#blactivists — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #blactivists, aggregated by home.social.
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[british] Marxist sociologist, cultural theorist, and political activist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Hall_(cultural_theorist)#blacksociologists #blactivists #blackacademics
William Omar Landrón Rivera (born February 10, 1978)
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In his attempts to convert gang members in Chicago to adopt nonviolent principles, he endured nine beatings without resistance.
James Edward Orange (October 29, 1942 – February 16, 2008)
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blactivists #blackmastodon
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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
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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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#blacklivesstillmatter #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #police #whitepeople #whitedevil #blackhistory #blactivists #blackadvocates #blackmastodon
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Renee Cox (born October 16, 1960) is a Jamaican-American artist, photographer, lecturer, political activist and curator.
Background
Cox has "dedicated her career to deconstructing stereotypes and to reconfiguring the black woman's body, using her nude form as a subject."(1/24)
#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackmastodon #blackcaribbean #blackartists #blackphotographers #blacklecturers #blactivists #blackcurators
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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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#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blactivists #blackjournalists #blackpublishers #blackteachers #blacklawyers #blackmastodon
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David Walker (September 28, 1796 – August 6, 1830)
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackabolitionists #blackwriter #blactivists
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My favorite author, James Baldwin, whose works I eventually found so upsetting that I stopped reading them... He was GAY and I am STRAIGHT; but I would NEVER call him less a brother... Thank you for all for you did for us... One love...
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Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901 – 31 May 1989), who sometimes wrote under the pen-name
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackcaribbean #blackbritish #blackhistorians #blackjournalists #blactivists #blackmarxists #blackwriters #blackrotskyists #blackhistory #blackmastodon