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northofhome.bsky.social @northofhome.bsky.social · 1h
@lilywight.bsky.social You called it talkafricana.com/lynching-as-...
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How Lynching Became Public Events and Black Body Parts Were Turned into Trophies During America’s Jim Crow Era - TalkAfricana
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 5h
Public lynchings in the US were a lot more recent than the middle ages. naacp.org/find-resourc...
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History of Lynching in America
White Americans used lynching to terrorize and control Black people in the 19th and early 20th centuries. NAACP led a courageous battle against lynching.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lawyers are on the front lines of the fight to protect our democracy. Right now, @wetheaction.bsky.social is recruiting lawyers who are willing to volunteer their time to defend voting rights. Join them: wetheaction.us/guide
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.
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✊🏾 Progressive J @jerrelxl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thanks to Marxist MAGA who spent the entire 2024 campaign saying nothing parties are the same…..
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Music has always had the power to connect and inspire us. At the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, Eddie Vedder and the young people from Guitars Over Guns wrote and performed a profoundly moving song, ‘Better Believe,’ that spoke to each of them and all of us.
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Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This case isn’t just about LaMonica McIver, it is about Congress actually being able to do our work on behalf of the people. We are their voice and we have to hold this administration accountable on their behalf.
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Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost @frost.house.gov · 28/08/2026
Today marks 63 years since the March on Washington, when hundreds of thousands of people gathered to demand justice, freedom, and equality. Let's honor the civil rights leaders who led that historic march by continuing the fight they started.
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Congresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 28/08/2026
As we begin today’s March on Washington, I’d like to commemorate our predecessors who, 63 years ago, marched for justice, freedom, and equality. Randolph. Dr. King, Jr. Rustin. Bates. Lewis. Every leader, activist, and organizer past and present. Today, we continue to march.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This summer, more than 50 young men from Chicago Public Schools attended the MBK-Obama Leadership Academy to get ready for high school. They earned credits toward graduation, developed important life skills, and built connections. We’re proud of their hard work, and can’t wait to see what they do.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 05/08/2026
Jenifer Lewis said it best: 35.9 million people sat out 2024, and we don’t let that shit happen again. Not this time. Not with 90 days on the clock and everything on the line. Speak out, knock louder, make it impossible to ignore. It’s on all of us to flip it all blue. #BlueWaveIn90Days
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Albumism @albumism.com · 22/07/2026
Happy Birthday George Clinton! Explore the Parliament-Funkadelic visionary's musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/GClintonHBD
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The arguments we’re having today aren’t new. In fact, we were having many of the same ones more than 150 years ago during Reconstruction. I recently sat down with Malcolm Gladwell to reflect on this pivotal time in our nation’s history, and the work that remains. Check out our conversation:
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Barack Obama & Malcolm Gladwell: How Reconstruction Still Defines America | Reconstruction
YouTube video by Higher Ground Productions
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Brown Sugar Babe RN MSN @cas7217.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Wait until the 🤡 hears about this! He’s going to be up all night on Lie Social!
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WNBA to use Obama Presidential Center for All-Star events in Chicago
The WNBA will host practice, media day and other events at the Obama Presidential Center during its upcoming All-Star Weekend in Chicago.
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Kacey325 @kacey325.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Have folks not learned yet that she is not the one? Her instagram post made it clear, she's not playing lol.
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Listen to Black Women. Follow Black Women. Vote like Black Women. Save us all the “I told you so” 😌 #platner
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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 07/07/2026
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in our nation's history.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 26/06/2026
“The evidence [the plaintiffs] have offered includes statements by the President so repellent and racially inflected that the majority declines to put them in print.” —Justice Kagan trib.al/ToemG88
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The Seneca Project @senecaproject.us · 19/06/2026
Today, we honor the long-delayed promise of freedom for Black Americans and recommit ourselves to protecting the rights, representation, and democracy so many fought to secure. The fight continues. #Juneteenth
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U.S. Representative Al Green @algreen.house.gov · 19/06/2026
In Galveston and across our nation, Juneteenth celebrates freedom for the enslaved. However, there has been no reconciliation for more than 240 years of enslavement, and there can be no reconciliation without reparations. Justice demands reparations.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.
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Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 18/06/2026
The South Got Something to Say, and we’re standing on business. On June 16, 50+ Black men gathered at the North Carolina General Assembly to demand accountability and advocate for policies that uplift Black men. Power isn’t given. It’s built. And this is just the beginning. #BlackVotersMatter
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
NEW: Vellesiya Wiley says that when she saw Senatobia police officers draw guns and point them toward the car where she was riding in the passenger seat with her 1-year-old son, Kohen Wiley, she lifted the child up to show them he was with her. Moments later, an officer fired, killing the child.
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Kohen Wiley’s Mom Says Car Wasn’t Driving Toward Officer When He Fired: ‘I Raised My Baby Up’
Kohen Wiley’s mother, Vellesiya Wiley, disputed police claims that the car was driving toward the officer who shot her 1-year-old child.
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M-A.Stay’Legit™️🇨🇦 @bagdmilksowhat.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“Winning A Nobel Peace Prize” -Michelle Obama Camera pans to Hillary & Barack 😂😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👏👏
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/06/2026
History. Hope. Grace. The Obamas reminded us that leadership can be intelligent, compassionate, and inspiring. Their legacy continues…
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focusyou.bsky.social @focusyou.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Tomorrow, we honor those who never stopped striving for liberty. There is no single way to commemorate Juneteenth but learning more about the history of the day — and sharing what you’ve learned with others — are great places to start. Happy Juneteenth!
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
To everyone who helped bring the Obama Presidential Center to life, thank you. Michelle and I are so grateful for all your dedication and hard work over the years. I got a little teary-eyed tonight thinking about my mother-in-law, Marian Robinson.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby—a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist—to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and we’re thrilled that it will be on display at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This ⬇️ is a real American hero! Congresswoman Joyce Beatty is a Kennedy Center trustee who sued after the unlawful renaming of the center. Late Friday her suit prevailed and the center’s rightful name was restored. Thank you @repbeatty.bsky.social, we love you! ❤️
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Rep. Joyce Beatty @repbeatty.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
It’s not just about winning — it’s about hope.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I wouldn’t be where I am today without the love and support that Michelle has poured into me over the years. Her story — from her South Side roots to the White House and beyond — is a central part of the Obama Presidential Center.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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Jerry Mitchell @jmitchellnews.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
#OnThisDay in 1963, Fannie Lou Hamer and other activists were arrested when they rode in the “white” section of a Greyhound bus & sat at the “whites-only” lunch counter in Winona, Mississippi. Inside the jail, they were beaten and tortured. mississippitoday.org/2025/06/09/1...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This cartoon isn't an exaggeration—not even 1% an exaggeration. Weeks ago it seemed this far-right Supreme Court would still block any map intentionally authored to be racist. We just learned that that's no longer true. We have reentered Jim Crow, and it's a national disgrace.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Peabo Bryson, the iconic singer-songwriter behind the Oscar-winning Disney songs "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World," has died at 75 www.tmz.com/2026/06/02/p...
A photo of Peabo Bryson singing into a mic
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.
alabamareflector.com
Thousands attend protests in Selma and Montgomery for voting rights | Alabama Reflector
Speakers at the All Roads Lead to the South events urge people to mobilize to oppose redistricting efforts by Legislatures in the south.
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Albert Scharenberg @albertscharenberg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"We declare our right on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being, in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary." Malcolm X, born OTD, 1925
Porträtfoto Malcolm X, 1964.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/05/2026
‼️THE SOUTH WILL NOT BE SILENCED‼️ Today’s march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge is a reminder that voting rights were paid for in blood. And now those same rights are under attack again. Next: Montgomery #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth
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Louise @louiseplease.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
If you never read the book or saw the movie, you missed one of the greatest Pulitzer Prize winning sagas ever written. To dishonor Alex Haley like this is disgraceful.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/05/2026
A lot has happened, but not much has changed.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I first met Clark Reynolds when he was just three years old at our Black History Month reception at the White House. Over the last ten years, it's been wonderful getting updates about his life through his letters. Check out how he’s doing now:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
WATCH: “WE WILL NOT GO BACK… today is the day we see if multiracial democracy dies in Tennessee and across the South.” Powerful — ryan camp followed Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social the day Republicans stripped Memphis of representation. 🎥 www.instagram.com/reel/DYITOzA...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
It’s time. Meet in Selma. Saturday, May 16th. blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/
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All Roads Lead to the South — National Day of Action for Voting Rights
The voting rights they marched for are being stripped away right now. We're going back. Are you coming?
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Tiyi Schippers @ammat.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
open.substack.com/pub/tiyischi... #poetry #poem #poetrycommunite #JustinPearson
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Return To Jim Crow
Return of Jim Crow
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
💪🏽🔥✊🏾💥 #JustinPearson #Tennessee #votingrights
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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson @mayorofchicago.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
If we're going to ask anyone to tighten their belt, we should look at whose belts are exploding: the ultra-rich. This is not the time to balance budgets off the backs of working people.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/05/2026
WE ARE UNDER-REACTING‼️ If you needed any more proof that the Voting Rights Act is still necessary, just look at what’s happening right now: red states rushing to wipe out Black representation the second SCOTUS gutted it. What went down this week is going to have devastating consequences. 🧵
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History Didn’t Repeat, It Continued
WE ARE UNDER-REACTING‼️
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Jamil Smith @jamilsmith.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The Voting Rights Act existed because America could not be trusted. The Supreme Court just told us to trust it anyway. I don’t. I doubt I ever will. My latest for @us.theguardian.com.
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The supreme court trusts America not to be racist. I don’t | Jamil Smith
The Callais decision is predicated on the idea that American leaders will act justly on their own. That premise has already been proven hollow
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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Louisiana Republicans have eliminated a city clerk position in New Orleans days before a Black man was set to take office. “It’s a sad thing to see the state government repeating what happened to Black public officials during Reconstruction,” said Calvin Duncan, who was set to take office Monday.
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Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected position days before an exoneree was set to take office
Louisiana Republicans have eliminated the office an exoneree was set to take after being overwhelmingly elected to the New Orleans-based seat. Republican Gov.
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