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“Being a black woman writer is not a shallow place but a rich place to write from. It doesn’t limit my imagination; it expands it. It’s richer than being a white male writer because I know more and I’ve experienced more.” – #ToniMorrison, The New Yorker interview by Hilton Als

“f**k it, i’ll do it!” —black women Black women are routinely erased from public memory and historical narratives of resistance. Black women powered the civil rights movement, but rarely became its stars. A THREAD!

Claudia Jones; Journalist and activist. Author of the seminal piece 'Ending the Neglect of Black Women' and original founder of Notting Hill Carnival. Founder of Britain's first major newsletter, the West Indian Gazette

'The amount of money borrowed to end slavery was so large that it wasn't paid off til 2015... so there is precedent for paying reparations - it's just been paid to wrong people' Labour's Dawn Butler ✊🏾💙 makes the case for paying reparations for slavery itv.com/news/2024-10-2…

the noname beef erasure is so funny to me bc he was dead beefin with her for educating ppl and supporting movements against the police

Queer Ghanaians don't need to be fixed with anti-LGBTQ laws ▪️Fix the bad roads ▪️Fix poor infrastructure in schools and hospitals ▪️Fix high unemployment ▪️Fix corruption ▪️Fix the polluted water bodies ▪️Fix the destruction of forests and farm lands ▪️Fix the bad economy

White racists turning the word ‘woke’ into a pejorative is why Black history and culture will always need its own independent institutions to survive. Every time I see that word used in the wrong way I cringe and think how did we let them do this?

i don’t think people not from here will ever grasp UK misogynoir.

In 1985, Philadelphia Police Department dropped a bomb onto a residential home occupied by the MOVE Organization. The Fire Department let the fire burn out of control, destroying 61 homes over two city blocks. 11 people died including 6 children THREAD

those killed in the bombing: Tomasa, 9 Delisha, 13 Phil, 12 Zanetta, 12 Katricia ‘Tree’ , 14 Frank James, 26 Rhonda Harris Ward, 30 Teresa Brooks, 36 Conrad Hampton, 36 Raymond Foster, 50 John Africa, 54

DANAI HIVE WAKE UP

Councils have a statutory duty so, this makes no sense. Where's the safeguarding of vulnerable tenants. Housing teams don't seem to think the Care Act matters for them. #SocialHousing #CareAct2014 #NewcastleCityCouncil

Chelsea Black ):) ∞ radikal queen ✊🏿🖤 Thanks Chelsea Black ):) ∞ I absolutely agree that contractors should have MH awareness and EDI training. I will check that is the case.