#Protect Black Children

[daughterofdessalines]

A Black couple living in Dallas say their 2-week-old daughter was taken from them because they decided to have a home birth with a midwife.

Home-births and midwifery services are increasingly sought out by Black pregnant people and families over traditional hospital settings amid a mounting maternal mortality crisis exacerbated by systemic medical racism. Black pregnant people are three to four times more likely than white pregnant people to die from pregnancy-related causes, per the CDC.

When Black pregnant people and families can’t feel safe seeking pregnancy and birth-related services from the hospital, and can’t feel safe choosing home births and home care options that draw police attention.

[kouhaiofcolor]

Dark Skinned Black Girls,

It’s ok. I know it’s a nightmare; every single day. Every single second. But please don’t stop existing. You deserve a quality of life. You’re not different from other races of women. You’re not broken. You’re not unwanted. You’re not undesirable. You are NOT, obsolete. And it’s okay to be exhausted. You owe the world and humanity nothing. Absolutely nothing. Know that. You’ve always been yourself. Whether discriminated against, accepted or emulated. You’ve always been you. You deserve good things. You deserve better. You deserve best. You deserve peace. You deserve sanctuary. You deserve to thrive.

In spite of everything you’re put through.

[queenvlion]

[padawan-historian]

I generally do not post videos showcasing antiblack violence, ESPECIALLY videos showcasing antiblack violence towards CHILDREN.

A grown woman poured out a can of soda on 11-year-old Jace who was swimming with his sister at the neighboring apartment complex. She then proceeded to use the can to slash at the children while shouting antiblack slurs, after she pulled at Jace's little sister's hair . . . clearly this ended very differently then another antiblack, waterside incident earlier this month . . .

And still I am reminded of another antiblack incident that took place almost 50 years before Jace was even born. Before Kim Jennings there was James Brock. Brock dumped acid in the swimming pool at his Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Florida in 1964 to disrupt Black teens swimming in the whites-only pool. They just wanted to swim . . . just like Jace and his sister.

Original Post: @attorneycrump

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11-yo Jace and his sister did NOT deserve to be assaulted by their apartment manager! Hear him describe the unacceptable encounter that that occurred over him swimming in the complex’s pool!

🎥: @keithlawyer

[lovesexrelationships]

[tiger-in-the-flightdeck]

A little kid on the bus this afternoon came up to me and said he loved my shirt (It has a big pink skull on it) and gave me a hug while his mum was like 'I swear he's not being creepy.', obviously worried I was going to freak out. Which, first of all, he's like six. Six-year-olds as a general rule can't be creepy unless they're slowly singing nursery rhymes in extremely posh English accents. Second, he'd been vocal stimming and popping and happy flapping the whole trip and we started popping to each other. When I happy flapped in response to his hug, his face lit right up.

I understand why his mum was worried, though. I was the only white-ish person on the bus, so she must have been thinking I was going to pitch a fit, and I hate that that's something she needs to worry about. Black autistic kids are already expected to regulate their behaviours a hell of a lot more than even NT white kids to stay safe. I'll be damned if I'm going to help perpetuate the idea that a little Black kid is scary or dangerous for any reason, least of all because they were just doing what autistic kids do. Whether that's having no volume control when they loudly tell someone on the bus that their shirt makes them happy, or having a meltdown because they're overstimulated in a mall.

[cyarsk52-20]

Imagine walking freely into AND out of the police station, after explaining to the cops what you just did to Ralph…

⁃Imagine miraculously surviving that attempted murder, and fighting for your life, while thousands of supporters fight for justice on your behalf.

•(Ralph’s GoFundMe https://gofund.me/b68601b2 )

•Contact Prosecutor Zachary Thompson to demand immediate arrest - James S. Rooney Justice Center - Address: 11 South Water Street Liberty, Missouri 64068 - 816-736-8300 - Email: prosecutor@claycopa.com

[sanyu-thewitch05]

Preach!

Which brings me to the reason this sentiment is still having trouble getting through some people’s skulls

To protect the girls and women in our community, we have to stop the Black Male Worship. No more protecting predatory and abusive black men and boys because “they’ll end up in the system” or “that’s somebody son!” If we keep protecting predators purely because they’re Black AND Men or BOYS we’ll get nowhere.

@thisismisogynoir

[1800free]

[paisholotus]

Posted this on Twitter and Tiktok because it's sickening fr.

[lotus-flower-writes-history]

The Unofficial Black History Book

The 16th Street Baptist Bombing (September 15th, 1963)

In the 1960s, Racial tension was at an all-time high. Many African Americans were doing their part in the fight for equal rights. A fight that claimed many innocent black lives.

Even the lives of four little girls.

This is the story.

The 16th Street Baptist Church was organized in 1873 as the first colored Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Many civil rights protest marches took place on the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church. It has long been a significant religious center for the Black population and was a meeting place for civil rights organizers such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

In the 1960s, Birmingham, Alabama, was one of America's most racially discriminatory and segregated cities and had one of the strongest and most violent chapters of the KKK. The city's police commissioner, Eugene "Bull" Connor, was known for his willingness to use brutality in combating radical union members, demonstrators, and innocent black citizens. Alabama's governor, George Wallace, was the leading opponent of desegregation.

By 1963, homemade bombs being set off in black homes and churches were such common occurrences that the city was given the nickname “Bombingham."

On September 15th, 1963, at 10:22 a.m., some 200 church members were in the building; most were attending Sunday school classes before the 11 a.m. service that morning.

A dynamite bomb was set off in the back stairwell, and mortar and bricks were thrown from the front of the church, caving in its walls. The violent blast ripped through the wall, killing four young African-American girls and injuring more than 20 others. 

14-year-old Addie Mae Collins, 14-year-old Denise McNair, 14-year-old Carole Robertson, and 11-year-old Cynthia Wesley were in the basement of the church's ladies' restroom when they were crushed by the rubble.

Addie's sister, Sarah Collins, survived but lost her right eye.

The bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church was the third bombing in 11 days after a federal court order mandated the integration of Alabama's school system. 

Upon learning of the attack, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. sent a telegram to Alabama Governor George Wallace. He stated bluntly: "The blood of our little children is on your hands."

In the aftermath of the bombing, thousands of angry black protesters gathered at the scene of the bombing that same evening, and violence broke out across the city. Governor Wallace sent police and state troopers to break up the protesters. A handful of protesters were arrested, and two African-American youths were killed.

One at the hands of the police. And the other was murdered by a mob of white men. 

This all happened before the National Guard was called to restore order.

The deaths of the four girls and the brutal attack shocked the nation and drew international attention to the violent struggle for civil rights in Birmingham. 

Many whites were as outraged by the bombing as blacks and offered condolences to the families.

Over 8,000 people attended the girls' funeral services at Reverend John Porter's Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. The family of the fourth held a smaller private service. Dr. King spoke before the 8,000 people at the service. 

It was a clear act of racial hatred, -- as the church was a key Civil Rights meeting place and had been a frequent target of bomb threats. KKK members routinely called in bomb threats intended to disrupt civil rights meetings and services. 

In the investigation of the bombing, many of Birmingham's white supremacists and even certain individuals were immediately suspected. Repeated calls for the perpetrators to be brought to justice went unanswered for more than a decade.

It was revealed later that the FBI had information concerning the identity of the bombers in 1965 but did nothing.

The head of the FBI at the time was J. Edgar Hoover. He disapproved of the civil rights movement. It was rumored and claimed that Hoover held back evidence from prosecutors and even tried to block prosecution. He later died in 1972.

In 1977, Alabama Attorney General Bob Baxley reopened the investigation. 

Klan leader Robert E. Chambliss was brought to trial for the bombings and was convicted of murder. He died in prison in 1985, still maintaining his innocence.

Later in 1980, 1988, and 1997, the case reopened again when two other former Klan members, Thomas Blanton, and Bobby Frank Cherry, were finally brought to trial. Blanton was convicted in 2001, and Cherry in 2002.

A fourth suspect, Herman Frank Cash, died in 1994 before he could be brought to trial. 

The legal system was slow to provide justice, but the effect of the bombing was immediate and significant. 

The outrage over the deaths of the four young girls helped build support for the struggle to end segregation. Support that would lead to the passage of both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

But even so, it couldn't bring back four young lives that were lost in an act of hatred.

Painting: The 16th Street Baptist Chruch, By Mack Stanley - Asheville Art Museum

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[lukerdukers]

UGANDAN ORPHANAGE WORKER DYING OF TYPHOID AND MALARIA:

Please help!!!

Update: 50/100 $ reached. Just need 50$ more!!!

This man works for an orphanage called God Provides in Uganda. He is the hardest working man I've ever known. He is extremely ill with both typhoid and malaria and has been for about three days now.

They don't have any money and he was only able to get one treatment that my family paid for but unfortunately we don't have any money left that we can donate. He recently was able to graduate from college despite all the hardships he faces. He will be up for days while starving to walk to the villages and beg for help because they have nothing to eat most times and can hardly ever make rent.

This man has a future and the children need him, please do not let this be the end of him!

Even sharing this would be a big help and a huge difference. Please find it in your heart to take a moment to share this, tell friends about it or consider donating.

Thank you and bless you

Here is their Twitter as well:

https://twitter.com/GODPROVIDESMIN?s=20&t=HteqF3ZyaDPMJStVAHOtDQ

If you have any questions feel free to message me or @mahougirlmutualaid or @lemontoastcloud

Thank you!

[padawan-historian]

How do the memories and magic of children disrupt and upRoot the histories we tell ourselves? How do children navigate spaces of oppression and liberation? How do they find joy and hope in places that were not created for them to exist? They live.

(1) Portrait of two young Jackson girls in wrinkled, informal wear. Potentially the descendants of emancipated Virginian Bethany Veney, who authored a narrative of her life in slavery and went on to own three houses in Worcester's Beaver Brook neighborhood (1900)

(2) Three sister dressed in matching outfits (and shoes). The center girl holds a favorite object close, perhaps a record album (1926)

(3) Florence Jones (in white dress with large bow) and a friend swing on a family hammock in Lincoln, Nebraska (1915-1920)

(4) Students at the Harry Prampin School Recital in Harlem (1927)

(5) Washington, D.C. Young boy standing in the doorway of his home on Seaton Road in the northwest section. His leg was cut off by a streetcar while he was playing in the street (1942)

(6) A girl and her dog pose in a New York studio (1921)

(7) Ho-Chunk cousins Carrie Elksit (ENooKah) and Annie Lowe Lincoln (Red Bird) wearing elaborate beaded necklaces and earrings. Carrie (left) was the afroindigenous daughter of Lucie Elk, while Annie (right), was the daughter of King of Thunder in Black River Valley (1940)

(8) Ms. Ruby dons her Pullman maid’s uniform and and poses next to a young girl in Stafford County, Virginia (1904-1918)

(9) Eileen Buckner poses with her grandfather Anthony T. Buckner, who was born enslaved and would go on to be one the most respected merchants in the Charlottesville. Eileen's father, George W. Buckner, would go on to write the New Negro manifesto in 1921

(10) A girl smiles wide as she milks a cow (1934–1956)

(11) A young child plays the phonograph in his family cabin located at the Transylvania Project in Louisiana (1939)

(12) Two brown skinned girls pose in matching dresses near the center of their classroom picture in front of Lincoln High School, Nebraska (around 1919)

(13)  A young sharecropper lays out on his attic bed in New Madrid County, Missouri (1938)

(14) Chris Easterling (left) and George Mashatt learn how to signal when they want the bus to stop in Ann Arbor (June 1975)

(15) A little girl watches the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with her family in New York (1946)

(16) Little ballerinas dance at the Frederick Douglass housing project located in Anacostia, D.C. (1942)

(17) Integrated summer activities at Camp Nathan Hale in Southfields, New York where children learned different skills, like first aid, under the guidance of the Methodist Camp Service (1943)

(18) A young girl smiles at her feline friend; notice the ribbon on the cat's neck (1925)

(19) Children stand in a line to pose during their candy eating competition W.E.B. DuBois' Brownies Book

Sources: Worcester Art Museum, James Van Der Zee Collection, Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing, Leslie Jones Collection, Boston Public Library, National Museum of African American History and Culture

[kouhaiofcolor]

I genuinely look forward to a present (even if I’m not around to experience it) where we stop being concerned about white people of all varieties being offended by us generally discussing ways in which they have ancestrally, collectively or individualistically done, endorsed or were indifferent to irreversible harm being done to Black People in places they smuggled our ancestors to.

A lil rant. Nbdni.

Like I genuinely hope for a day where we don’t have to censor or pardon how (and whom) we speak about on this very longstanding history and perpetuation of some of humanity’s darkest norms still unanswered for — bc it’s crazy af how we literally have to or can only discuss this in certain contextual “tones”, or with exclusion to speak fluidly on it at all.

I really think it’s just bc everybody wants to be made out to be different or better or brighter on this modernly, as if the trajectory of the world wasn’t and still isn’t sustained on how poorly a lot of non black people and their lineages treated and felt it was ok to treat Black People — for being Black. How is it so easy for them to just…. overlook and abandon that like humanity hasn’t been shaped by it in every sense of it? It’s such a selfish, tone deaf and remorseless quality of delusional to me.

It literally makes no sense how unspoken it is that white people feel they just don’t have to answer or take any accountability for it whatsoever; as a race; as nations; as governing bodies; investors; nothing (*letalone take any real initiative on the reparations we’re still due to this day). All their whining and “triggered behavior” when we bring these things up around them or even amongst ourselves does is condition us to soften the conversations for their comfort and to degrees they prefer to tolerate if at all.

“It’s not all white pe—“

That is historically untrue! Historically. Spanning entire regions of the world. And I’m sorry but where does this stance actually come from? Can you even back it or elaborate on it with historic and measurable evidence if it was an overlooked prevalence? That is an illusion y’all reuse and reuse and reuse that makes you comfortable bc you get to basically control that narrative by insisting on the behalf of those who were frankly rare af (and easily decimal among the majority). There were not more white people, at any point in global history, who were open to coexist & kumbaya w people they hated for xyz — than those who were openly racist and hateful toward them.

I am tickled to burst that bubble bc an increasing number of you seem to need a reality check. History isn’t modified by how you feel or bc you like rap music or bc your kids are half Black or bc you grew up in diverse communities or bc you have Black friends or bc you went to a Black school. Those are very trivial things, in fact, behind the most consistently fucked up human history. That’s not how it works. That’s not how it works at all and it’s so wild to feel like Black People owe anyone censorship on this, least of all those who whine the loudest and have such knee jerk reactions about addressing it in the first place.

[tinydumpsterfire]

Just finished watching Wakanda Forever.

This beautiful story is filled with so much hurt and pain. A perfect encapsulation of the hurt and pain that the natives as felt, hispanic and latin people. Of the hurt and pain the Black people have felt, African Americans and those of mixed Afro ethnicity. Of the hurt and pain that Asian people have felt, Asian Americans and the natives of the Hawaiian islands. The hurt and pain that Jewish people have felt. The hurt and pain that we continue to feel today... In the "land of the free"

And in our pain we have clawed our way out. We have fought kicking and screaming to have our basic human rights. Rights that still to this day are ignored in favor of the system of white supremacy.

And in our pain, in our fight we have kicked down others who are equally oppressed. Allowing the colonizer to pit us against each other. When we should be our strongest allies.

And today, while there is still a struggle, we move more and more towards a future where we 100% have each-others backs. We share each other's stories, sign each others petitions, walk together in protest.

But that doesn't mean that with every step of the way the system won't fight back. Abortion rights, the pipe lines and oil drills. Schools banning books on the Lgbtqia+ community, Black and native history. Police brutality. Anti-Semitism. Hate crimes against APPI. Police raiding peaceful protests and arresting water protestors, POC, trans individuals. All for using their human right to speak their voice against destruction of their land, against violence and abuse again their communities.

We have a long way to go but its not FUCKING OVER!!

[daughterofdessalines]

I can’t help but think of stories like these when I hear yet another Black man rambling about the misogynistic agenda on a podcast or social media. White supremacists are far too comfortable attacking our sons for me to take you seriously. A Brotha that distracted by the patriarchy & desensitized to the massacre of our youth doesn’t deserve to lead.