Make it happen! That test has to go (and should have been gone…🤦🏾♂️) #VotingTest #NC #Racism https://wr.al/1Orqw
How do you want to be remembered? Why we should make this the enduring image of Tyre Nichols. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/02/03/tyre-nichols-enduring-media-image-happy-son-father-skateboarder/11166357002/ via @USATODAY
Black History Month: Honoring Iota Phi Theta and the African American Community 🤎💛 https://www.bankingcrowded.com/post/black-history-month-honoring-iota-phi-theta-and-the-african-american-community
#Gerrymandering strikes again SIGH 🤦🏾♂️ https://wr.al/1OrFE
So much for non-partisanship…🤦🏾♂️
Don’t hide behind “it’s her views”, @HouseGOP you just wanted to get a vocal Democrat out of this Committee. https://wr.al/1OrBX
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🗽 New York Liberty sign star guard Courtney Vandersloot - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/35577438/new-york-liberty-sign-star-guard-courtney-vandersloot
A Home for Zion & Zayden
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On this day in 1960, four black college students staged a sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, NC.
They sparked a national movement across the country. Instructions were simple: sit quietly and wait to be served. #BlackHistoryMonth
Yesssssss!!!! 🗽👏🏾
Stewart joining Liberty to play in 'biggest market' - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/35570833/breanna-stewart-sign-new-york-liberty
#BlackHistory #KenteCloth https://youtu.be/7DpxJNPU87Y
🤦🏾♂️😡 via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/college-board-advanced-placement-african-american-studies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Before the Memphis Police Dept. releases the video of 5 MPD officers murdering #TyreNichols during a routine traffic stop, and that heinous video inevitably goes viral, I want to amplify THIS video of Tyre LIVING his best life. 🛹👑🙏🏿😔✊🏿
#JusticeForTyreNichols
🎥: Austin Dean
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God bless your soul, Dr. George Debnam. 🖤🙏🏾 #BlackHistory365 https://wr.al/1OnCi
👏🏾 @sabrina_i20 🗽
WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu gets engaged https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/35497493/wnba-star-sabrina-ionescu-gets-engaged
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Wishing @MooreMaya the best in her retirement! 👏🏾
4-time WNBA champion Moore officially retires - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/35459492/lynx-star-maya-moore-officially-retires-basketball
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#BlackHistory365 https://wr.al/1OjWk
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No democracy within the @NCGOP, huh? 🤦🏾♂️
Hopefully this will be the final straw for voters to end this Republican majority in the @NCLeg. https://wr.al/1OiWi
🙌🏾❤️🙏🏾 @HamlinIsland https://wr.al/1Ohgs
Another senseless murder. 🙏🏾#StopTheViolenceDurhamNC https://wr.al/1Ohi0
👏🏾 #FiskUniversity debuts as first #HBCU team in #NCAA #gymnastics - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/35392354/fisk-university-debuts-first-hbcu-team-ncaa-gymnastics
Finishing School https://gofund.me/963237d2
🙌🏾👏🏾 Bills' Damar Hamlin breathing on his own after tube removed - via @ESPN App https://es.pn/3QmJwkv
👑☹️🕊️❤️🙏🏾 Huge crowds in Brazil bid final farewell to Pele - via @ESPN App http://www.espnfc.com/brazil-bra/story/4843597/huge-crowds-bid-pele-final-farewell-in-brazil
☹️🙏🏾 https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/02/entertainment/earth-wind--fire-drummer-dead/index.html
Shaka Hislop blasts LaLiga president over racism response - via @ESPN App http://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/35355848
@Tebasjavier there’s a difference between speaking out against racism and ensuring a safe playing environment. Inform yourself better. http://www.espnfc.com/real-madrid-espreal_madrid/story/4842090/laliga-chief-tebas-hits-back-at-vinicius-junior-for-criticising-action-on-racism
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-pastor-tired-of-a-crime-magnet-so-he-bought-it-11671719237
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💔🙏🏾 via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/sports/soccer/pele-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Thank God! 🥹❤️ https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/us/buffalo-woman-saves-man-frostbite-facebook/index.html
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🙏🏾💛🖤 Franco Harris, Steelers legend best known for making 'The Immaculate Reception,' dies at 72 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/steelers/2022/12/21/steelers-legend-franco-harris-dies-72/10937161002/ via @USATODAY
https://news.virginia.edu/content/tony-bennett-closes-uva-wins-record-hollands-couldnt-be-happier?utm_source=ULinkedIn&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news
Petition update · THREATS TO REMOVE JUDGE WITCHER FOR EXPOSING DISCRIMINATION CAUSE NATIONAL OUTRAGE · http://Change.org https://www.change.org/p/stand-with-judge-witcher-against-discrimination-in-the-judicial-system/u/31172764
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👏🏾 10-Year-Old Black CEO Gives 1,000 Dolls Away This Holiday Season https://www.blackenterprise.com/10-year-old-black-girl-gives-1000-dolls-away-this-holiday-season/
😞🙏🏾 Silas, 3-time NBA champ and coach, dies at 79 - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35232689/paul-silas-3-nba-champion-long-coach-dies-79
Turnout…sigh. 🤦🏾♂️ https://wr.al/1OWcl
Great news for the family of #BrittneyGriner who will now have her home for the holidays after nine months of being wrongfully detained. 52 year old Paul Whelan, a US Marine veteran, has been imprisoned in Russia since 2018. He remains in Russia. https://twitter.com/margbrennan/status/1600840690858045440
Details of the one for one Griner-Bout prisoner swap are below. Hat's off to this group effort by my @CBSNews colleagues.
https://cbsn.ws/3UI9DCW https://twitter.com/margbrennan/status/1600838107703947264
Cherelle Griner says Brittney Griner and “I will remain committed to the work of getting every American home, including Paul.”
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BREAKING: Brittney Griner has been freed in a prisoner-swap and is now in U.S. custody.
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👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Aaron Judge agrees to 9-year, $360M deal to stick with Yankees, per report - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35202619/aaron-judge-agrees-9-year-360m-deal-stick-yankees-per-report
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🥹🔶⚔️🔷 Virginia grants posthumous degrees to slain football players - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35194996/virginia-gives-posthumous-degrees-slain-football-players
Well deserved honor! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Rutgers names court after former coach Stringer - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35180723/rutgers-names-court-former-coach-c-vivian-stringer
#BlackExcellence 👏🏾
Hakeem Jeffries elected House Democratic leader, making history as first Black lawmaker to lead a major party in Congress https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/30/hakeem-jeffries-house-democratic-leader/10803965002/ via @USATODAY
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#HOOSTogether #UVAStrong 💙🧡Entire Virginia team to be at funerals of 3 teammates - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35113690/entire-virginia-team-funerals-3-teammates
👏🏾 #DurhamNC #DurhamRescueMission https://wr.al/1OOvv
🙌🏾 💙🧡 #HOOSTogether Virginia shooting survivor Hollins leaves hospital - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35074049/shooting-survivor-virginia-rb-mike-hollins-leaves-hospital
#HOOSTogether #UVAStrong 💙🧡How Virginia mourned and then celebrated its fallen teammates - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35076799/week-mourning-celebration-virginia-football-shooting-victims
💙🧡 #HOOSTogether #UVAStrong Virginia football players honored in memorial service - via @ESPN App https://es.pn/3tQk9g9
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😡 #StopBullying https://wr.al/1OMaG
@HouseGOP how about you focus on investigating this potential #recession and #inflation? Investigate this #gunviolence and the gunmakers? Worry about something non-partisan and consequential to the betterment of the US. 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️ #HouseGOPDoYourJob https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/politics/house-republicans-white-house-hunter-biden/index.html
#JusticeForShanquella
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Vote TODAY #NorthCarolina! https://wr.al/1OFW2
🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️ https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-start-layoffs-friday-morning-internal-email-2022-11-04/
Hopefully something will be done about this…#DrivingWhileBlack https://wr.al/1OE9X
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/27/arts/music/stevie-wonder-talking-book.html
R.I.P. Rev. Dr. Butts! Thank you for being a blessing to others. God bless your soul! ❤️🕊️🙏🏾 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/nyregion/calvin-o-butts-iii-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
👏🏾 ESPN's Mike Breen to receive Vin Scully broadcasting award - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34892025/espn-mike-breen-receive-vin-scully-broadcasting-award
#ColdCase #DurhamNC #HelpAFamilyGetAnswers https://wr.al/1OBkk
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Rest in Peace Leslie Jordan. ☹️🙏🏾
Leslie Jordan, an actor, writer and singer best known for his roles in “Will & Grace,” “American Horror Story” and “Hearts Afire,” has died. He was 67. https://bit.ly/3z6i4jm
🙏🏾 Tony Brown, NBA referee for 20 years, dies at 55 - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34841603/referee-tony-brown-worked-2020-nba-finals-dies-55
Comes as no surprise that State Board would make this decision. SMH
I hope info about Kenly comes out that she did nothing wrong and they have to apologize for this rush in judgement. Hopefully she’s able to get a fair chance somewhere. 🤦🏾♂️ https://wr.al/1O6JS
Nigel is a member of the UVA Men’s Basketball family so we got to support our own. 🙏🏾 for a full recovery, Nigel!
Nigel Johnson Family - The Comeback
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If there’s one thing that came clear in the televised debate last week between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd – the two main candidates for U.S. Senate – is that Budd is utter lacking in the perception and comprehension necessary. https://wr.al/1O5GO
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💪🏾👏🏾 #RepBX
Start it up.
#RepBX
Shame on you! 😡 @SptbgSheriff https://wr.al/1O5H0
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Shame on the oil companies for taking advantage of weather events to increase prices. 😤😡 #Greed #GodIsWatching #GodKnows
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💙 https://www.healthline.com/health-news/new-org-aims-to-improve-black-mental-health-with-the-help-of-churches
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SIXTY-TWO! BASEBALL HISTORY!
@TheJudge44 is the American League home run King!
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☹️🙏🏾 Texas Longhorns women's hoops great Tiffany Jackson dies at 37 - via @ESPN App https://es.pn/3UZ2QWN
🙏🏾 Inoki, famed combat sports trailblazer, dies at 79 - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/34698840/antonio-inoki-famed-combat-sports-trailblazer-dies-79
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Meet the Downing Brothers, the First Black Men To Land a Show On HGTV
OW! OW! @thedowningbros https://www.blackenterprise.com/downing-brothers-firefighters-and-real-estate-investors-who-became-the-first-black-men-with-a-show-on-hgtv/
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Wait until the end. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 💪🏾
Robbie Ray and Luke Weaver ejected after national anthem standoff - via @ESPN App http://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/34664172
BYU to honor Wyoming's 'Black 14' from 1969 - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34655856/byu-honor-black-14-group-former-wyoming-football-players-once-protested-lds-church-policy
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For 59 years, the men of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. have continued to make meaningful contributions across the nation through consistent leadership. Our Administration appreciates your history of service. Happy Founders’ Day.
Thank you Scott Fahlman! #TeamEmoji #EmoticonsSquad 😂 https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/18/tech/emoticon-birthday/index.html
😢🙏🏾 Hurricane Fiona rips through powerless Puerto Rico https://www.wral.com/hurricane-threat-as-tropical-storm-fiona-aims-at-puerto-rico/20476970/
😊 a nice moment between adorable service furrends. Way to show some love between the 2 VA schools.
Now let’s win the game! 🔶⚔️🔷
🐾 Made a new friend today! Had a great play date with @HudsonODU!
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Why Are the Right-Wing Media So Obsessed With Brittney Griner? - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/09/brittney-griner-russian-prison-fox-news-conservatives/671390/
She owes her rapist/sex trafficker’s estate money? Got probation? Iowa’s courts got this completely wrong. She should have immunity from any criminal conviction. 🤦🏾♂️ #VictimBlaming 😡 https://wr.al/1NrcN
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#BlackExcellence 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 https://wr.al/1Nqq4
#NeverForget 🕊🙏🏾
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I have a hard time believing this was a lie. Hopefully Duke won’t play them again and other black student-athletes won’t have the same experience when attending athletic events there. https://wr.al/1NpZG
RIP Mr. Shaw. One of the first black anchors I saw on TV when I was growing up. Was a man of integrity and someone that made me interested in following current events. God bless your soul! 🕊🙏🏾
Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw has died of pneumonia unrelated to Covid-19, Shaw's family announced in a statement. https://cnn.it/3BoplMY
🙂👏🏾 https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/07/politics/obamas-white-house-official-portraits/index.html
She was wrongly fired for “not being a good fit” (code for being a black woman not down with the good ol’ boy network). I hope she lands on her feet with a great job. Maybe filing a lawsuit that wins will bring about change in Kenly, NC. ✊🏾 https://wr.al/1Nml3
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Much love for Coach McNeill! 💙🧡Ruffin McNeill's long road back to his father and the homecoming he didn't plan for - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34482741/ruffin-mcneill-long-road-back-father-homecoming-plan-for
“He simply said Jones wasn’t a good fit for the town.” I hope an EEOC investigation is launched against the Town of #Kenly as I suspect this comment and the “reason” she was fired had racial undertones…. https://wr.al/1NlOH
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/justice-for-jimmy-atchison?source=twitter_share_button&utm_source=twitter&share=389ed4b6-ce15-43d6-bcfc-a48b8417e656
#BlackAugust https://wr.al/1NjBq
👏🏾 Shaquem Griffin retires from NFL: 'On to Plan A' - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34452377/former-seattle-seahawks-lb-shaquem-griffin-retires-nfl-plan-a
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👏🏾 #BlackHistory365 https://wr.al/1NhMb
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