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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 6h

Below is Ambassador Attallah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, at the ribbon cutting of the new and improved “Malcolm X Elementary School,” courtesy of Mayor Muriel Bowser whose unwavering commitment to Black education is unmatched.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Have a Funky Day!” This is Ace playing “Record Store Manager.” Train my little sisters and brothers up in the way they should go. Ace is reliving a piece of Soul Music History with a homage to the Long Playing album, and one of my favorite places growing up—The Record Shop!

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Here’s Karega Bailey bonding with his toddler son. “Every single cell is happy and well.” Remember to include joy for your children.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It’s September 21st. So Happy Birthday Brother-King Billy Porter. This album is still golden.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Dinner is a tossed salad of Baby Spinach, Red Leaf Lettuce, Arugula, Chopped Cherry Tomatoes, and White Onion slivers; and a Salmon Patty. And I bid you a good evening.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

One of the good ones is gone. Dolly Parton has joined the ancestors at age 80.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

“When I was born in late 1960, the United States’ literacy rate was around 96+%. Here’s why this free fall to 79% literacy better matter. There is no such thing as Critical Thinking Skills if you do not read (or at least listen to) books and articles.” open.substack.com/pub/leslyejo...

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For Cuba. For Literacy. For the Afro-Diaspora.

by©️Leslye Joy Allen

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Guess what you fascist Austin, Texas Pigs? I can actually tell the difference between a Water Bottle and a Gun. Exactly how many bullets does it take to kill one Black boy? Apparently over 20 shots only to discover that the alleged Gun was actually a Water Bottle.

Photo of Water Bottle: Guess what you fascist Austin, Texas Pigs? I can actually tell the difference between a Water Bottle and a Gun. Exactly how many bullets does it take to kill one Black boy? Apparently over 20 shots only to discover that the alleged Gun was actually a Water Bottle.

Photo of Gun: Guess what you fascist Austin, Texas Pigs? I can actually tell the difference between a Water Bottle and a Gun. Exactly how many bullets does it take to kill one Black boy? Apparently over 20 shots only to discover that the alleged Gun was actually a Water Bottle.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This loss is rough. I met the great Hope Clarke when I was 12 years old. It was immediately following her performance in the Mickie Grant penned musical “Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope.” She was a peerless dancer, choreographer and actor; and she remains one of my fondest childhood memories.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THIS👇🏽James Baldwin’s genius.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

One of the nicest Brothers to ever do it! Kenny Leon, the first Black Artistic Director of Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, the largest regional theatre in the Southeastern United States has become…

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I had the honor of writing the Forward to Hope Giselle Godsey’s second book “Until I Met Black Men.” Well this trailblazing transgender activist and author won The Essence Film Festival for her film “Not Your Average Girl.” www.instagram.com/reel/DadB9vr...

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Ninety-five AT & T U-Verse customers in zip code 30311 in Atlanta have been without access to the Internet since early July 3, 2026. The outage ID number is 3021835. AT & T claims the problem is due to a “fiber” problem. Report this and demand your money back.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This is written by one of my favorite historians Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. who is also the Great-Great-Great Grandson of Frederick Douglass and the Great-Great Grandson of Booker T. Washington. open.substack.com/pub/kbmjr/p/...

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The Ringbolt and the Chain of Our Nation's Destiny

Why Frederick Douglass's Fourth of July address still matters 250 years after the Declaration of Independence.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

All Hail the Queen as in “Queen Latifah” (née Dana Elaine Owens) being blunt about how Black women contend with Racism and Sexism; and also the reality of what so many Black schoolteachers and librarians face.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Police try to raid Black Panther Party Housing (a development of Elaine Brown) for people with low incomes in San Francisco. MAGGATs are the scum of the earth. youtube.com/shorts/qZM83...

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Police RAID Black Panther Housing Project?! 😳 #BlackPanther #Politics #New

YouTube video by Lamont Tyson

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The best Juneteenth acknowledgment I have seen so far.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Community Organizer and Democratic Socialist Mathewos Samson won the run-off for Georgia State House District 58. The son of Ethiopian immigrants, Mathewos is a native Atlantan who grew up in Fourth Ward, my Dad’s old childhood neighborhood. Congratulations Representative-elect!!

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

My Fellow Georgians in the 58th District, if you have not voted early, go vote for Democratic Socialist Mathewos Samson on Tuesday June 16, 2026 in the Run-Off Election. I spent this Sunday the 14th talking with his team of supporters going door-to-door and talking with constituents. Go Vote!

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I put the books I was reading down long enough to watch A'ja Wilson of the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces, considered by many to be the greatest woman basketball player of her generation, here on the Jennifer Hudson Show, get to meet her greatest fan, Iman. youtu.be/24cYi63EleA?...

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4-Year-Old Superfan Meets A’ja Wilson in Emotional Surprise

YouTube video by Jennifer Hudson Show

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Rest in Paradise Peabo Bryson. I still remember when he came rolling up to hand me some cash to help me pay my car note waaaay back in the early 1980s when we were all kids.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Happy Pride Month and Happy Black Music Month!

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

“That is why people are calling this Ireland’s George Floyd moment. They are not only naming grief. They are naming recognition. They saw an image the world was supposed to have learned from in 2020…with another Black man dead.” open.substack.com/pub/american...

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THE PATTERN OF CRUELTY DOES NOT STOP AT BORDERS

Yves Sakila died in Ireland after several men pinned him to the ground and knelt on his body — a death protesters recognized as Ireland’s George Floyd moment.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“The trouble is that once you see it, you can’t unsee it. And once you’ve seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out. There’s no innocence. Either way, you’re accountable.” — Arundhati Roy (Photo by The Hindu)

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

This is why my favorite group of young Black men in Atlanta is The Library Dads. youtu.be/9plA5o0UxTw?...

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How Library Dads Group Promotes Child Literacy and Brotherhood

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I had a good day and a good dinner. And to hell with the dietary restrictions. I had a fresh home grown Salad with smothered Chicken Wings, Rice, home grown Collard Greens made with Smoked Pork Neck bones.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Anna Maria Horsford’s “High on the Hog” at time 20:39 in the video included in this essay is straight testimony that I had forgotten about. open.substack.com/pub/leslyejo...

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Black Women In Poetry/Prose from the 1971 “SOUL” TV Show

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Early Voting April 27-May 15, 2026. May 19, 2026, Election Day I am endorsing native Atlantan, and newcomer to politics—Democratic Socialist Mathewos Samson for the 58th district. Go Vote for this outstanding young brother. You can read more about him in the comments section beneath this post.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Music Legend Nina Simone speaking a truth we Black and Brown folks need to think about when it came to Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. I remember.

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

A Man Named Pearl. This is What We Do…Don’t Miss This Documentary… youtube.com/shorts/AKhLu...

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Remembering Pearl Fryar | A Man Named Pearl trailer

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Aging grants you something that youth cannot…

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Leslye Joy Allen @leslyejoyallen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Quietly I wish that the recipient of that Rhinoceros’ excretion is Trump. This message works in dozens of ways.

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