#blacktivists — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #blacktivists, aggregated by home.social.
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Growing list of those born or died on March 17 in any year
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor.
Cole began his career as a jazz pianist#blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksingers #blackmusic #blacktivists #blackactors #blacksports #blackmastodon
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Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois
#blacksociologists #blackwriters #blackhistorians #blackpanAfricanists #blacktivists #ghana/10
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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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In South Africa our Black Brother, Steve Biko, the Godfather of Black Consciousness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Biko
#blackafricans #backicons #blackhistory #blacktivists #blackmastodon
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Marxist sociologist, cultural theorist, and political activist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Hall_(cultural_theorist)/3
#blackbritish #blacktivists #blacksociologists #blackacademics #blackhistory
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Amiri Baraka (born Everett Leroy Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He was the author of numerous books of poetry and taught at several universities...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiri_Baraka
#blackwriters #blackpoets #blackmen #blackamerican #blackpeople #blacktivists
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James Arthur Baldwin (neé Jones; August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987)
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#blacklivesstillmatter #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #police #whitepeople #whitedevil #blackcreatives #blackhistory #blackwriters #blacktivists #blackgay #blackLGBTQ #blackmastodon
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Jamil Abdullah al-Amin (born Hubert Gerold Brown; October 4, 1943), is an American human rights activist, Muslim cleric, and black separatist who was the fifth chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s.
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacktivists #blackmuslims #blackmuslimclerics #blackseparatists
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James Morris Lawson Jr. (born Sept 22 1928)
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#blacklivesstillmatter #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #police #whitepeople #whitedevil #blacktivists #blackprofessors #blackmastodon #blackhistory
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Bantu Stephen Biko OMSG (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Ideologically
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#blacklivesstillmatter #blackmen #blackpeople #blackasouthafrican #blackafrican #blacktivists #police #whitepeople #whitedevil #blackhistory #xhosa #blackmastodon
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Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in
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#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #whitepeople #blacktivists #blackmastodon #blackhistory
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Huey P Newton…
On Revolution
See everybody's talking about the revolution has come, the revolution has come, the revolution has come. Look: the revolution has been here, the revolution has been going on,(1/10)
#blackpanthers #hueypnewton #blackrevolutionaries #blacktivists #blackmastodon
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Linton Kwesi Johnson CD (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, [british]-based dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackjamaican #blackcaribbean #blackbritish #blackfirsts #blackdubpoets #blacktivists #blackmastodon
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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
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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
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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
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@markizmarketing
Tunis Campbell [Sr.], a Black [Man] who built an independent community with its own schools, courts, and army in the heart of the South right after slavery ended. He gave Black [People] land, protection, and power, and the system tried to crush him for it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunis_Campbell_Sr.
#blackmen #blackamerican #blackhistory #blackclergymen #blacktivists #blackmagistrates #blackpoliticians #blackwriters #blackauthors #blackpublishers #blackmastodon
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"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
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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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#blackwomen #blackactors #blacksingers #blackdancers #blacktivists #blackpeople #blackamerican #whitepeople #blackmastodon
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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(1/3)
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackfirsts #blacktivists #blacksingers #blackmusicians #blacksongwriters #blackactors #arab #blackmastodon
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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
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Via N
Don't bother looking for Muhammad Ali!
An [english] woman compares her condition to that of Black [People] in the United States and criticizes Muhammad Ali for his [alleged] arrogance. The champion's response is swift!
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackathletes #blackmuslims #blackboxers #blacktivists #blackfirsts #blackmastodon #blackhistory
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A Black Person is murdered once every 11 hours in the US; once every four hours in Brazil. This is a global phenomenon.
#tamikamallory #blackwomen #wegotus #92percent #blacktivists #PhilandoCastile #ahmedaubery #BreonnaTaylor #blackpeople #blackmastodon
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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
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Malcolm X would have been 100 on May 19th 2025
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackmuslims #blackrevolutionaries #blacktivists #blackmastodon
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The Equalizer 3 released in 2023
Denzel connects with a Black Italian sister.
When I connect with Black People abroad, it's natural for me to ask them how life is for Black People in that place and they reply authentically.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17024450
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackactors #blackdirectors #blackproducers #blacktivists #film #greatfilm #italy #blackfilm #greatviolence #dakotafanning #denzelwashington #blackmastodon
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The Equalizer 3 released in 2023
Denzel connects with a Black Italian sister.
When I connect with Black People abroad, it's natural for me to ask them how life is for Black People in that place and they reply authentically.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17024450
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackactors #blackdirectors #blackproducers #blacktivists #film #greatfilm #italy #blackfilm #greatviolence #dakotafanning #denzelwashington #blackmastodon
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The Equalizer 3 released in 2023
Denzel connects with a Black Italian sister.
When I connect with Black People abroad, it's natural for me to ask them how life is for Black People in that place and they reply authentically.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17024450
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackactors #blackdirectors #blackproducers #blacktivists #film #greatfilm #italy #blackfilm #greatviolence #dakotafanning #denzelwashington #blackmastodon
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The Equalizer 3 released in 2023
Denzel connects with a Black Italian sister.
When I connect with Black People abroad, it's natural for me to ask them how life is for Black People in that place and they reply authentically.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17024450
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackactors #blackdirectors #blackproducers #blacktivists #film #greatfilm #italy #blackfilm #greatviolence #dakotafanning #denzelwashington #blackmastodon
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The Equalizer 3 released in 2023
Denzel connects with a Black Italian sister.
When I connect with Black People abroad, it's natural for me to ask them how life is for Black People in that place and they reply authentically.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17024450
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackactors #blackdirectors #blackproducers #blacktivists #film #greatfilm #italy #blackfilm #greatviolence #dakotafanning #denzelwashington #blackmastodon
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Fannie Lou Hamer (née Townsend; October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977)
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#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackhistory #blacktivists #blackcommunityorganizers #blackleaders
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I can't stand cover versions of Nina Simone songs.
How can people believe that they sound better.
#blacksingers #blacksongwriters #blackpianists #blacktivists #blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackmastodon
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Roman Ducksworth Jr. (1934 – April 9, 1962)
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #police #whitepeople #whitedevil #blacktivists #blacksoldiers #blackmastodon
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Henry Sylvester-Williams (24 March 1867 or 15 February 1869 – 26 March 1911) was a Trinidadian lawyer, activist, councillor
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackcaribbean #blackbritish #blacklawyers #blacktivists #blackwriters #blackfounders #blackcouncillors #blackpoliticians #blackmastodon
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Walter Francis White (July 1, 1893 – March 21, 1955) was [a visually white Black] American civil rights activist who led the
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #visuallywhite #blacktivists #blackessayists #blackjournalists #blacknovelists #blackmastodon
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Augustine John (born 11 March 1945), known as Gus John, is a Grenadian-born
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackcaribbean #blackbritish #blackwriters #blackeducation #blacktivists #blackconsultants #blackacademics #blacklecturers #blackresearchers #blackeducationcampaigners #blackmastodon
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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
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James Forten (September 2, 1766 – March 4, 1842) was an American
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #biracial #blackentrepeneurs #blackbusinessmen #blackbusinesspeople #blackabolitionists #blacktivists #blacksailmakers #blackforemen #blackhistory #blackmastodon
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Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April 1910 or 1914 – 28 February 1983) was a
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#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackbritish #blacktrinidad #blackpianists #blackinstrumentalists #blackmusicians #blackartitsts #blacktivists #blackaustralians #blackhistory #blackmastodon
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Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music,
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#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacksingers #blackcontralto #blackhistory #blackmusicians #blacktivists #blackclassicalmusicians #blackmastodon
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Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music,
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#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacksingers #blackcontralto #blackhistory #blackmusicians #blacktivists #blackclassicalmusicians #blackmastodon
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Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music,
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#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacksingers #blackcontralto #blackhistory #blackmusicians #blacktivists #blackclassicalmusicians #blackmastodon
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Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music,
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#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacksingers #blackcontralto #blackhistory #blackmusicians #blacktivists #blackclassicalmusicians #blackmastodon
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Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music,
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#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacksingers #blackcontralto #blackhistory #blackmusicians #blacktivists #blackclassicalmusicians #blackmastodon