by Democratic Party"
:headache: The Democratic leadership has more lessons to learn.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/10/black-leaders-democratic-party-redistricting-00991564
https://www.europesays.com/people/101052/ Jeffries declines to back Wasserman Schultz as Black leaders revolt over district switch #BlackLeaders #CongressionalBlackCaucus #DebbieWassermanSchultz #HakeemJeffries #HouseMinorityLeader #WassermanSchultz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_P._Newton
#blackrevolutionaries #blacktivists #blackleaders
Benjamin "Pap" Singleton (August 15, 1809 – February 17, 1900) was an American activist and businessman best known for his role in establishing African American settlements in Kansas.
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political strategies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Allen_(bishop)
#blackministers #blackeducators #blackwriters #blackleaders
Andrea Levy FRSL (7 March 1956 – 14 February 2019) was an [english] author best known for the novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010). She was born in
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Seeking Mavis Beacon released in 2024
Investigates the disappearance and reexamines the legacy of one of the most influential Black [Women] in technology.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18322912
#blackwomen #movie #blackamerican #blackwomenintech #blackwomenleaders #blackleaders #blackmovie #blackcreatives #blackentrepreneurs #blackbusinesswomen #blackbusiness #blackmastodon
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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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacklawyers #blacksoldiers #blackfirsts #blackleaders #blackmastodon
Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018)
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackjazzpianists #blackcomposers #blackmastodon #blackhistory #blackleaders
“This win corrects a historic injustice,”said Ari Savitzky, a snr staff attorney at the #ACLU #VotingRights Project. “All Mississippians will benefit from fair district lines that give #BlackVoters an #equal voice—& new generations of #BlackLeaders an equal chance to help shape the state’s future by serving on the state’s highest court.”
The lawsuit, filed April 25, 2022, argued the map diminished the #Black vote in the Central District.
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackjamaican #blacktivists #blackfirsts #blackleaders #blackmastodon #blackhistory
Watch Nelson Mandela's answer to a question about his alliance with Yasser Arafat, Colonel Gaddafi, and Fidel Castro.
#blackleaders #africanleaders #palestine #cuba #blackhistory #madiba #blackmastodon
Patrice Émery Lumumba (2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackafrican #blackpoliticians #blackfirsts #blackindependenceleaders #blackpanafricanists #blackleaders #blackmastodon
Kwame Ture (born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael; June 29, 1941 – November 15, 1998)
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacktivists #blackcaribbean #blackhistory #blackfirsts #blackleaders #blackpanthers #blackmastodon
"Pretending to be Mexican, Native or South Asian helped Black Americans AVOID Jim Crow laws
Langston hughes passed as Mexican to avoid Jim Crow"
@PJenkins1931
#blackmen #blackamerican #blackpoets #blacktivists #blacknovelists #blackplaywrights #blackcolumnists #blackleaders #blackmastodon
Fannie Lou Hamer (née Townsend; October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977)
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#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackhistory #blacktivists #blackcommunityorganizers #blackleaders
The American Colonization Society (ACS) was formed in December 1816, organized to found the colony of Liberia in West Africa...
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#blackpeople #blackamerican #blackhistory #whitepeople #whitedevil #blacktivists #blackleaders #blackwriters #blackhistory #blackmastodon
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was [a
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackreformers #blackabolitionists #blackorators #blackwriters #blackstatesmen #blackleaders #blackhistory #blackmastodon
Richard Allen (February 14, 1760 – March 26, 1831) was a minister, educator, writer, and one
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackministers #blackeducators #blackwriters #blacktivists #blackabolitionists #blackchristians #blackhistory #blackleaders #blackmastodon
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Honoring Addie L. Wyatt: A Labor & Civil Rights Trailblazer (1924–2012) Frst Black woman to hold senior office in an American labor #union. Pres of the UPWA, fought for #equalpay, #workers' #rights before the #EqualPay Act of 1963. Co-founded the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Coalition of Labor Union Women, ensuring Black workers , women had a voice in #labor. There would be no #labormovement without #Blackleaders.
#BlackHistoryMonth #AddieWyatt #LaborHistory #UnionStrong #WorkersRights
