“Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is…It’s got to be one of the most basic principles of living: Always decide who you enemies are for yourself, and never let your enemies choose your enemies for you.” -Assata Shakur Tweet
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“A lot of people don’t know how many ways racism can manifest itself and in how many ways people fight against it. When I think of how racist, how Eurocentric our so-called education in amerika is, it staggers my mind. And when I think back to some of those kids who were labeled ‘troublemakers’ and […]
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“Of course, our schools were segregated, but the teachers took ore of an interest in our lives because they lived in our world, in the same neighborhoods. They knew what we were up against and hat e would be facing as adults, and they tried to protect us as much as they could. More than […]
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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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“I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I’m not going to waste my time trying to treat someone right who doesn’t know how to return the treatment.” –Malcolm X Tweet
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“Those men do evil while they sit under steeples.” -Elsie Law [SIDEBAR: I wonder what Bible they were reading. SMH! Do you still think religion makes people kind; or even sane?] Tweet
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John W. Hunter invented the portable weighing scale. He received a patent for his invention on November 3, 1896. Tweet
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“You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you’ll do anything to get it. It’s the only way you’ll get it.” -Malcolm X Tweet
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The sliding skin chair was invented by Earl S. Bell. He invented this apparatus in 2003. The sliding skin chair has a removable surface, which is referred to as a “skin.” The skin is composed of materials and composition of such resilience that it is able to bear the weight of a load while flexing […]
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“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” -Richard Buckminster Fuller Tweet
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