“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.” -Mother Teresa Tweet
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Black History Fact Of The Day: John Berry Meachum & The Steamboat Library
John Berry Meachum, former slave and reverend, was dedicated to the education of Black people. During his lifetime, it was illegal for Black people to learn how to read and write. Despite this known legality, Reverend Meachum built a steamboat that housed a library. His steamboat was docked in St. Louis in the Mississippi River. […]
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“Justice requires not only the ceasing and desisting of injustice but also requires either punishment or reparation for injuries and damages inflicted for prior wrongdoing. The essence of injustice is the redistribution of gains earned through the perpetration of injustice. If restitution is not made and reparations not instituted to compensate for prior injustices, those […]
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“Preparedness never caused a war and unpreparedness never prevented one.” -Florence Kahn Tweet
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On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus reportedly wrote in his diary, “I took some of the natives by force.” [Source: “The Black West” By: William Katz] Tweet
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“The prejudice of race appears to be stronger in the states which have abolished slavery than those where it still exists; and nowhere is it so important as in those states where servitude never has been known.” -Alexis de Tocqueville Tweet
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683 Barbey Street. Brooklyn, New York. Tweet
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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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“The truth in combat is different for each individual. Research your own experiences for the truth. Absorb hat is useful. Reject what is useless. Add what is specifically your own. Man, the creating individual, is more important than any style or system.” -Bruce Lee Tweet
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