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#Repost from @thegrio ~ With the countless amounts of motivational 2020 memes, statuses and tweets, it is hard to remember that during this time of year less than 200 years ago, enslaved people were filled with dread. According to TIME, New Year’s Day or Jan. 1 was often referred to as “Hiring Day” or “Heartbreak Day.” What does that mean? On that day, many enslaved Black people anxiously waited to see if they would be rented out to another family or household. This would, in turn, separate them from their families. This, as an alternative to selling a slave, was practice all too familiar during the time of chattel slavery. These transactions took place in town squares, on courthouse steps and on the side of country roads. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJhIQy6BAF-Hedz7Qw2Z_cKOwkq2Pp0lmjMJAU0/?igshid=n6sfvdoc5hi5

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A Piece of HipHop History has Passed Away Today... Wow... Condolences to his family and loved ones... 🙏🏾🕊 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJb9meIhQ6BPweacrof5-84cN7-2ZoG_N61pZM0/?igshid=2rtu1rj3ulxv

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Happy Birthday Hubby🥳😘🥰✨ We have celebrated 24 Birthdays together and I pray we spend Many, Many More... 🥰 We have come a long way my dear, on this journey called life. I love you... 😍Enjoy Your Special Day🎉🥳🎉 @pitbullking17 https://www.instagram.com/p/CI_XirUhzCQnJ1h--npMnTQjWwzjKsYzSKfBpk0/?igshid=11uvcg0kjs2xw

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Happy Birthday Hubby🥳😘🥰✨ We have celebrated 24 Birthdays together and I pray we spend Many, Many More... 🥰 We have come a long way my dear, on this journey called life. I love you... 😍Enjoy Your Special Day🎉🥳🎉 @pitbullking17 https://www.instagram.com/p/CI_XirUhzCQnJ1h--npMnTQjWwzjKsYzSKfBpk0/?igshid=1st7k7sw02nxd

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@kamalaharris Democratic VP Nominee 🙌🏾💫🙌🏾💫 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDwyl1hhycZ9JlyI9xjtyIk6QbFPjVZEPFF32I0/?igshid=1vzwl1qy8oqqi

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Happy Birthday Whitney Houston✨✨ https://www.instagram.com/p/CDrNO-hhXwep9XJWzYE0lAZetCGngmHrr3RclU0/?igshid=riwntahytpn1

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Happy Birthday James Baldwin ✨🕊 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDaTEsuB8NfG7YJ7_t1UAkajKXCp9436IvBFzo0/?igshid=14c59ywzco5c8

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Happy Emancipation Day Jamaica🇯🇲✊🏾🇯🇲✊🏾 The Fight Continues...☝🏾✨ https://www.instagram.com/p/CDWf9hzhFGqM_kynvq7mmwQ4LIpQERrMSNBKQk0/?igshid=1wt43v6unvqav

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Rest In Peace C. T. Vivian 🙏🏾. ~ Vivian participated in the Freedom Rides and worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The minister participated in his first nonviolent protest, a lunch counter sit-in in Peoria, Illinois, in 1947, according to the National Visionary Leadership Project. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCyeOCIh2xJ4i6TMj_-h4V61ItS_dOPsE4pOzs0/?igshid=1iqf4xt54jkxi

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First Black Owned Anime Studio ✊🏾 https://www.instagram.com/p/CCXQCf4Boxl0MhZ-Yt18Y-UFM6bHBxCBHCjERY0/?igshid=pdad107tb8cg

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We must protect our women who serve in our Armed Service✊🏾✊🏾 #JusticeForLevenaJohnson #JusticeForVanessaGuillen https://www.instagram.com/p/CCJB81XBAVQxzSQ0NuSq-sFw1rCNVgks46R18c0/?igshid=1bt1m9ucrnbur

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credit: @janetjackson... Hey u guys. How are you showing up for #BreonnaTaylor? It’s been 100 DAYS and still no justice! TODAY in solidarity with the @untilfreedom rally for Breonna Taylor in Kentucky we DEMAND that @DanieljayCameron charge and arrest Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes. We also demand that state representatives Joni Jenkins and senator Morgan McGarvey present a statewide ban on No-Knock Warrants. Share this!! Make and post your own videos and email these people relentlessly. Sending love and gratitude for everyone who refuses to be silent until there is #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor #SayHerName ✊🏾🤎 https://www.instagram.com/p/CB4Jz5NhxyG9W_FpjvRRLBWZ3TjfIgFvLQT8Hc0/?igshid=1h0g1tinvxets

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Fredrick Douglass Quotes https://www.instagram.com/p/CB1BKAOh-PU3tEwco-cbtBqNsnhJSt8R8p3f-80/?igshid=bu8ovjnfxbyq

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Happy Juneteenth ✊🏾. ❤️🖤💚 https://www.instagram.com/p/CBoE7PRBIWkrHuFufqoTK-Qofksh_NOgrWqhpM0/?igshid=1gukd8ei5o6hm

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The Black American Heritage flag was designed in 1967 by Melvin Charles and Gleason T. Jackson. According to the designers, "...the elements of the flag include the color black to represent pride and pigmentation and race; red, to remind us of the rich blood black men have shed for freedom, equality, justice and human dignity throughout the world; and gold, to represent intellect, prosperity, and peace. These colors are woven into a composition that juxtaposes the red and black in a set of three stripes: one black stripe centered between two red." "Superimposed on the black stripe is a golden wreath of fig leaves. The cultivated fig is a native of Africa, and ranks as one of the most ancient of life-sustaining fruits. Centered within the golden wreath is a blunted Moorish boarding sword, symbol of leadership carried by the great Moorish leaders of the 8th century. The sword represents the strength and authority exhibited by a black culture that made many contributions to the world in mathematics, art, medicine, and physical science, heralding the contributions that black Americans would make in these and other fields. http://www.loeser.us/flags/protest.html https://www.instagram.com/p/CBmSqk_BMMqzliqZnmhBllA7dXAFG5SREv91RE0/?igshid=zjheq4tdvtj3

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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) dir. Frank Capra

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Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in Holiday (1938)