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Bullies Suck @bulliessuck2024.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Facts: "SC General Assembly passed the 'Negro Act,' making it illegal for enslaved Africans to meet freely, assemble in groups, grow [their own] food, earn money, or learn to read & write.” SOURCE: The #1619Project, created by Nikole Hannah -Jones #SlaveCodes #AmericanHistory #WhiteSupremacy 2/2
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
A decade ago, when Trump one the first time, I and other Black writers tried to make us see that racism — both explicit and deeply seeded — was at the root of Trump’s rise. We were dismissed even as late as last year as people attributed economic anxieties to Trump’s wins. DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
None of us take pleasure in being right: But we are in the Second Nadir. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
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How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I encourage you to read the 1901 final Congressional speech of George Henry White, who would be the last Black man in Congress for 30 yrs.This “is perhaps the Negroes’ temporary farewell to the American Congress; but…phoenix-like he will rise up some day and come again… blackpast.org/african-amer...
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(1901) Congressman George H. White's Farewell Address To Congress
In January 1901, at the beginning of a new century, George H. White was ending his term as a Congressman from North Carolina’s Second Congressional District. Realizing that he was bringing to a close ...
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
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How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 03/05/2026
Nikole Hannah-Jones: Gutting the Voting Rights Act isn’t just a Black rights issue www.ms.now/ali-velshi/w...
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Nikole Hannah-Jones: Gutting the Voting Rights Act isn't just a Black rights issue
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones explains why the Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act is not just a blow to Black representation. It’s a blow to democracy itself. "Th...
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 03/05/2026
The Supreme Courts guts the Voting Rights Act www.ms.now/ali-velshi/w...
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The Supreme Courts guts the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court this week effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act, by restricting a key provision of the landmark law against voter discrimination. Critics warn this is a deliberate attempt to dise...
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