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This Women's History Month, We Proudly Celebrate the Life and Courage of Katie Piper!
CommentOn this day in Women's History Month, we proudly celebrate the life and courage of Katie Piper!
After sustaining significant injuries during a horrific attack, Katie has been able to use this very painful experience to help lift and build the lives of others who have suffered similarly. Today she runs a foundation that offers support to other adult burn victims and those with catastrophic injuries.
To learn more about Katie Piper, her profound courage, and all of the good that she continues to share with our world, please visit: https://bit.ly/KP-Foundation
This Women's History Month, We Celebrate the Courage of Malala Yousafzai.
Comment"As a young girl, Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education. As a result, she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012 but survived. In 2014, she became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
In celebration of Women's History Month, we honor Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson!
CommentIn celebration of Women's History Month and all of the wonderful contributions women make every day, we honor Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson!
"Ketanji Brown Jackson, born Ketanji Onyika Brown in 1970, is a former federal judge and public defender nominated by President Joe Biden to become an associate justice on the Supreme Court. She was the first Black woman to be nominated—and confirmed—for a seat on the high court. Jackson grew up in Miami and shared in her high school yearbook her goal to eventually receive a judicial appointment. She obtained both her undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard and is married to a fellow Harvard alum."
Discover more here: https://bit.ly/Justice-jackson
On this day in Black History Month, we proudly honor Colin Kaepernick and his courageous position against injustice!
Comment“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right” - Martin Luther King Jr.
On this day in Black History Month, we proudly honor Colin Kaepernick and his courageous position against injustice!
Discover more here: https://bit.ly/-Kaepernick
In honor of Black History Month, we proudly celebrate Vice President, Kamala D. Harris!
Comment"Kamala D. Harris is the Vice President of the United States of America. She was elected Vice President after a lifetime of public service, having been elected District Attorney of San Francisco, California Attorney General, and United States Senator.
As Vice President, Kamala Harris has worked in partnership with President Joe Biden to get America vaccinated, rebuild our economy, reduce child poverty, and pass an infrastructure law that will lift up communities that have been left behind. She has led the Administration’s efforts in rallying broad coalitions to protect the freedom to vote, expand workers’ rights to organize and collectively bargain, and stand up for women’s rights — supporting women in our workforce, addressing the maternal health crisis, and defending reproductive rights. The Vice President has also played a key role in engaging world leaders and strengthening our nation’s alliances and partnerships. In everything she does, she remains focused on the people of our nation—and our collective future."
In honor of Black History Month, we proudly celebrate our nation's first African American and female Vice President!
Learn more about VP Harris and Second Gentleman, Douglas Emhoff: https://bit.ly/VicePresident-Harris
In honor of Black History Month, we celebrate the life and many contributions of Toni Morrison!
Comment"Toni Morrison was a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist. Among her best-known novels are 'The Bluest Eye,' 'Song of Solomon,' 'Beloved' and 'A Mercy.'
Her novels are known for their epic themes, exquisite language and richly detailed African American characters who are central to their narratives... Morrison earned a plethora of book-world accolades and honorary degrees, also receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012."
In honor of Black History Month, we celebrate the life and many contributions of Toni Morrison!
Read more here: https://bit.ly/-ToniMorrison
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In honor of Black History Month, we celebrate the life and contributions of Hank Aaron!
Comment"Baseball legend Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's hallowed mark of 714 home runs and finished his career with numerous big league records."
Discover more here: https://bit.ly/-Hank-Aaron
In Honor of Black History Month, We Celebrate Dr. Charles Drew
CommentOn this day in Black History Month, we honor the life of Dr. Charles Drew, the Father of the Modern Blood Bank! Learn more about Dr. Charles Drew and his life-saving contributions to humanity: https://youtu.be/zx_ZCp8_ibs and https://youtu.be/vFddM7p2zH4.
In Honor of Black History Month, We Celebrate Paul R. Williams!
CommentFrom foster care to world renowned "Architect to the Stars," meet Paul R. Williams!
Forever. For Always. For Love!
Comment"I have decided to stick with Love.
Hate is too great a burden to bear."
-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror
CommentLynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror by EJI.org
Learn more here: https://bit.ly/-The-Legacy-of-Racial-Terror
Face History With Courage
Comment"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived,
but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." - Maya Angelou
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Our Nation Must Fully Address Our History of Racial Terror
Comment"Our nation must fully address our history of racial terror and the legacy of racial inequality it has created... There is an urgent need to challenge the absence of recognition in the public space on the subject of lynching. Only when we concretize the experience through discourse, memorials, monuments, and other acts of reconciliation can we overcome the shadows cast by these grievous events."
There is an astonishing absence of any effort to acknowledge, discuss, or address lynching.
Comment"In all of the subject states, we observed that there is an astonishing absence of any effort to acknowledge, discuss, or address lynching. Many of the communities where lynchings took place have gone to great lengths to erect markers and monuments that memorialize the Civil War, the Confederacy, and historical events during which local power was violently reclaimed by white Southerners. These communities celebrate and honor the architects of racial subordination and political leaders known for their belief in white supremacy. There are very few monuments or memorials that address the history and legacy of lynching in particular or the struggle for racial equality more generally. Most communities do not actively or visibly recognize how their race relations were shaped by terror lynching."
https://bit.ly/The-Legacy-of-Racial-Terror
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Racial Terror Lynching Was a Tool Used To Enforce Jim Crow Laws and Segregation
Comment"Racial terror lynching was a tool used to enforce Jim Crow laws and racial segregation—a tactic for maintaining racial control by victimizing the entire African American community, not merely punishment of an alleged perpetrator for a crime. Our research confirms that many victims of terror lynchings were murdered without being accused of any crime; they were killed for minor social transgressions or for demanding basic rights and fair treatment." - EJI
The Legacy of Racial Inequality
Comment"In America, there is a legacy of racial inequality shaped by the enslavement of millions of Black people. The era of slavery was followed by decades of terrorism and racial subordination most dramatically evidenced by lynching. The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s challenged the legality of many of the most racist practices and structures that sustained racial subordination but the movement was not followed by a continued commitment to truth and reconciliation.
Consequently, this legacy of racial inequality has persisted, leaving us vulnerable to a range of problems that continue to reveal racial disparities and injustice. It is essential that we begin to discuss our history of racial injustice more soberly and to understand the implications of our past in addressing the challenges of the present." - EJI
https://bit.ly/The-Legacy-of-Racial-Terror
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The History of Terror Lynching
Comment"The history of terror lynching complicates contemporary issues of race, punishment, crime, and justice. Mass incarceration, excessive penal punishment, disproportionate sentencing of racial minorities, and police abuse of people of color reveal problems in American society that were framed in the terror era. The narrative of racial difference that lynching dramatized continues to haunt us. Avoiding honest conversation about this history has undermined our ability to build a nation where racial justice can be achieved." - EJI
https://bit.ly/The-Legacy-of-Racial-Terror
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The Lynching of Tyre Nichols
CommentOur world has so much potential for good, yet continued actions like these make me fear that the holocausts of our history can happen again.
Evil has determined its place in history, but it is my everlasting prayer that those of us with a soft heart to fulfill justice in this lifetime, will hold our positions firm on the side of what's merciful, what's compassionate, what's kind, for it is OUR fervent stand that shines hope into the world. Without Good people continuing our good fight, all would be lost.
