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This is super Trump supporter Terrence K. Williams in a re-enactment of the scene in "Django Unchained"—where Stephen cries when his master was killed.

This is peak 🦝ing, y'all.

Po' baby.🤭

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November 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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This midterm election is historic on the level of the 1930 midterms, when voters firmly rejected Hoover's failed policies during the Great Depression. Democrats went on to control Congress for the next 60 of 64 years.

Let it be so again.
harrypotterresists.bsky.social I Resist Fascist Trump @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 1d
WE DID IT !!!!!
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And the figures on the image below will improve in our favour as ballot counting continues !

We have showed Trump and his rich cronies that #WeThePeople are the ones who decide when we mobilise. 🧵

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November 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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🧵 School integration in 1950s America has always been a hot-button issue. It also gave birth to one of the biggest lies on the internet. Today—we're going to debunk that lie.

Pull up a seat.🪑(cont)

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November 1, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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🙏💙🫂 Eddie Smith
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October 31, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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🧵 He was known for wearing trademark sunglasses, carrying a .357 Revolver, and patrolling roads with a shotgun. Meet Sheriff Lucius Amerson—a total badass!

Pull up a seat🪑,my friends.(cont)
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October 31, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Professor Eddie Smith does it again! Thank you sir!

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eddsmitty.bsky.social Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 5d
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🧵 He was known for wearing trademark sunglasses, carrying a .357 Revolver, and patrolling roads with a shotgun. Meet Sheriff Lucius Amerson—a total badass!

Pull up a seat🪑,my friends.(cont)
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#Voices4Victory
October 31, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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“If people don’t vote, everything stays the same. You can protest until the sky turns yellow or the moon turns blue, and it’s not going to change anything if you don't vote.”
— Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta speaking at IBEW Local 6 in San Francisco, Nov. 3, 2025. Photo credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / The San Francisco Standard.
November 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Rosalie Edge was born on this day in 1877 in New York City. She was a suffragist, environmentalist and wildlife advocate who declared, “The time to protect a species is while it is still common.” She applied the militant tactics of the suffrage movement to fight for nature. /1
Rosalie Edge, ca. 1917. A contemporary described Edge as the “only honest, unselfish, indomitable hellcat in the history of conservation.” She dragged conservation out of the era of polite diplomacy and transformed it into an unyielding battle for environmental justice. Edge proved that saving nature requires directly challenging power, not compromising with it. She executed the first successful corporate proxy war in environmental history, establishing the blueprint for institutional accountability used today. She proved that ecosystems must be preserved as a whole, rather than waiting for individual species to face extinction. Thankfully for us, she spent the last weeks of her life packing more than 30 years of radical environmental history into four large boxes that she mailed to the Denver Public Library. These documents became the foundation for the Western History Conservation Collection, the first major archive of its kind in the U.S.
November 4, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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Alton Adams was born on this day in 1889 in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. He was a composer, journalist and civic leader who became the Navy’s first Black bandmaster and formed its first official integrated band. His march “The Virgin Islands March” is the territory’s anthem. /1
Chief Petty Officer Alton Adams in his Navy uniform. Adams used artistic excellence as a quiet but powerful force for social advancement, racial integration and cultural preservation. Rather than engaging in political activism, he dismantled barriers by maintaining a standard of excellence so undeniable that segregated institutions had to respect his leadership. He gave his homeland its sonic identity by composing “The Virgin islands March.” By modernizing public music education and helping found St. Thomas’s first public library, he built the infrastructure for the islands’ intellectual and cultural growth. Recognizing that political freedom is fragile without economic power, he pivoted to journalism and hospitality to fight Jim Crow segregation. Adams proved that a person does not need to set out to be an activist to change the course of history. By protecting his community and executing his craft with absolute mastery, he transformed the Virgin Islands and the U.S. military.
November 5, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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Today in history, 1920: A white mob in Ocoee, Fla., murders as many as 80 African Americans who were exercising their constitutional right to vote. The surviving African Americans fled due to continued death threats, and Ocoee remained a whites-only “sundown town” until 1981. /1
Julius “July” Perry, a Black resident of Ocoee, Fla., who was lynched on Nov. 3, 1920, during the Ocoee massacre. Perry was an African American landowner, labor leader, respected deacon and “godfather” of his community. He owned a large estate in Ocoee that included several barns and outbuildings, which frequently served as a sanctuary for community members in need. He was also a civil rights pioneer who advocated education and self-reliance. He worked alongside the NAACP and fellow farmer Mose Norman to organize Black voter registration campaigns in Orange County, Fla., before the 1920 election. On Election Day, Norman was violently turned away from the polls and fled the town. An armed white mob marched on Perry’s home, believing Norman to be there. Perry defended his family and home, but he was later captured, beaten and hanged from a telephone post. Perry was just one of the victims in the single bloodiest day of election-related violence in 20th-century American history.
November 3, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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Ethel Waters was born on this day in 1896 in Chester, Pa. She overcame extreme poverty to become one of the most popular and influential African American entertainers of the 20th century. Her boundary-breaking career bridged the Harlem Renaissance, Broadway and Hollywood. /1
Ethel Waters. Waters was an entertainment pioneer who reshaped the landscape of 20th-century pop culture. Her intimate, conversational and microphone-friendly jazz phrasing and crystal-clear diction laid the foundation for legends such as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. She shattered racial ceilings across every major entertainment medium, racking up “firsts” on Broadway, in Hollywood and on television. She leveraged her immense box-office draw to demand dignified, complex representations of Black life. As a co-founder and leader of the Negro Actors Guild of America, she institutionalized financial, medical and emotional lifelines for thousands of exploited Black performers. Waters took the profound trauma and systemic hostility of her era and transformed it into high art. She proved that a Black woman could command the highest echelons of theater and cinema, opening the doors for generations of artists of color who followed in her footsteps.
November 1, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Today is the first day of Native American Heritage Month, celebrated every November since 1990. Let’s explore the people who fought passionately for 80 years to establish this commemoration and gain recognition of the unique role of Indigenous peoples in the fabric of the U.S. /1
Graphic celebrating National Native American Heritage Month. At its heart, the 80-year crusade for Native American Heritage Month was never just about a date on a calendar. It was a passionate battle for visibility, dignity and survival. For generations, the architects of this movement watched their cultures romanticized as historical relics while their living communities were marginalized, silenced and forced to assimilate. For many, the observance was about reclaiming their own narrative. For others, it was about healing from collective trauma and declaring that despite centuries of forced removal, “We are still here.” By the time modern activists took up the mantle, the fight had evolved into a legacy project for future generations. They were driven by the passion to ensure that Native children growing up in a modern world could see their ancestors’ contributions formally enshrined by the highest offices of the land. Image credit: City of Lakewood, Calif.
November 2, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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#BLUNAMI 🌊
2026 may flip up to 47 in House (261 total), 9 in Senate (56) & 7 Governors (30).

1974 Dems won +43 Reps, +3 Senators & +4 Govs.

1946 Republicans flipped 54 Reps, 12 Sens. & 3 Govs.

1888 Dems gained 27 Reps, 8 Sens. & 3 Govs.
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November 6, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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"No African Americans were permitted to live within the Ocoee city limits until 1981. Salisbury, the man who led the armed mob against Perry, was elected Mayor of Ocoee in 1951. Only in 2018 did Ocoee break its decades of silence, issuing a proclamation recognizing the massacre."
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bambooshooti.bsky.social Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 2d
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Today in history, 1920: A white mob in Ocoee, Fla., murders as many as 80 African Americans who were exercising their constitutional right to vote. The surviving African Americans fled due to continued death threats, and Ocoee remained a whites-only “sundown town” until 1981. /1
Julius “July” Perry, a Black resident of Ocoee, Fla., who was lynched on Nov. 3, 1920, during the Ocoee massacre. Perry was an African American landowner, labor leader, respected deacon and “godfather” of his community. He owned a large estate in Ocoee that included several barns and outbuildings, which frequently served as a sanctuary for community members in need. He was also a civil rights pioneer who advocated education and self-reliance. He worked alongside the NAACP and fellow farmer Mose Norman to organize Black voter registration campaigns in Orange County, Fla., before the 1920 election. On Election Day, Norman was violently turned away from the polls and fled the town. An armed white mob marched on Perry’s home, believing Norman to be there. Perry defended his family and home, but he was later captured, beaten and hanged from a telephone post. Perry was just one of the victims in the single bloodiest day of election-related violence in 20th-century American history.
November 3, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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By helping Marc Elias we’re helping ourselves, our kids, our friends, our future.
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November 1, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Judi Chamberlin was born on this day in 1944 in Brooklyn. In 1966, she voluntarily sought psychiatric help, but was soon caught up in a system that gave doctors total power over patients. After her release, she fought tirelessly for patient-controlled mental healthcare models. /1
Judi Chamberlin. Chamberlin forced a fundamental shift in how the world views individuals experiencing extreme mental distress. Before Chamberlin, a psychiatric diagnosis functioned as a legal blank check to strip an individual of their freedom indefinitely. Chamberlin fought to mandate formal judicial oversight and mandatory legal counsel for civil commitments and the right to refuse psychiatric medications in non-emergencies. She also worked to reclassify basic amenities as rights, not privileges. Chamberlin wrote the blueprint for alternative medical care and forced the establishment to abandon the idea that psychiatric conditions required lifelong institutional warehousing. She later elevated her activism into an international human rights framework. Chamberlin’s legacy is best summarized by the motto of the movement she helped build: “Nothing about us without us.” She ensured that the people who survive the system are always given a seat at the table where policy is made.
October 31, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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Etta Moten Barnett was born on this day in 1901 in Weimar, Texas. She was an actress, vocalist and cultural diplomat who broke through racial stereotypes and paved the way for non-caricatured roles for Black women. She later represented the U.S. as a goodwill ambassador. /1
Etta Moten Barnett, ca. 1940s. Barnett redefined the representation of Black women in American culture, entertainment and global diplomacy. Before she broke into Hollywood, Black actresses were almost universally relegated to playing subservient, uneducated caricatures. Barnett’s performances challenged the “mammy” archetype, providing the cultural foundation that allowed future stars to be cast as leading ladies. When health forced her off the stage, she transitioned into a global diplomat and champion of Pan-Africanism. Alongside her husband, Claude Barnett, she turned her Chicago home into an intellectual epicenter where civil rights leaders and international revolutionaries converged. Barnett was a woman who looked at a world designed to limit her, rejected its rules and spent a century building a more integrated and dignified reality for those who followed. Photo credit: Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries.
November 6, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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James Orange was born on this day in 1942 in Birmingham, Ala. He served as a field coordinator and inner-circle strategist for MLK, who nicknamed him “Shackdaddy” for his ability to bind communities together. He later focused on labor organizing and global human rights work. /1
James Orange speaks at a voting rights mass mobilization meeting held at the historic Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Ala., January 1965. Orange was the ultimate grassroots organizer. He gave power and voice to the youngest members of the Civil Rights Movement, turning teenagers into disciplined change-makers. He seamlessly shifted from fighting segregation to fighting economic exploitation. What truly defined “Shackdaddy” was his lack of pretension. Standing over 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighing more than 300 pounds, he commanded immediate attention. Yet, he used his size not to intimidate, but to protect. He was famous for wearing denim overalls. It was a deliberate choice that signaled he was a working-class man of the people. Orange was a regular guy who met people where they were and treated everyone with the same respect. He was a champion for the everyday person, leaving a legacy of courage, community and solidarity that still inspires organizers today.
October 30, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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bambooshooti.bsky.social Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 12d
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Marjorie Joyner was born on this day in 1896 in Monterey, Va. As a Black beauty industry executive, she trained thousands of stylists and elevated the profession as a means of economic security for Black women. She used salons as engines for civil rights and political power. /1
Marjorie Joyner, ca. 1920s. Joyner transformed the beauty industry into a powerhouse of Black economic independence, civil rights and global mobility. She broke down institutional barriers and forced the global stage to respect Black intellect and entrepreneurship. Joyner also weaponized the safe space of the beauty salon to register voters and fund civil rights initiatives. Partnering with Mary McLeod Bethune and Eleanor Roosevelt, she forced the white political patriarchy to recognize the power of the Black electorate. Today, her patented hair-wave invention sits in the Smithsonian Institution. Her historical record is preserved at the Chicago Public Library, and her name remains etched on buildings and scholarships. Over her 98-year life, she shattered racial and gender barriers, proving that a salon chair could serve as a platform for a movement. Photo credit: Marjorie Stewart Joyner Papers, Chicago Public Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection.
October 25, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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Jack Soo was born on this day in 1917 in Oakland, Calif. (some sources say he was born at sea). Best known for playing Detective Sergeant Nick Yemana on Barney Miller, he was a talented actor, singer and comedian who broke barriers for Asian Americans in entertainment. /1
Jack Soo as Detective Sergeant Nick Yemada in the ABC-TV series Barney Miller. Soo had to navigate an entertainment industry that wanted to sideline him or force him into stereotypical roles. He not only broke through those barriers but uplifted those who followed. When he worked at nightclubs, he coached less-experienced acts on how to handle white, sometimes hostile audiences. He turned down high-paying roles if they required a caricatured accent, subservient behavior or “Yellow Peril” villainy. By refusing these roles, he forced studios to rethink how they wrote Asian characters and proved to Hollywood that an Asian American man could be a bankable comic without being a punchline. Once he achieved security on Barney Miller, Soo became a vocal advocate for authentic casting behind and in front of the camera. In the documentary You Don’t Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story, a generation of Asian American actors credit him with breaking down the doors they eventually walked through.
October 29, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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🧵 In 19th-century Charleston, SC, urban slavery gave rise to a unique and chilling tool of control:

Charleston Slave Badges.

Who knew? 🤔

Pull up a seat🪑, my friends.

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Charleston Slave Badges - RelicRecord
Charleston Slave Badges, otherwise known as a “slave tags,” tell us that a slave was skilled and trusted enough to be rented-out for short-term work.
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October 27, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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Today, we revisit the story of a young US Army soldier whose life was tragically cut short.

Happy heavenly 97th birthday, Pvt. Garland W. Beach. 🪖

Thank you for your service.🙏🏽

We salute you.🫡🇺🇲

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eddsmitty.bsky.social Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · May 31
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🧵 This is Pvt. Garland W. Beach. You won't find him in a history book. He was one of 115,000 troops who took part in Project Longhorn—a Cold War training exercise that turned deadly. Pull up a seat 🪑, my friends.(cont)
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October 25, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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Joseph Medicine Crow was born on this day in 1913 on the Crow Reservation in Montana. He was an anthropologist, historian, writer and the last traditional war chief of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Tribe. He dedicated his life to preserving Indigenous oral history and tribal culture. /1
Joseph Medicine Crow in a still from Ken Burns’s documentary The War. Medicine Crow was a living bridge between the pre-reservation era and the 21st century. He was born less than 40 years after the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Because he lived to be 102, his lifetime spanned the gap between an era of nomadic Plains warriors and the digital age. By the 20th century, the U.S. government had dismantled traditional tribal systems. However, when Medicine Crow fought in WWII, he fulfilled the ancient requirements to become a chief, proving that traditional Indigenous values and bravery were not relics of the past. Medicine Crow’s greatest legacy was his work to preserve his tribe’s history. He took control of the narrative, using Western academic tools to preserve oral traditions and first-hand accounts of events like the Battle of the Little Bighorn. His activism proved that history isn’t just about the past. It is a shield used to protect a culture’s future.
October 28, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Mahalia Jackson was born on this day in 1911 in New Orleans. For Jackson, her faith, her music and her business ventures were all intertwined with her untiring activism. She used them to uplift the Black community and provide a powerful voice for the Civil Rights Movement. /1
Mahalia Jackson. Jackson was a cultural titan who transformed American music, business and civil rights. Over a career that spanned more than four decades, she proved that unyielding faith could move the world. She took gospel music out of Black churches and broadcast it to international concert halls and festivals. Selling an estimated 22 million records, she established gospel as a globally revered art form. She used her commanding contralto voice to anchor the Civil Rights Movement. Her music acted as a spiritual shield that cut through the fear of white supremacist violence. Long before she achieved commercial wealth, Jackson leveraged local entrepreneurship to fund activist causes. Throughout her life, she adamantly refused to record secular music. By forcing the mainstream entertainment industry to accept her on her own spiritual terms, she set a standard for artistic dignity, community stewardship and moral conviction. Photo credit: Michael Ochs / Getty Images.
October 27, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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Mahalia Jackson was born on this day in 1911 in New Orleans. For Jackson, her faith, her music and her business ventures were all intertwined with her untiring activism. She used them to uplift the Black community and provide a powerful voice for the Civil Rights Movement. /1
Mahalia Jackson. Jackson was a cultural titan who transformed American music, business and civil rights. Over a career that spanned more than four decades, she proved that unyielding faith could move the world. She took gospel music out of Black churches and broadcast it to international concert halls and festivals. Selling an estimated 22 million records, she established gospel as a globally revered art form. She used her commanding contralto voice to anchor the Civil Rights Movement. Her music acted as a spiritual shield that cut through the fear of white supremacist violence. Long before she achieved commercial wealth, Jackson leveraged local entrepreneurship to fund activist causes. Throughout her life, she adamantly refused to record secular music. By forcing the mainstream entertainment industry to accept her on her own spiritual terms, she set a standard for artistic dignity, community stewardship and moral conviction. Photo credit: Michael Ochs / Getty Images.
October 28, 2026 at 9:57 AM