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Michelle Duster

@michelleduster.bsky.social
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Every time I see a beautiful outdoor space I hope that developers & others with their mindset don't know about it.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Everyone who voted for this should be forced to wear one of those red hats every day for the next decade.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
How many ways can they show us? They don't care. If it doesn't affect them, it's not a problem. They don't give a sh*t. As long as it causes hardship for "minorities" it's okay.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I appreciate your help in getting the truth out there. Folks need to focus less on Nolan's ancestry and more on seeking justice.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Thank you for helping to get the truth out. People need to focus on seeking justice for Nolan versus his ancestry.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
people.com/ida-b-wells-...
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Ida B. Wells’ Great-Granddaughter Debunks Viral Claim Nolan Wells Is Related to the Journalist and Civil Rights Activist
The great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells is debunking viral social media claims that Nolan Wells, whose mysterious death has captivated national attention, is related to the pioneering journalist and c...
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
people.com/ida-b-wells-...
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Ida B. Wells’ Great-Granddaughter Debunks Viral Claim Nolan Wells Is Related to the Journalist and Civil Rights Activist
The great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells is debunking viral social media claims that Nolan Wells, whose mysterious death has captivated national attention, is related to the pioneering journalist and c...
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
people.com/ida-b-wells-...
people.com
Ida B. Wells’ Great-Granddaughter Debunks Viral Claim Nolan Wells Is Related to the Journalist and Civil Rights Activist
The great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells is debunking viral social media claims that Nolan Wells, whose mysterious death has captivated national attention, is related to the pioneering journalist and c...
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
people.com/ida-b-wells-...
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Ida B. Wells’ Great-Granddaughter Debunks Viral Claim Nolan Wells Is Related to the Journalist and Civil Rights Activist
The great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells is debunking viral social media claims that Nolan Wells, whose mysterious death has captivated national attention, is related to the pioneering journalist and c...
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Let's stop the rumors about family ancestry & focus on seeking #JusticeforNolan and providing support for his family. 🙏🏾 people.com/ida-b-wells-...
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Please stop the misinformation about family ancestry re #IdaBWells so the focus can shift to seeking #JusticeforNolan and providing support to his family. 🙏🏾
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Yes
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is not true. Please take this down. I am Ida B Wells' great-granddaughter and biographer. Her married name was Wells-Barnett, her children were Barnett, her grandchildren were Cross & Duster. You can read my book IDA B the QUEEN to learn the whole family lineage.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is not true. Please take this down. I am Ida B Wells' great-granddaughter and biographer. Her married name was Wells-Barnett, her children were Barnett, her grandchildren were Cross & Duster. You can read my book IDA B the QUEEN to learn the whole family lineage.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is not true. Please take this down. I am Ida B Wells' great-granddaughter and biographer. Her married name was Wells-Barnett, her children were Barnett, her grandchildren were Cross & Duster. You can read my book IDA B the QUEEN to learn the whole family lineage.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Hopefully there is a will for people in the USA to grow up and work together. My latest for @rebelliousmag.bsky.social rebelliousmagazine.com/a-disunited-...
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A Disunited States of America Will Fall Short of Its Full Potential - Rebellious Magazine A Disunited States of America Will Fall Short of Its Full Potential
A Disunited States of America Will Fall Short of Its Full Potential
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Why is Congress still being paid to not do its job?
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
My latest for @rebelliousmag.bsky.social rebelliousmagazine.com/black-women-...
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Black Women Need a Break from Being Captain Save-A-Whole-Country
People are starting to notice that Black women are not in a rush to put their bodies on the line (again) to save the country from itself.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I have a small part in this amazing @BBC podcast about my great-grandmother #IdaBWells podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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History's Toughest Heroes: Ida B. Wells and the Red Recorder
Podcast Episode · History's Heroes · 12/09/2025 · 28m
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
@artinstitutechi.bsky.social @smithsonianmag.bsky.social @gettymuseum.bsky.social @moma.bsky.social @tatemuseum.bsky.social @whitecube.com
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Rebellious Magazine for Women @rebelliousmag.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
For Insecure White Men, Everything Will Never Be Enough rebelliousmagazine.com/insecure-med... by @michelleduster.bsky.social Michelle Duster
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For Insecure White Men, Everything Will Never Be Enough - Rebellious Magazine
One day, when insecure White men learn how to collaborate and not dominate, the Disunited States will become “one nation, under God."
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Reposting my own quote.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Dec 16 is 2nd anniv of #RichardHunt becoming an ancestor. In 70-yr career he created more public sculptures than anyone in history. Let's #HonorRichardHunt with a large-scale mural by Chris Devins near #ObamaCenter. Only $49.5k needed www.gofundme.com/f/support-sc...
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Donate to Support Sculptor Richard Hunt's Mural in Chicago's Hyde Park, organized by CHRISTOPHER DEVINS
FIGHT BACK. THEY ARE TRYING TO ERASE US. WE NEED TO SEND A ME… CHRISTOPHER DEVINS needs your support for Support Sculptor Richard Hunt's Mural in Chicago's Hyde Park
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
@artinstitutechi.bsky.social @smithsonianmag.bsky.social @gettymuseum.bsky.social @moma.bsky.social @tatemuseum.bsky.social @whitecube.com
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
@cnn.com @msnbc.com @npr.org @pbs.org @wgntv.com @wttw.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social @chicagotribune.com @chicago.suntimes.com @cbsnews.com
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Dec 16 is 2nd anniv of #RichardHunt becoming an ancestor. In 70-yr career he created more public sculptures than anyone in history. Let's #HonorRichardHunt with a large-scale mural by Chris Devins near #ObamaCenter. Only $50k needed www.gofundme.com/f/support-sc...
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Donate to Support Sculptor Richard Hunt's Mural in Chicago's Hyde Park, organized by CHRISTOPHER DEVINS
FIGHT BACK. THEY ARE TRYING TO ERASE US. WE NEED TO SEND A ME… CHRISTOPHER DEVINS needs your support for Support Sculptor Richard Hunt's Mural in Chicago's Hyde Park
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The SUFFS play is making itself around the country. I'm proud my great-grandmother #IdaBWells is portrayed and It is well worth seeing it. www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
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‘I was here’: Ida B. Wells’ family still feels her fight against erasure — and ‘Suffs’ shows why
Family legacy is complicated for the descendants of Ida B. Wells, in a way that only underlines the message of Shaina Taub’s musical “Suff,” touring to BroadwaySF’s Orpheum Theatre.
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Rebellious Magazine for Women @rebelliousmag.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Those Who Voted to Create this Problem Should March to Solve It. The Rest of Us Are Resting. By @michelleduster.bsky.social rebelliousmagazine.com/no-kings-pro... DON'T MISS Cultural Education Editor Michelle Duster on WCPT at 7:30am CT TODAY with Richard Chew at heartlandsignal.com/programs/che...
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Those Who Voted to Create this Problem Should March to Solve It
People are marching against something that could have been avoided. I and others like me have decided to sit this one out.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
All of this chaos and pain could have been avoided if folks had listened to Black women. Have fun marching!
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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Joel Edward Goza @joelegoza.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Deeply thankful for the friendship and support of @michelleduster.bsky.social. Through her and her families labors, the inspiration Ida B. Wells dignified defiance continues to challenge our nation to live into our democratic convictions.
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Rebellious Magazine for Women @rebelliousmag.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Black Americans: 400 Years and Counting Still Striving for True Freedom in a Country That We Built rebelliousmagazine.com/black-americ... by @michelleduster.bsky.social Michelle Duster #CenteringOurselves #Freedom
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Black Americans: 400 Years and Still Striving for True Freedom
When other people’s idea of “freedom” includes oppressing, exploiting and excluding us, we take care of our own.
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Rebellious Magazine for Women @rebelliousmag.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Ida B. Wells Has Much to Teach Us About Speaking Up and Fighting Back rebelliousmagazine.com/ida-b-wells-... by Cultural Education Editor @michelleduster.bsky.social Michelle Duster #IdaBWells #DisunitedStatesOfAmerica #ChroniclingTruth
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Ida B. Wells Has Much to Teach Us About Speaking Up & Fighting Back
The life and work of Wells is something today’s leaders can study and use to keep moving our country forward.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
My latest for @rebelliousmag.bsky.social rebelliousmagazine.com/ida-b-wells-...
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
309 million #IdaBWells quarters created so far! My great-grandmother will inspire generations of leaders. www.coinnews.net/2025/06/24/u...
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US Mint Produces 657.95M Coins in May; Nearly Third Pennies
The United States Mint's monthly coin output in 2025 has remained within a relatively narrow range from the upper 500 millions to the upper 600 millions, with May's total landing near the top of that ...
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
We cannot be erased and will uplift ourselves as we always have. rebelliousmagazine.com/exceptional-...
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Exceptional Black Women Shine as Mediocre White Men Whine
No sniveling from insecure White men will dim Black women’s brilliance or trivialize their influence on every aspect of the United States.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Crazy how these gazillionaires have more money than they can spend on 25 lifetimes, yet are STILL MAD! 😳
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I said it! "While too many politicians are trying to please their corporate constituents, and corporate leaders are trying to please their shareholders, everyday working folks...are left to fend for themselves." #WeDone @RebelliousMag rebelliousmagazine.com/black-women-...
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#WeDone: Black Women Don’t Need Permission to Flourish - Rebellious Magazine
After this regime removes every remnant of our contributions and existence, they will still not achieve their goal of demoralizing us.
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Joel Edward Goza @joelegoza.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Deeply thankful for the friendship and support of @michelleduster.bsky.social. Through her and her families labors, the inspiration Ida B. Wells dignified defiance continues to challenge our nation to live into our democratic convictions.
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Rebellious Magazine for Women @rebelliousmag.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
If we've ever informed, entertained, inspired or inflamed you - like with @michelleduster.bsky.social Michelle Duster‘s pull-no-punches column, Centering Ourselves - we hope you’ll pitch in to #Lucky13Campaign!: bit.ly/RebelliousLu... rebelliousmagazine.com/the-presiden...
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The Presidential Election Proved Black Women Are On Our Own
Some of the brutal disappointment from the election results comes from hoping that White women would stand in solidarity with Black women.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Looking forward to participating in this online panel on Wed March 5th starting at 7pm EST. Register now. www.eventbrite.com/e/suffs-from...
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Suffs: From the History Page to the Broadway Stage
A virtual educational webinar unpacking the history behind the hit musical.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Such a nice surprise to see my book IDA B THE QUEEN included in this article! sdnews.com/celebrate-wo...
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Celebrate Women’s History Month by picking up the works of a female author
March is Women’s History Month, and has been proclaimed so by the president of the United States every year since
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Apparently the GOP doesn't think government should do anything to help anyone who needs any type of assistance or support--students, the poor, sick, elderly, unemployed, disabled, immigrants, hourly workers, or victims of natural disasters. And 77M voted for this.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Reposting my own quote.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
So fitting that my great-grandmother #IdaBWells, who exposed the truth about lynching & fought against racial injustice, has been honored by the US Mint. Despite efforts to erase the past, we know what really happened. We live with it. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/14/o...
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Susan Whiting: Chicago activist Ida B. Wells changes the face of American currency
The images we choose to honor — those we carry in our wallets and exchange in transactions — speak volumes about who we value as a society.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Anti-DEI folks need to be consistent in erasing Black & Brown folks. Stop enjoying our creations. rebelliousmagazine.com/dei-diversit...
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Time to Ban Anti-DEI Folks from Enjoying ‘DEI’ Contributions - Rebellious Magazine
All who oppose DEI should not partake in anything Black and Brown people have created. Here’s a short list . . .
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Welp. The USA was only the closest to a true democracy for all of 60 years (1965-2025).
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
By getting the full weight of the states and national government behind them, white men have shown that the only way they feel it's possible for them to succeed is to eliminate EVERYONE else from competing. Sad.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
White mediocrity & ignorance will be the downfall of the US.
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Michelle Duster @michelleduster.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
It's been 10 days. GOP Congress members, Supreme Court, many in legacy media, corporate leaders, wealthy donors, and 77 million voters are responsible for normalizing a felon who has caused what we're going through.
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