Writer|Teacher|Biblical Critic|Freedom Seeker|Believer in Miracles
Washington, DC
Joined March 2012
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Congratulations #HowardPres18 Dr. Ben Vinson III
Today, our community celebrates the formal installation of President Ben Vinson III, Ph.D. as the 18th president of Howard University. Watch the Inauguration Convocation via livestream. #HowardPres18 bit.ly/46ftLlL
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Georgetown University and the Jesuits are donating $27 million to descendants of enslaved people sold in 1838! The 272 enslaved people were sold from Jesuit plantations. Today, the school plans to donate over $1 billion to support anti-racism efforts! blackenterprise.com/georgeto…
Congratulations @CocoGauff So proud of you!
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#Juneteenth commemorates the day news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached enslaved Black people in Texas on June 19, 1865, effectively ending slavery in the U.S.
May we reflect on all of the progress we have made and recommit ourselves to the work ahead.
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EXCITED: Last year I became a contributor to @Britannica My first entry — about #juneteenth — is now live on the homepage. This feels like a full-circle moment because encyclopedias were so important to me as a child. britannica.com/story/a-teen-…
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The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture by Courtney Thorsson | Columbia University Press cup.columbia.edu/book/the-si… via @ColumbiaUP
Praying….
BREAKING: Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin passes out after making a tackle in the Bills vs Bengals game… A very scary site as both teams are gathered around him in prayer right now.. xitter.cf/ABsneurosurgeon/status…
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Congratulations to Harvard’s new president, Dr. Claudine Gay: insidehighered.com/news/2022…
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Whatever truth Tim Scott tried to offer in his speech last night is negated by the ridiculous false assertion that “America is not a racist nation.” No credibility with a statement like that. Individual exceptionalism can never be a basis for public policy. – at Aspen Hill, MD
Congratulations @KwokPuiLan
Congrats to my fabulous colleague, who is clearly "a remarkable individual who has brought a unique and much needed voice to Anglican theological thinking, particularly in America but also well beyond."
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#CicelyTyson lived the true meaning of #JustAsIAm Grateful for her words, witness, and grace.
"Whatever good I have accomplished as an actress I believe came in direct proportion to my efforts to portray Black women who have made positive contributions to my heritage." #CicelyTyson #JustAsIAm
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A white supremacist group, The Proud Boys, tore down Black Lives Matter signs off three DC churches over the weekend. Today it was dropped from TV news coverage. If it had been BLM marchers who vandalized white churches it would be covered on the news for the next two weeks.
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Union Seminary creates a $1M endowment for The Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership in support of enslaved African Americans - mailchi.mp/92157acf7db2/woma…
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This NEW Biden-Harris ad featuring 14 Black mayors from across the country is straight fire!! 🔥🔥🔥 #BlackLivesMatter #BidenHarris2020
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Rep. John Lewis has passed. It is not enough to say he was a revered civil rights icon. He was a man of impeccable integrity who dedicated his life to fighting against racism, discrimination & injustice. John was a true leader who inspired us all to have the courage to fight.
Thank you for fighting the #goodfight to the end @repjohnlewis #goodtrouble alongside so many other courageous leaders #CTVivian #hoseawilliams
