PLEASE PASS THIS ON! (EACH ONE TEACH ONE OR TWO!) THIS IS PHASE ONE ON HOW WE CAN HELP TO STRENGTHEN & EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY: The 2008 not guilty verdict in the Sean Bell case evoked outrage, emotion, and debate. It is not an anomaly that the police officers involved in the Sean Bell slaying […]
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Quote Of The Day
“What we think and say, we claim and call to ourselves.” -Susan Taylor Tweet
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“In the car on the way to my Aunt Mildred’s for my ninth birthday party, we heard on the radio that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. America was at war. ‘And on my birthday, too,’ I murmured. Everything changed then. America mobilized. No more butter. White margarine with a little orange button of dye […]
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Birmingham, Alabama. Outside of West End High School. September 12, 1963. Tweet
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On this day, April 2, in 1884, John Thompson of Georgetown University became the first African-American coach to win the NCAA basketball tournament. Tweet
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“Greater is the spirit that is within me than any challenge that is in the world.” -Susan Taylor Tweet
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