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Happy Heavenly Birthday to this QUEEN right here! May you continue to rest in peace, Sweetheart ❤️🕊

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Woke = black

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My childhood

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nobody talks about how hard it is to let go of what no longer serves you. we’re human. we form attachments. we crave familiarity, even when it hurts us. and we have to let go before we can see what we’re making space for. that’s where faith steps in. that’s where god steps in.

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Cumming, Forsyth County, GA

Black Americans have had 15 million acres of land stolen through terror, lynchings and genocide down to 1 million. 

This is just one of many that deal with the ethnic cleansing of Black Americans by white mobs. You may have heard of Oprah doing an episode in 1987 about that county. (Episode: Oprah Visits a County Where No Black Person Had Lived for 75 Years.) Sundown towns, of course. No longer completely completely white, it is still largely white. Mrs. Elon Osby and every last descendant needs to gather their docs and get every single acre back. Everybody living all comfortably there and shit gotta go. It is what it is. We’ve been needed an Anti-Black Hate Crime bill. But the Democrats, who Black Americans have loyally voted for with no tangibles in return, obviously feel it’s of no concern. The likes of Buffalo, anyone?

Did I mention this town is close by Oscarville, the Black American town under that man-made lake, Lake Lanier? 1912.

Add this onto the reparations claim and charge genocide.

SN: An almost silent shakedown almost went down in the small Black town of Mason, Tennessee not too long by the state’s comptroller. Thank goodness people caught wind outside of that town and seize of control (before a shift) was unsuccessful.

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Can all the black men who love black women and vice versa reblog this so we can find each other?

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Lean on Me (1989)  

“  Imbrue-to taint, to stain. 

The cancer of racism imbrues our national character.   

It stains the spirit, taints the soul.       

It is a blot, a shameful, greasy spot on the fabric of our national conscience.”

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1st of May, 2022. It's been 778 days since Breonna Taylor was killed by the LMPD & Brett Hankinson, Jonathan Mattingly & Miles Cosgrove haven't faced charges or been arrested for her death.

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Paul Mooney 😂

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The Last Dragon (1985) dir. Michael Schultz

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Nanny also known as Queen Nanny was a Maroon leader in Jamaica during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Enslaved Africans who escaped & established independent settlements in the Americas were known as maroons.

Nanny was a runaway slave from Western Africa who had been sold into slavery. It is usually assumed that she was born into the Ashanti tribe of modern-day Ghana.

Nanny and her 4 brothers (all of whom went on to become Maroon leaders) were sold into slavery and eventually escaped to the highlands and jungles that still make up much of Jamaica. Nanny and one of her brothers, Quao, established Nanny Town in the Blue Mountains on the Eastern side of Jamaica.

Nanny Town thrived because of its remote location in the highlands, far from European villages & difficult to attack. Nanny avoided attacking plantations and European towns preferring instead to farm and trade with her neighbors in a civilized manner. She did, however, conduct multiple successful raids to free slaves trapped on plantations and her actions resulted in the emancipation of about 1,000 slaves during her lifetime.

Nanny & the Windward Maroons flourished and multiplied during Nanny's lifetime. The triumph of the Maroons threatened the British colonial authorities. Plantation owners demanded action from colonial officials after losing slaves and having their equipment and crops torched by Maroon raids.

The Jamaican jungles were searched by hunting groups made up of British regular army soldiers, militias and mercenaries. Captain William Cuffee, often known as Captain Sambo, is said to have murdered Nanny in one of the war's many brutal battles in 1733. The war lasted from 1720 to 1739, when a truce was declared; Cudjoe, one of Nanny's brothers and a Maroon War leader, was the driving force behind the treaty.

Following Nanny's death, many Windward Maroons relocated to the more sparsely populated Western (or Leeward) part of the island. The British eventually seized Nanny Town and destroyed it in 1734.

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Nanny también conocida como Reina Nanny fue una lider Maroon en Jamaica a finales del siglo XVII y principios del siglo XVIII. A los africanos esclavizados que escapaban y que establecían asentamientos independientes en las Américas, se les llamaba Maroons.

Nanny era una esclava fugitiva de África Occidental que había sido vendida. Por lo general, se asume que nació en la tribu Ashanti de la Ghana actual.

Nanny y sus cuatro hermanos (los cuales se convirtieron en líderes Maroon) fueron vendidos como esclavos y eventualmente escaparon a las selvas y tierras altas que aún constituían gran parte de Jamaica. Nanny y uno de sus hermanos, Quao, establecieron Nanny Town (La ciudad Nanny) en las Montañas Azules ubicadas en el lado este de Jamaica.

Nanny Town prosperaba debido a su ubicación remota en las tierras altas, lejos de los pueblos europeos y eran muy difíciles de atacar. Nanny evitaba atacar plantaciones europeas y prefirió cultivar y comercializar con sus vecinos de manera civilizada. Sin embargo, realizó redadas exitosas para liberar a esclavos que se encontraban atrapados en plantaciones y sus acciones resultaron en la emancipación de alrededor de mil esclavos.

Nanny y los Maroon de Windward florecieron y se multiplicaron. El triunfo de los Maroons amenazaba a las autoridades coloniales británicas. Los dueños de las plantaciones exigían acción por parte de los oficiales coloniales después de la pérdida de esclavos. Durante estas redadas también se quemaban equipo y cultivos.

Las junglas jamaiquinas fueron registradas por grupos de cazadores formado por soldados del ejército británico, milicias y mercenarios. Se dice que el Capitán William Cuffee, también conocido como Capitán Sambo fue quién asesinó a Nanny en uno de los combates brutales que hubo durante la guerra en el año 1733. La guerra duró de 1720 a 1739, hasta que se declaró una tregua.

Cudjoe, uno de los hermanos de Nanny y líder Maroon, fue la fuerza impulsora detrás de el tratado.

Después de la muerte de Nanny, muchos Maroons de Windward se reubicaron en la parte occidental, la parte menos poblado de la isla. Los británicos eventualmente se apoderaron de Nanny Town y destruyeron la ciudad en el año 1734.

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Amir Locke

"Amir didn't deserve what happened. Amir was surprised. Life was taken from him, in an unjust way," Andre Locke said. "My son was startled when that officer kicked the couch. The kid was a deep sleeper, it takes a lot to wake him up. For them to kick the couch and startle him. Those officers aggravated him, almost like they wanted him to reach for something. To take his life."

"My son didn't deserve it, the rest of the Black males in this city and across this nation didn't deserve it." - Karen Wells

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Today in Black Excellence: Maya Angelou—a literature titan whose 1969 memoir was the first nonfiction bestseller by an African American woman.

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” —Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

What was the early life of Maya Angelou?

She became a celebrated writer and Black icon, but it came from a childhood of tragedy. Born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, Angelou was quickly exposed to racism as a child. Her parents split when she was young, and while visiting her mother, aged eight, she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend: her uncles killed the boyfriend in revenge. These horrors left Angelou mute for five years, as she discussed in an interview with Oprah, a close friend. At age 16, she gave birth and was forced to work grueling jobs to support her son—including fry cook, sex worker, and nightclub performer.

She recounted her traumas to close friend James Baldwin—fellow writer and Black icon. He challenged Angelou to write about her experiences, and she published the wildly successful memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. It catapulted Angelou to international stardom and was nominated for a National Book Award in 1970. It remained on The New York Times’ paperback nonfiction bestseller list for two years—the longest record in history.

What made her such a Black icon?

Angelou was a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated on her birthday in 1968. Angelou stopped celebrating her birthday for years afterward. In 1964, Angelou helped another activist friend Malcolm X in founding the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

Spanning over 50 years, she published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, books of poetry, and plays. Her 1971 poetry collection, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’Fore I Die, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Because of her tireless work in literature and political activism, Angelou became widely respected as a spokesperson for the Black experience, particularly of women. You can even find her legacy in your pocket—she recently became the first black woman to appear on a US quarter.

Original portrait by Tumblr Creatr @inuqo

"I was filled with such deep gratitude while working on this illustration of Maya Angelou. Her talent, creativity, strength, power and resilience is inspiring to us all and I wanted to display how beautiful her Universe was. How important her words and life's journey was because it showed us that no matter how hard we fall, still we can rise".”

—@inuqo

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13th of February, 2022. It's been 701 days since Breonna Taylor was killed by the LMPD & Brett Hankinson, Jonathan Mattingly & Miles Cosgrove haven't faced charges or been arrested for her death.