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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Our history matters, whether it’s printed in books, taught in class, or displayed across monuments. We are woven into this nation’s story—then, now, and always. In the words of Langston Hughes, “I, too, am America.”

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

As the nation approaches the celebration of its 250th year, I’m proud to partner with @visitphilly.bsky.social for their Indivisible Black History Month campaign.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

You cannot talk about American history without Black history…

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Remembering the lives lost & the lives irrevocably changed during the Tulsa race massacre. Honoring those survivors of the massacre who still live, Viola Fletcher & Lessie Benningfield Randle, who to this day, seek reparations for the destruction of Greenwood.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

To those who served, but were never honored. We honor you. We remember you. We thank you and we won’t forget you.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

On this day in 1896, the Plessy v. Ferguson decision allowed racial segregation in public facilities. That ruling essentially -legitimized Jim Crow, -erased legislative achievements won during the Reconstruction Era, -& allowed segregation laws & practices to infest beyond the south.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

71 years ago today, Brown Vs The Board of Education was decided. The Supreme Court ruled racial segregation laws were violations of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. A major victory for the Civil Rights Movement.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

They are banning our books, but the plantations are burning. They are combatting our history, but the plantations are burning. As the last antebellum plantation mansion burns, let it be so with the all structures that tried to keep us in bondage. That some how, someway, it will burn to the ground.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Yeah, accepting a plane from a foreign country is a big deal, but what is this story cover for? Well…

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Today is the 62nd Anniversary of the Birmingham Children’s Crusade, a nonviolent protest with the goal of combating segregation & inequality. Children were met with brutality, fire hoses, & dogs. Yet for 8 days, they marched. 1 state over, Louisiana just rolled back its desegregation order.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

There isn’t enough reporting or sharing of all of the times this administration has either walked back, changed course, or dropped some of its worst policies & decisions. Its a LOT. And that is due to us. Our efforts. Our work. Our advocacy. Keep it up, because it’s working.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

These takes are so predictable. Rather than accepting this film’s success, these publications question it. While the industry is worried how theaters will survive while serving us the same remakes & live actions, Black folks created original stories that were interesting. Give them their flowers.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Are we ready to have THIS conversation or no?

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

How many more? How many more people have to be kidnapped or trafficked before something is done? How many more people until someone with authority intervenes? How many more until it’s someone you know, someone you care about, someone you love? These aren’t nameless numbers, these are people.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

There is a woman in the comments of my Emmett Till video arguing with me bc she thinks I should have did a better job distinguishing white people in the south vs the north (mind you, I didn’t mention white people AT ALL bc I was focused on Emmett’s story. Before you ask, yes, she is

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Privilege is a dumbfounding thing because what would possess a person to expect entertainment for her kid at a rally or march where people are literally exercising their first amendment right as they fight for their lives? Did you think you were going to a carnival or street fair?

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Today marks the 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Organized by John Lewis, 600 people peacefully marched for the right to vote & to protest police brutality. They were violently beaten by law enforcement. Horrified by the savagery, the nation pushed to pass the Voting Rights Act.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I want the names of the 10 Democrats who voted along with Republicans to censure Representative Al Green. While they are maintaining decorum, real harm is happening to the American people. It’s a shame so few of our elected officials will ever possess a fraction of the spine of Rep Green.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Got a little visitor yesterday. Stuck with me a while before flying off🥹🦋

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Spent today playing with butterflies and looking at flowers with our little family.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

While some folks want to combat history, I had the chance to hold one of the early copies of the Declaration of Independence today. Love to the Historical Society of Philadelphia

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The way too many folks are way too comfortable calling Black women to come clean up messes they did not make but surely warned us about. Imagine having the audacity to tell a person who is NOT in office, who owes no one anything that she can’t even wish her own husband a happy v-day.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I will never understand the need to create whole separate account just to terrorize people, but then again, it’s not for me to understand.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I said that I only wanted to hear Black people cover Black culture. These were the reactions 🤦🏽‍♀️

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

For those who can’t see bc they pre-blocked (also, good on you!)

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

"A whole lot of Red in that White and Blue. History can't be erased."

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

These two are the same energy: “I, too, sing America”

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Walking into the week with this energy for the bigots

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

If I send you this, I ain’t forgot.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

If I send you this, I’m about to be on my WORST behavior.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

These are the ones I’ve been bouncing around in this month

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Wait, but did Kendrick do all that winning IN A CANADIAN TUXEDO?! Pulitzer Prize level shade!

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

But can we have a moment for Black Mothers & Daughters because in either case, I wouldn’t be able to speak🥹

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

“I, Too” by Langston Hughes, born on this day in 1901

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

“These muthaf*ckas ain’t stopping me.” A Negro Spiritual Pictured: Harriet Tubman Ida B Wells Gloria Richardson Angela Davis

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

And THIS is what happens when you judge BEFORE you research. My Patreon is FREE to join. The folks who want to financially support my work can (and do❤️) But the last week alone, ALL of the posts have been free. Some of yall are so quick to condemn things, yall will embarrass yourselves to do so.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Remember when yall said “both parties are the same”? Remember when yall called folks who said protect marginalized & vulnerable communities here first “baby killers”? Remember how yall terrorized Black women who said put our own masks 1st? Remember. Because we sure do.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I just blocked my 1st person on Bluesky. Do yourself a favor and do the same.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Not to mention the HEAVY propaganda TikTok shared. Mind you, neither 1 of these were shared after the new administration was sworn in.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Showing up to the TikTok Fune like... What are yall wearing?

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Some folks, after learning how other countries are thriving, are only now realizing what Black folks have been saying all along, that voting against your self interests to uphold racism will eventually harm them. 2025 is already the year of “I told you so.”

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