#TheresePatriciaOkoumou @BreeNewsome
Gloria Richardson
Ella Baker
Daisy Bates
Mary McLeod Bethune
Elaine Brown
Shirley Chisholm
Angela Davis
Fannie Lou Hamer
Rosa Parks
Jo Ann Robinson
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Ida B Wells
The Dora Milaje have always been real.
This list also represents how badly white people have failed at ending cycles of violence they’ve committed.
She stood up when others wouldn’t. That’s not something to be excited about. It’s an embarrassment to everyone else.
Apr 12, 2018 • 9 tweets • 8 min read
Deandre Joshua - Nov 25 2014 - Shot and burned in car. Homicide.
Darren Seals - Sept 2 2016 - Shot and burned in car. Homicide.
Edward Crawford - May 5 2017 - Reportedly shot himself accidentally in car.
Antonio Sterling - April 11 2018 - Burned in car. Unknown.
#DeandreJoshua was the only person killed during the uprising that happened in #Ferguson as a result of the murder of #MichaelBrown.
Deandre was a close friend of Dorian Johnson who was with #MichaelBrown when he was killed.
Cops just showed up in my neighborhood, locked up several of the corner boys.
They swooped in with unmarked cars, and surrounded a van where several of the boys were hanging out.
They pulled them all out of the van and sat them all down on the sidewalk, cuffed.
Then they opened up everything in the van and started questioning them.
Nov 8, 2017 • 21 tweets • 5 min read
Why is the 2nd amendment so sacred?
The 2nd amendment was part of the Bill Of Rights, a list of 10 amendments that were introduced during the Constitutional Convention.
Oct 23, 2017 • 78 tweets • 10 min read
So I dropped a good friend off at the airport today, and on the way back, I was cruising along the highway and spot this Ford Taurus ahead.
He’s the only car ahead of me, but he’s maybe 200 meters ahead. And in slow motion, he drifts off the highway onto the shoulder.
Oct 9, 2017 • 20 tweets • 2 min read
Why do African American people pay taxes in this country?
When conversations around Reparations happen, there are familiar things that are brought up each time.